TECH TALKS

Knowledge is power: at Vogue Codes 2019, leading entrepreneurs shared insider tips – and life advice.

Technology is an essential part of our everyday world, but there’s still a gender imbalance in the tech industry. Vogue Codes aims to empower women to be creators of the digital future. “Our hope is that a successful career in technology will be something future generations won’t think twice about,” says Vogue Australia editor-in-chief Edwina McCann. This year, thanks to presenting partner Westpac and supporting partners Audi Australia and Estée Lauder, Vogue Codes returned to Sydney and Melbourne and expanded to Adelaide and Brisbane for a series of events, all with the express purpose of inspiring women and girls to join the #voguecodes movement.

VOGUE CODES Summit

An impressive line-up of speakers and panellists, including designer Karen Walker, Shama Sukul Lee of Sunfed and Atlassian’s Mairead O’Donovan, were on hand at the summits in Melbourne and Sydney to encourage women to pursue careers in tech-related industries.

vogue codes in conversation

To start the day on a positive note, the exclusive Vogue Codes In Conversation breakfast events, presented by Audi, featured women who are driving change in their fields. Speakers included Olympic champion Anna Meares, Alex Moss of Canaria Technologies and Google’s Melanie Silva.

VOgue codes live

For those beginning their careers, Vogue Codes Live was the place to get start-up tips and insider advice from creative digital innovators such as Adore Beauty’s Kate Morris, Meggie Palmer of PepTalkHer, Deborah Symond O’Neil of Mode Sportif and Jessica Ruhfus of Collabosaurus.

VOgue codes university of Adelaide

With topics from ‘How AI is changing the world’ to ‘Glamour and grit: what starting a business is really like’ being discussed, students who attended this event in Adelaide received some important life lessons from industry leaders.

VOgue codes kids

Vogue and Code Camp’s interactive one-hour coding workshop for under-12s let them create and develop their own game. Coding rules, okay?

CLOCKWISE FROM RIGHT: PANELLISTS AT ‘THE BUSINESS OF BEAUTY IN A DIGITAL WORLD: TRENDS, DATA AND INFLUENCE’ DISCUSSION AT THE VOGUE CODES SUMMIT, MELBOURNE; JANE G ANDERS AND KATE GILDEA FROM ESTÉE LAUDER; SHAMA SUKUL LEE FROM SUNFED; THE FRANK GREEN X VOGUE AUSTRALIA REUSABLE COFFEE CUP; FROM LEFT, LILITH HARDIE LUPICA, VOGUE’S JULIA FRANK, AND EMILY ALGAR; SUMMIT ATTENDEES RECEIVED GIFT BAGS THAT INCLUDED SAMPLE SIZES OF AWARD-WINNING ESTÉE LAUDER ADVANCED NIGHT REPAIR; AN AUDI Q8 LUXURY VEHICLE ON SHOW AT THE MELBOURNE SUMMIT; THE EVENT PROGRAM; GUESTS AT THE SUMMIT.

CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT: EDWINA McCANN, VOGUE AUSTRALIA EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, OPENS VOGUE CODES SUMMIT; VOGUE’S JULIA FRANK AND JEN RUBIO FROM AWAY; DECORATIVE ELEMENTS AT THE VOGUE CODES SUMMIT INCLUDED FLOWERS BY SEED FLORA IN VASES BY DINOSAUR DESIGNS; BECKY DAWSON FROM LINKEDIN ANZ; JOURNALIST AND AUDI AMBASSADOR MELISSA DOYLE; GUESTS AT A VOGUE CODES SUMMIT EVENT; CRAIG BRIGHT, CIO AT WESTPAC GROUP; A GUEST CAPTURES AN IMAGE FROM THE VOGUE CODES SUMMIT; GUESTS AT A VOGUE CODES SUMMIT EVENT; DESIGNER KAREN WALKER; JAMES BARTLE FROM OUTLAND DENIM AND JENNY CERMAK FROM McKINSEY & COMPANY; JAYNIE SEAL FROM SKY NEWS; FROM LEFT, WESTPAC’S CRAIG BRIGHT, ANASTASIA CAMMAROTO, CIO FOR WESTPAC CONSUMER DIVISION, EDWINA McCANN AND NICHOLAS GRAY, PUBLISHER, NEWS PRESTIGE NETWORK.

