She Sharp & Xero: Beyond the Code: Women Leading the Future of Cybersecurity and AI

Name: She Sharp & Xero: Beyond the Code: Women Leading the Future of Cybersecurity and AI
Start: 2026-10-08T17:00:00+1300
End: 2026-10-08T20:00:00+1300
Location: XERO LIMITED NZ

Thu, 8 Oct, 5pm - 8pm NZDT

XERO LIMITED NZ

Auckland, New Zealand

She Sharp

293 followers · Contact host

Description

Join Xero, Secure Code Warrior, and She Sharp for an inspiring and interactive experience designed to bring women and female-identifying people together to explore the future of cybersecurity and AI. Connect with an empowering community, build your skills, hear from inspiring leaders, and discover the many ways you can help shape a safer, more secure Aotearoa.

What’s waiting for you:

Get hands-on with secure coding: Experience Secure Code Warrior’s gamified approach to cybersecurity and put your skills to the test in an engaging coding tournament.
Solve real-world challenges: Identify vulnerabilities in code, understand what went wrong, and fix the issues - building practical skills along the way.
Code your way: Choose from programming languages including Java Spring, Python, JavaScript, and Ruby. New to coding? A pseudocode option lets you explore the core concepts without needing to know a specific language.
Hear from women shaping the future: Be inspired by lightning talks from four women leaders who’ll share their journeys, insights, and pathways into cybersecurity and AI.
Connect, collaborate & grow: Meet like-minded women and female-identifying participants, exchange ideas, build confidence, and help break down barriers in tech.
Rise up the leaderboard: Compete for the top spot, see how you stack up against fellow participants, and find out who will be crowned the ultimate Secure Code Warrior — with prizes up for grabs!

Whether you’re curious about cybersecurity and AI, already working in tech, or looking to take your next step, there’s a place for you here.

Go beyond the code. Connect with the community. Help lead the way to a more secure Aotearoa.

Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity

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She Sharp

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Computer science, computer engineering, IT, and tech-related fields all battle a similar problem: gender imbalance. We believe this is mainly due to a misconception about these fields, and a pre-conception of who should study and work in this area. As there is already a low female-to-male ratio, people think this is the norm, and because of this, the situation remains this way. She# has several missions. We aim to link together women who are already in this field (in both academia and industry) and establish a platform to network with each other. It’s hard enough being a minority, but harder still if we can’t network with others in similar situations! Secondly, it is our goal to influence the next generation for good; we wish to promote computer science and related fields to high school students who haven’t yet decided which career path to follow. If we can show young girls how exciting, interesting, and relevant computer science is to their lives, not to mention the massive potential job opportunities there are for them; we can provide a positive influence and help young women make informed career decisions. We hope those women can surpass and change what is believed to be normal and take opportunities to work as equals alongside their male peers. Lastly, by opening events to men we aim to educate them in why encouraging women of all ages and skills are important. We invite them to work side-by-side with us to advocate gender balance in the workplace. We can change things if we work together.

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Thu, 8 Oct, 5pm - 8pm NZDT

XERO LIMITED NZ

Auckland, New Zealand

Hosted by She Sharp