Help us celebrate International Women’s Day at our Women in STEM event for high school girls in March each year.
This annual event encourages high school girls (Years 9-11) to consider a career in STEM and introduces girls to an amazing array of STEM opportunities.
During the day students will:
- Learn about careers in STEM and plan their next steps to get there at the Careers Expo.
- Hear from inspiring and successful female speakers on a range of STEM topics, from ocean science to palaeontology, biodiversity, maritime archaeology and more!
- Explore the museum and HMAS Vampire during a self-guided visit or go on an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour through the Conservation labs.
- Participate in creative STEAM workshops with artists who work at the intersection of art and science.
Discover exciting STEM opportunities at this free event for high school girls
Register now to attend Women in STEM on 8 March 2024.
Check out our fabulous lineup of speakers for 2024
- Palaeontologist, archaeologist and Superstar of STEM, Sally Hurst
- Optometrist, Suki Jaiswal
- Maritime conservator and PADI Diver, Heather Berry
- Marine ecologist and Living Seawalls co-founder, Mariana Mayer Pinto
- Environmental scientist, Erin Roger
- Cloud solutions architect at Microsoft, Varsha Bubathi
- Epidemiologist and mathematical modeller at the Cancer Council, Megan Smith
- Application modernization specialist at Google Cloud, Phoebe Gunter
- Mechanical engineer, Nour Manafikhi
Meet some of the museum’s women in STEM
- Head of Conservation, Agata Rostek-Robak
- Curator of Ocean Science and Sustainability, Emily Jateff
- Assistant Curator, Cay-Leigh Bartnicke
- First Nations Program Officer, Dakota Dixon
Explore a range of STEM opportunities at the Careers Expo
- Macquarie University and the National Indigenous Science Education Program
- Australian Nuclear Science Technology Organization (ANSTO)
- University of Tasmania
- Sydney Water Corp
- Atlas of Living Australia (ALA)
- The University of NSW
- Refraction Media
- TAFE NSW
- Living Seawalls
- The GiST: Girls in STEM Toolkit
Watch the 2023 presentations