CLOCKWISE FROM RIGHT: FROM LEFT, PAUL SANSOM, MANAGING DIRECTOR, AUDI AUSTRALIA, EDWINA McCANN, MELISSA DOYLE, BUMBLE’S MICHELLE BATTERSBY AND JULIE BISHOP AT THE IN CONVERSATION PRESENTED BY AUDI BREAKFAST IN MELBOURNE; JULIE BISHOP AND AUDI’S PAUL SANSOM; VOGUE’S VICTORIA BAKER AND WESTPAC’S ANASTASIA CAMMAROTO; A GUEST AT THE IN CONVERSATION PRESENTED BY AUDI BREAKFAST; THE IN CONVERSATION PRESENTED BY AUDI BREAKFAST MENU; SPEAKERS ARRIVED IN AUDI Q8 CARS FOR THE IN CONVERSATION PRESENTED BY AUDI BREAKFAST IN BRISBANE; STEPHANIE GILMORE, SEVEN-TIME WORLD SURFING CHAMPION AND AUDI AMBASSADOR, AT THE IN CONVERSATION PRESENTED BY AUDI BREAKFAST IN SYDNEY; FROM LEFT, CHRISTY LAURENCE FROM PLANN, NIKKI WARBURTON, CMO OF AUDI AUSTRALIA, VOGUE’S JESSICA MONTAGUE AND INTERIOR DESIGNER ANNA SPIRO AT THE IN CONVERSATION PRESENTED BY AUDI BREAKFAST IN BRISBANE; GUESTS AT THE BREAKFAST EVENT IN BRISBANE; FROM LEFT: EDWINA McCANN, OLYMPIC CHAMPION ANNA MEARES AND ALEX MOSS FROM CANARIA TECHNOLOGIES AT THE IN CONVERSATION PRESENTED BY AUDI BREAKFAST IN ADELAIDE.

FAR LEFT COLUMN, FROM TOP: EDWINA McCANN OPENS VOGUE CODES LIVE; FROM LEFT, MARIECLAUDE MALLAT FROM MCMPR, DESIGNER KAREN WALKER, VOGUE’S KATE DARVILL, DEBORAH SYMOND O’NEIL FROM MODE SPORTIF AND ELIZABETH ABEGG FROM SPELL & THE GYPSY COLLECTIVE; THE VOGUE CODES LIVE STAGE; KEYNOTE SPEAKER MEGGIE PALMER FROM PEPTALKHER AT VOGUE CODES LIVE IN SYDNEY; KATE MORRIS FROM ADORE BEAUTY AND KATE GILDEA FROM ESTÉE LAUDER; VOGUE’S VICTORIA BAKER AND DR MICHELLE PERUGINI FROM PRESAGEN AT THE VOGUE CODES UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE EVENT. MIDDLE COLUMN, FROM TOP: JUNIOR CODERS AT A VOGUE CODES KIDS EVENT; EXCITED YOUNG GUESTS AT VOGUE CODES KIDS; THE ESTÉE LAUDER POP-UP COUNTER AT VOGUE CODES LIVE; VOGUE CODES LIVE GIFT BAGS INCLUDED ESTÉE LAUDER PURE COLOR ENVY PAINT ON LIQUID LIPCOLOR PRODUCTS; A GUEST WITH A FRANK GREEN X VOGUE AUSTRALIA REUSABLE COFFEE CUP. FROM TOP: IT WAS GAME ON FOR THE CHILDREN TAKING PART IN THE WORKSHOP AT VOGUE CODES KIDS; YOUNG CODERS AT AN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP.