Codess is a forum that holds events around Europe and the US to connect women in engineering fields like development, testing, and product management. At a recent Codess event in Dublin, Ireland, six women from different disciplines and generations at Microsoft's European Development Centre shared their experiences and inspiration working in technology. Attendees found the informal discussions and stories from different eras to be engaging and insightful. Organizers hope to gather more feedback to plan future networking events for women in engineering.

2. CODESS IS A FORUM FORWOMEN IN
ENGINEERINGTO NETWORK, LEARN AND
SHARE EXPERIENCES FROM ONE ANOTHER
Codess is now a series of events around Europe and US
bringing women together from Development, Test,
Service Engineering and Product Management. With
events in Estonia, Prague, Stockholm, Romania, London
and Seattle, we are making our way round the different
engineering communities, always meeting like-minded
and empowering women

4. CODESS DUBLIN
 LastThursday 13th March, Microsoft Ireland sponsored Codess Dublin, the 8th
event in the Codess series and the first Codess event in Ireland. Codess is a
forum for women in engineering to network, learn and share experiences from
one another. The format of this particular event was "the Age ofTechnology,"
where people had the opportunity to connect with employee’s from the 80’s 90’s
and 00’s who shared their experiences and inspiration’s in a career in technology

6. ABOUTTHE NIGHT
6 individuals from a number of different disciplines and “generations” across our
European Development Centre demonstrated their passion and shared experiences
as a female working in technology.
The event was very interactive overall and great to see everyone getting involved
In the words of people who made it on the night:
“I found the event to be pretty inspiring - I know I got one or two really big
takeaways which were totally worth coming along for”
“The sessions were very informative as people talked about their experiences,
rather than stuck to a specific agenda. Discussions were kept light and informal,
which meant that they weren't formal”
“Great to connect and meet like-minded individuals.When can we do again”

7. WHAT NEXT??
We would love to hear more feedback from anyone who made it on the night
 Have your say here!!!
 Follow us onTwitter @Codess_Dub
 Keep an eye out for updates on our LinkedIn Group: Codess Dublin
 For more information on Codess check out their main site @
http://www.codess.net/about/
Looking forward to our next event!!!