{"id":12592,"date":"2025-10-14T13:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icentralau.com.au\/brisbane\/?p=12592"},"modified":"2025-10-14T13:57:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:57:16","slug":"women-of-cisco-hackathon-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icentralau.com.au\/brisbane\/women-of-cisco-hackathon-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Women of Cisco Hackathon 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12592\" class=\"elementor elementor-12592\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f750d33 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f750d33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32d59bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32d59bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Empowering Women's Innovation: <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-295ace0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"295ace0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cisco's ANZ Top Female Talent Program Returns to Innovation Central Brisbane<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a7acb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a7acb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"645\">The <em data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"415\">Women of Cisco Top Female Talent Program<\/em> returned to <strong data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"465\">Innovation Central Brisbane (ICB)<\/strong> for its second year, bringing together 27 emerging female leaders from across Australia and New Zealand for two high-energy days of creativity, collaboration, and design thinking.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"941\">Hosted in partnership with <strong data-start=\"674\" data-end=\"709\">Cisco Australia and New Zealand<\/strong>, the hackathon marked the midpoint of the six-month leadership and innovation experience &#8211; combining professional growth with hands-on problem solving, prototype development, and mentoring from Cisco\u2019s ANZ senior leadership team.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"1016\">This year\u2019s challenge asked participants to take on a bold provocation:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"1016\"><span style=\"color: #37c0c6;\"><strong><em>\u201cHow might we create a universal layer of trust that allows leaders, organisations and AI systems to move frictionlessly across networks \u2013 with identity, reputation, and compliance travelling with them?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1224\" data-end=\"1698\">Over the course of the hackathon, participants drew on design thinking, problem exploration, and rapid ideation to develop innovative concepts addressing this complex challenge. Guided by ICB\u2019s Design Thinking Facilitator,<strong data-start=\"1430\" data-end=\"1476\"> Vibhor Pandey<\/strong>, and supported by ICB Industry Fellow<strong data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1530\">&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icentralau.com.au\/brisbane\/nicole-hatherly-named-inaugural-industry-fellow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicole Hatherly<\/a>, the teams navigated every stage of the creative process, from defining user needs to testing ideas that blend trust, technology, and leadership in the digital age.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1700\" data-end=\"2124\">The energy and ideas generated throughout the two-day experience showcased the depth of talent within Cisco\u2019s workforce and the program\u2019s growing impact in advancing women\u2019s leadership in technology. Each team pitched its prototype concepts directly to Cisco\u2019s ANZ senior leadership team, receiving feedback, encouragement, and the opportunity to refine and evolve their ideas during the program\u2019s ongoing <span data-start=\"2110\" data-end=\"2123\">Build Phase<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2126\" data-end=\"2479\">Now in its second year at ICB, the <span data-start=\"2161\" data-end=\"2203\">Women of Cisco Top Female Talent Program<\/span> continues to strengthen the partnership between&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco.com\/site\/au\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cisco<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qut.edu.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Queensland University of Technology (QUT)<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; uniting industry and academia to accelerate digital capability, empower emerging leaders, and build inclusive innovation ecosystems across Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2481\" data-end=\"2821\">The hackathon experience is part of a broader leadership journey that began earlier this year with <strong data-start=\"2580\" data-end=\"2653\">Nicole Hatherly\u2019s <\/strong>Digital Skills for Impact and Influence Masterclass. 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