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Inclusion, diversity and equity in Australian technology education ideate.community

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IDEATE @ideatecommunity.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Last week’s IDEATE Summit at RMIT in Melbourne was an incredible success! Educator and industry partners from nine universities — plus Google — came together to collaborate on practical ways to make tech education more inclusive and accessible for all students. 🧵👇

Group of four people gathered around a table looking at butcher's paper and discussing with thoughtful looks on their faces.

Dr Ronny Andrade Parra and Kate Anderson at the front of a room with a screen showing "AI for visual impairment" and a picture of a person wearing smart glasses seen from behind. People at a table in the foreground are looking at the screen and speakers intently.

People in a line around the perimeter of a workshop room full of tables and chairs. Associate Professor Susan Hansen is walking through the middle of the room. This was an activity to encourage people to say hello to someone they don't know, as used by Susan in some of her classes with students to develop their confidence and feelings of connection to other students.

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IDEATE @ideatecommunity.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Last week was quite something! Our first ever IDEATE Summit at ANU in Canberra. It was wonderful to have people come together from ten different universities, as well as our industry partners, to talk about how we can do better for our students. #DEI #ComputerScience #tech #SoftwareEngineer

$White paper with text handwritten in brown texta: "What Success Looks Like:"\nThere are arrows labelled "To Industry" and "To Academia".$ Dwayne standing in front of a room full of people who are listening to him speak. People are seated in small groups at tables. Dwayne has two prosthetic legs, and is wearing shorts.

Dwayne standing in front of a room full of people who are listening to him speak. People are seated in small groups at tables. Dwayne has two prosthetic legs, and is wearing shorts.

Lea, Patrick and Xiaolin sitting on mid-century styled armchairs next to a round coffee table. Lea is speaking and looking towards the audience (out of frame).

Rohan, Ros, Annabel and Sally-Ann sitting on mid-century styled armchairs behind a round coffee table. Annabel is speaking into a handheld microphone. Behind them, the wall is painted with a large Aboriginal flag overlaid with Ngunnawal words. It was painted by Ngambri artist Paul Girrawah House.

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IDEATE @ideatecommunity.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Want to see the schedule for what we'll be talking about at our first summit? Tell your colleagues, we want everyone in the room as we work out how to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in the tech industry. ideate.community/sum... #DEI #disability #WIC #FirstNations #BIPOC #neurodivergent

Group of students sitting and talking at outdoor picnic tables in front of a chalkboard covered in mathematics work.
Overlaid text:
IDEATE Summit 2025
Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Australian Technology Education
Summit Schedule
now available
1-2 September
The Australian National University

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IDEATE @ideatecommunity.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Want to see a greater diversity of students graduating from computer science and tech courses at Australian universities, and thriving in their industry careers? Come to our summit 1-2 September in Canberra Let's make it happen together! ideate.community/sum...

Group of students sitting and talking at outdoor picnic tables in front of a big blackboard with mathematics work in chalk on it.
Overlaid is text:
IDEATE Summit 2025
Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Australian Technology Education
IDEATE educates, equips and enables universities to lead systemic change to increase diversity in technology education and careers in Australia.
1-2 September
The Australian National University

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IDEATE @ideatecommunity.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Our first annual IDEATE Summit is in Canberra 1-2 Sept. Bringing together Australian universities and tech industry, we're working together to improve inclusion, diversity and equity in Australian technology education. Details: ideate.community/sum... #uni #DEI #disability #STEM #ComputerScience

Group of students sitting at outdoor tables in front of a blackboard with maths working on it.
Overlaid text says
IDEATE Summit 2025
Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Australian Technology Education
1-2 September
The Australian National University

There is also overlaid yellow and light green graphics in the shape of triangles and circles in two different sizes.

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IDEATE @ideatecommunity.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Today we launched the IDEATE program: universities and tech industry leaders working together to improve inclusion, diversity and equity in Australian technology education. 🧵

Daniel Nadasi (Google AU), David Liebowitz (PentenAmio), Emma Davidson (IDEATE Program Director), Penny Kyburz (ANU, IDEATE Steering Committee Chair), Sally-Ann Williams (Cicada Innovations, IDEATE Steering Committee member), Antony Hosking (ANU).
Standing in front of an Aboriginal flag that is overlaid with words in Ngunnawal and English.

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