[X Maaya] Japan's IT Industry & Women's Career Growth

PyLadies Seoul is planning its first offline meetup of 2025, featuring Maaya, who has been leading PyLadies Tokyo for over 10 years and received the prestigious Maaya Award at PyConUS 2024 for being the best PyLadies organizer. This will be an opportunity to enjoy delicious food, hear various stories, and network together.

- Target audience: Any women interested in PyLadies\, Japan\, or the IT industry
- Date: Friday\, April 25\, 2025\, 7:30 PM (expected to last 1.5-2 hours)
- If you provide your mobile phone number when you RSVP\, we will send you a QR code for entry!
- Location: 3rd Floor Room 07\, Heyground Bricks Seoulforest Branch
- What to bring: Business cards or LinkedIn profiles for networking
- Capacity: First come\, first served 10-15 people
- We will provide poke bowls during the meetup. If you have any dietary restrictions\, please note them in your RSVP :)
- Participation fee: 20\,000 KRW (Toss Bank 1001-0090-0506 Sujin Yoon)
If you have difficulty paying the fee, please contact [seoul@pyladies.com]

Topics Maaya will share:

• Introducing Japan IT industry culture

• Maaya's Comment

  The neighboring country, Japan. In this session, I'll talk about Japanese culture, especially engineering culture, and trends in the Japanese IT industry.
  And also, I don't know much about Korean tech culture, so please let me know & let's sharing discussion!

• Job hunting/employment in Japan
• Encouraging more women to become speakers at tech events
• Maaya's Linkedin profile

‼️The event will be conducted in English, and participants should be able to communicate in at least one of Korean/Japanese/English for smooth interaction.
You don't need to be fluent in these languages.
Knowledge of the Python programming language is not required to participate.
All participants must adhere to the Code of Conduct (CoC): https://kit.pyladies.com/en/latest/policies/coc.html