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Global Employee Events in Celebration of International Women's Day Livestreamed By AVEVA
AVEVA, an international leader in engineering and industrial software, celebrated International Womens Day 2020 with a quantity of live-streamed activities in the course of the week of 2nd March 2020, designed to connect its international employees. Internal celebrations took place at some of the companys regional hubs, inclusive of Cambridge, UK, Houston, US, and Brisbane, Australia, plus fringe events in extra AVEVA offices.
The theme of this years International Womens Day is Each for Equal, focusing on striving for equality via enablement and inclusion, and encompassing difficult stereotypes, struggle bias, broadening perceptions and celebrating womens achievements. AVEVAs International Womens Day activities sought to promote the companys strong belief of equal pay, equal opportunities, and a culture of respect, regardless of gender.
The AVEVA Executive Leadership Team and workers from across the world participated in numerous occasions including:
A meet and greet hosted by AVEVA CEO, Craig Hayman, and members of the Executive Leadership Team to talk about the significance of diversity and equality on the 5th March 2020 at the companys Lake Forest, California offices.
Lisa Johnston, AVEVA CMO, and Felicity Carson, SVP Marketing, sharing their experiences of working in technology organizations and their point of view on improving women as leaders to support balanced and high-performing organizations.
Andrew McCloskey, CTO, providing on the AVEVA Women in Engineering program.
Kathleen Regan, AVEVAs Director, Strategic Alliances & Technology Partners and Women in Technology Network Community Lead in New England attending The Women in Technology (WIT) Network International Women's Day Conference on the 5th of March 2020 with local AVEVA Toronto colleagues and AVEVA Portfolio crew members.
Clare Gorman, AVEVAs Vice President Global Sales Operations talking about difficult perceptions in business at the Rising Festival on 14th March 2020 in Cambridge
Throughout the week, AVEVA workers have been additionally motivated to increase their excellent practices and experiences via blogs, articles, videos and social posts.
Our intention at AVEVA is to increase and motivate woman talent throughout the board, and International Womens Day presents a tremendous chance as well as a focal point to spotlight the significance of diversity and inclusion in our workplace, commented Lisa Johnston, CMO at AVEVA. The technology sector is still considerably underrepresented by women, so weve planned these celebratory occasions particularly to assist motivate the next era of woman talent to thrive at AVEVA. Our vision is to fill at least 30% of our international vacancies with women in 2020. Celebrating women from distinct cultures is one way of acknowledging inclusion and diversity in our group of workers - we are proud to be concerned in championing International Womens Day 2020 with such an exciting agenda.