As TV and new technology evolve together there are more jobs than ever before available to tech savvy specialists in the broadcast industry, yet women only make up 12.8% of the total STEM workforce in the UK. What can the industry do to break down barriers and encourage more women to take up STEM related roles in the TV industry?
Joining chair Maggie Philbin, CEO and Co-Founder, TeenTech were Sinead Greenaway, Chief Technology and Operations Officer at UKTV; Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, space scientist and panellist on Sky One's Duck Quacks Don't Echo; Anna Patching, sound engineer at OBS TV and recipient of the 2015 RTS Coffrey Award for Excellence in Technology, and Sara Putt, deputy chair of Women in Film and Television (UK).
What can the industry do to break down barriers and encourage more women to take up STEM related roles in the TV industry?