Speakers Program - IBM - Our Industry Partner

Since 1998, IBM has joined forces with the Swinburne Student Speakers Program to deliver an exciting series of presentations on career and study options. The teams of IBM speakers come from diverse educational backgrounds covering economics, business, computer science, software engineering, biochemistry, information systems, information technology, software development and psychology.

Without a doubt, the great strength of the IBM speakers was their passion for their work:

"I want to inspire the next generation of young women [and to show] that IT can provide boundless opportunities in all areas - and offer exciting career paths", said one.

"Its been great to tell my story and I hope that it has helped in some small way to enlighten or inspire the girls."
Mimi Iakovidis

"Have you ever wanted to smash things to see how easy it is to break them? Well, that's my job at IBM. I test equipment for its durability".
Maria Valdez

"I joined this program to show you that you don't have to be a computer nerd to go into IT"
Lang Huynh