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- Today's event was the
third year running, actually,
that we've run a panel event like this
at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
And we run the panel events 'cause for us,
it's really interesting for
girls to hear the stories
of women and different
people in the industry
and to kind of understand
the different journeys.
- Today's panel is in
aid of Ada Lovelace Day.
She's actually the first programmer,
she's a British lady who
lived about 200 years ago.
We found our panellists by
loads of different means
and we put them together
'cause we always like
to have a really rich diversity.
We felt like there was something
for everyone in that panel.
- I think my most inspirational panellist
was Dr. Claire Eluka 'cause I have eczema
and because of her new
formulas and skin products
I think I'll give it a try and
see how the result comes out.
- Keerthi inspired me the most.
This is because I have asthma
and I personally keep on losing my pumps.
- I'm the co founder of Asthma Efficient,
which is a startup that's trying
to prevent young children
forgetting their inhalers.
- The fact that she's
realised that that's quite,
that's something that happens quite a bit,
and that she's trying to stop
that is really inspirational.
- I work for Accenture.
I've been there four-and-a-half years
and I'm a technology consultant.
I've had lots of
interesting questions about
how I actually got into a STEM
career given my background,
which is in English and in the arts.
So it's been great to tell my story
and to help people get
a different perspective
on what it's like to work in STEM
when you haven't studied a
STEM subject for your degree.
- Whatever you study at
university or at school
doesn't define what you're
doing with your future.
So you can really choose,
at whatever stage in life,
what you want to do.
- So I learned that having known people
who work in big companies
and having connections is
a good way to get a job.
- All the girls are definitely
able to keep in contact
with panellists who've given
them all their Twitter handles
so they can continue
the conversation there
and some them have had
personal discussions,
so they've been able to
reach out to their company
on wherever it is.
- Stemettes is a great organisation
and I think it's doing a really good role
in inviting and encouraging
girls to get into STEM careers
and to study STEM subjects
and that just because you're a girl
doesn't mean you can't do STEM.
You can do anything if
you put your mind to it
and are dedicated.
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