Now entering its 13th year, the 2024 Big Day In Roadshow kicked off in Sydney on March 20th. Designed by students, for students, Big Day In Conferences are STEM focused career events that connect schools, universities and the tech industry.
The Sydney Big Day In Conference was a 2-day event held at the Great Hall at the University Technology of Sydney. Over 1,000 students from 55 schools interacted with representatives from Australia's leading IT employers.
The program included short presentations from tech leaders and career stands from the graduate program teams. Presentations included:
What is Your Dream Job - Tim Kitchen: Adobe
Opportunities in Australia's Oldest Intelligence Agency - Valessa Basic: ASD
STEAM in Animation - Mark Flanagan: Animal Logic
Unlocking Your Future - The Wisetech Global Team
Defending the Digital Frontier - Daniel Ton and Jyotsna Arora: Westpac Group
Curiosity in the Age of AI - Dan Bowen: Microsoft
Code and Deploy: A Day in the Love of DevOps - Dan Ade and Cormick Treacy: Canstar Blue
ADF Careers - Lieutenant Bridget Free: Defence Force Recruiting
So You Want to Work for Google - Naomi Perera: Google
Ignite My Future, Computational Thinking - Binaisha Dharuwalla: TCS
Technology, Innovation and Big Data: Samantha Robinson and Dakota Hanna: Woolworths
Video presentations from past Big Day In are publicly available for schools and students who want to catch up on past content.
The most rewarding part of Big Day In is feedback from the participants. Lauren Shouldice said:
"On behalf of HMEF and our scholars, I would like to say a huge thank you inviting us to the Big Day In at UTS. The girls thoroughly enjoyed the conference and left with inspiration. Here is some feedback I collected from our scholars."
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What was the most interesting thing you learned during the event?
Choosing different courses in University does not mean that we can not chose another pathway. People chose different courses during University but they ended up doing something related to IT or STEM
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What aspects of the event did you find most engaging or enjoyable?
Stalls, audience engagement with companies and industry.
Did this event inspire any new questions or areas of interest for you?
It improved my understanding of my existing area of interest in technology.
It has inspired other pathways for me in terms of stem and how I can get there.
Also at the event, the first 2024 Women of STEM Winner was announced. Ellie Doyle from Terrigal on the NSW Central Coast received the award. Another 3 Women of STEM winners will be announced at BDI events later in the year. These Big Day In events are still open for registration.