Women Tech Charge

Emma Lawton was working as a graphic designer when she was diagnosed with Parkinson's at the age of 29. The condition rendered her unable to draw until she teamed up with Microsoft as part of a BBC documentary. Together they created a unit to wear on her wrist like a watch which balanced the tremors in her hand to enable her to draw again.

Emma is now a digital strategist for Parkinson's UK, where she has been working to help create apps and devices which can help people with Parkinson's manage their condition - and not, in her words, look 'daggy': "remember you're designing for people with taste," she says.

In this interview Anne Marie and Emma talk about living with a long-term physical condition and how that has informed and affected Emma's career in design and tech. They discuss exceeding others' expectations, how technology can play a role in helping people of all abilities to understand themselves and live well.

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Emma Lawton is on Twitter @Ems_Lawton, and her blog is https://www.thef---itlist.com/

Anne Marie Imafidon is on twitter @aimafidon and instagram @notyouraverageAMI

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Rachel Riley is known to millions as the co-host and resident mathematician of the cult TV show 'Countdown', and its off-shoot '8 out of 10 cats does Countdown'. In 2013 she appeared on the hit BBC show 'Strictly Come Dancing'. Now she's taking on the online trolls with the Centre for Countering Digital Hate. In the first episode of Women Tech Charge series 2, Rachel Riley talks to Anne Marie Imafidon about being Britain's favourite TV mathematician, and why we should do maths, not war.

Rachel Riley is on Twitter and Instagram at @RachelRileyRR.

Anne Marie Imafidon is on Twitter @aimafidon and Instagram @notyouraverageAMI

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Women Tech Charge is back, bigger and better. Launching on Ada Lovelace Day - the international celebration of women in tech - series 2 features a new set of incredible guests.

In episode 1 Rachel Riley, co-host of the popular Channel 4 TV show 'Countdown' joins us to talk about battling online trolls. Future guests will include racing driver and Formula E team principal Susie Wolff, Head of Google Assistant, Lilian Rincon, and Charmaine Chan of Industrial Light and Magic on her role in the Marvel and Star Wars movies. We'll be discussing robots, artificial intelligence, algorithms, as well as business, start-ups, and funding.

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On the day the world celebrates 50 years since the Beatles' iconic 'Abbey Road' album, we revisit an episode from series 1 with Isabel Garvey, MD of Abbey Road Studios.

This episode was first published on 22nd April 2019

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When services like Napster began to shake up the music industry, EMI called on Isabel Garvey to project how their business could prepare for the digital revolution. 15 years later Isabel continues to lead the music world's future focus as the MD of world-famous Abbey Road studios, leading their incubator for digital music technologies, Abbey Road RED. In this episode Isabel and Anne-Marie discuss how digital technologies are shaping the future of music, and how developments like artificial intelligence are becoming collaborative partners in the creative process.

Abbey Road Studios is on twitter @AbbeyRoad. Find out more at www.abbeyroad.com

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Roberta Lucca founded Bossa Studios in the basement of a circus school with a few friends. Millions of downloads later, Bossa Studios is a multi-million pound, BAFTA-winning business with hits to its name like Surgeon Simulator, I Am Bread and Worlds Adrift. In the final episode in Season One of Women Tech Charge Roberta talks to Anne Marie about what it takes to make a hit game, how she harnesses her teams' creativity through 'game jams', and why the games industry needs more women.

Visit Bossa Studios at www.bossastudios.com. Follow them on Twitter at @bossastudios

Robert Lucca is on Twitter @betalucca1. Her YouTube channel is BetaLucca

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As a young woman working in the construction industry, Savannah De Savary grew frustrated with the inefficiencies she perceived. Despite never intending to start a company, the problems she saw inspired her to find solutions through tech. Inspired by her own experiences she founded BuiltID which democratises the planning and approvals process, bringing power to the people by methods as inclusive as possible. She's also championing diversity in a characteristically monoculture industry.

Savannah is on Twitter @SdeSavary

find out more about BuiltID at built-id.com and Twitter: @Built_ID

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Around the same time Uber were changing the way we get around, Venetia Archer spotted an opportunity to similarly disrupt the beauty industry. There was just one problem - she had no experience in tech. What she did have was a background in journalism and a passion for ideas which helped her research what she did not already know. Within a few short years she has built a thriving business with global ambition, has already begun acquiring other companies, and has been named on Forbes 30 under 30 list for retail and ecommerce. In this episode of Women Tech Charge, Venetia talks to Anne-Marie about how she grew her company and the lessons she has learned along the way as a woman in Tech.

Ruuby is available to download from the iTunes App Store

Venetia is on Twitter @venetiaarcher and Instagram @venetia_

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Helen Disney was writing for The Times when Bitcoin launched. She quickly realised that businesses, policy makers and the public didn't fully understand the revolutionary implications of emerging blockchain technology. Now she runs the startup UnBlocked, making it her business to help leaders understand how blockchain can impact their field of work. In this podcast she discusses with Anne-Marie the implications of blockchain, demystifying the technology and sharing some of the best use examples she's seen - including a surprising connection to race horses.

Helen Disney is on twitter at @HDisney

Find out more about UnBlocked at www.unblockedevents.com and @unblockedevents

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When services like Napster began to shake up the music industry, EMI called on Isabel Garvey to project how their business could prepare for the digital revolution. 15 years later Isabel continues to lead the music world's future focus as the MD of world-famous Abbey Road studios, leading their incubator for digital music technologies, Abbey Road RED. In this episode Isabel and Anne-Marie discuss how digital technologies are shaping the future of music, and how developments like artificial intelligence are becoming collaborative partners in the creative process.

Abbey Road Studios is on twitter @AbbeyRoad. Find out more at www.abbeyroad.com

Anne-Marie Imafidon is on twitter @aimafidon and Instagram @notyouraverageami

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Priya Lakhani is a living example of how to use business to do a little good in the world. Her first company, Masala Masala, sold fresh Indian cooking sauces via supermarkets like Waitrose, and used the proceeds to provide a meal for a homeless person in India for every jar sold. When she discovered the overburden of workload affecting teachers in schools, and the knock-on effect for the students they teach, Priya spotted an opportunity to solve a new problem.

Her company Century Tech now uses Artificial Intelligence and neuroscience to augment students' learning experiences in schools, enabling teachers and parents to make targeted interventions to improve children's education. How did the owner of a curry company transition into a pioneering technology guru? Listen to the episode to find out.

Priya Lakhani is on twitter @priyalakhani

Find out more about Century Tech at www.century.tech and on twitter @thisiscentury

Anne-Marie Imafidon is on twitter @aimafidon and Instagram @notyouraverageami

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