The conference was created to fill a need and help minorities in IT secure funding. According to their site only 14% of CS Degree Candidates are women and Black women get gnly 0.02% of venture capital funding.
The purpose of the Women and Minorities in Technology Conference is to:
- Aid women and minorities to enter and advance in information technology roles via education
- Enhance corporate and tech community awareness of how to attract and retain a diverse IT workforce.
- Energize the educational pipeline of diverse workers.
- Connect attendees with companies and staffing agencies.
For more info visit www.wamitconference.com
