Track Opening - Education

Dr Nicky Ringland is a Product Manager working in open source security at Google. She describes herself as a recovering Computational Linguist - having earned a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Sydney, (her thesis involved thinking hard about the names of things, then training a computer to do the thinking for her). She previously co-founded Grok Learning - a startup with a mission to teach students to solve problems with code. Named one of Australia's inaugural “Superstars of STEM” and an Australian Financial Review 'Women of Influence', Nicky is passionate about teaching the next generation the skills they need to become the creators of tomorrow, while building a healthy, diverse community for them to thrive in.

I am a Digi Tech and Science teacher from St Bede's College here in Melbourne. I am passionate about games in schools and I have taught Game Design for several years. I am the STEM Video Games Challenge secondary teacher ambassador for 2024. Come talk to me if you are interested in Digi Tech or STEM in schools!