This presentation features a conversation with Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley, one of the UK's most influential and inspirational women in technology. In 1962, the speaker founded the IT company F.I. Group, now known as Xansa. An ardent philanthropist, she has given away over 50 million pounds via the Shirley Foundation. This evening provided an opportunity to hear some of Dame Stephanie's incredible life stories and to chat informally about her life as a woman leader in IT, and to discuss what has changed in the sector since she set up and built up her company in the 1960s and 1970s. The speaker also discussed her passion for philanthropy, including her mission to facilitate and support pioneering projects with strategic impact in the field of autism spectrum disorders, with a particular emphasis on medical research.
