Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Gosia Warminska-Marczak Commercial Director at Elsevier	The Human OS: A Gestalt Approach to Resilience in the AI Era In the AI era, tech change isn’t just faster — it’s more constant, more ambiguous, and more personal. We treat transformation like a systems upgrade: new tools, new workflows, new metrics. But teams aren’t machines. When the pace outstrips our capacity to make meaning, people lose clarity, agency, and connection — and “resilience” turns into a demand to endure. I’ve worked at the sharp end of digital transformation where identity, access, platforms, and data must work seamlessly, and I’ve lived rapid change personally — moving from teaching into leadership roles in a highly… read more
Viktorija Trimbel Managing Director at Coinvest Capital	Women With Wings Challenges and opportunities for Women to invest in startups and for female founders to raise funding. Women With Wings - angel and early-stage women investors Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Ausra Gustainiene Digital Transformation Program Director at Girteka Group	How is a digital transformation different from a digital change In this talk, I will explore the crucial distinction between digital change and digital transformation. While many organizations are caught up in the allure of digitizing existing processes – making them faster, cheaper, and more efficient – they often miss the essence of true transformation. This presentation will dive deep into the fundamental differences between simply updating what we already do with digital tools (digital change) and genuinely revolutionizing the way we conduct business (digital transformation). By drawing on real-life examples and real-world case studies, I will uncover… read more
Austeja Zymantaite Cofounding VP of People & Culture at CAST AI	Navigating the Fast Lane: Senior Leadership Onboarding in High-Speed Startups In the dynamic world of technology, the journey to leadership roles can take different paths, each presenting its unique challenges and opportunities. This speech delves into the distinct experiences of senior leaders navigating the onboarding process in fast-paced startups compared to traditional enterprises. By juxtaposing theoretical frameworks with real-world scenarios, it explores the intense demands and rapid expectations placed on leaders in startup environments, where the first three months often determine success or failure. Drawing from personal anecdotes and industry insights, this… read more
Dora Csordas HR Officer (Talent Outreach) at IAEA	How to prepare for a United Nations-style Interview What to expect when applying to the United Nations organizations? Learn about the unique features of the process and how to stand out from the first step (writing your application) till the very last (interview). Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Dora Csordas HR Officer (Talent Outreach) at IAEA	Opportunities for Women in Tech at the IAEA Description of the session: Why work at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ? Learn about the mandate of this reputable UN agency and hear first hand from some of its leading female tech talent on their career path, daily work and tips on succeeding in the tech field as a woman. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Ilona Krehka Head of Customer Success	Landing Your Dream Tech Job: A Hiring Manager's Perspective Landing a dream tech job can feel like navigating a complex maze. This talk demystifies the process, offering practical strategies for aspiring tech professionals. Drawing on experience at industry giants like Google and TikTok, and currently as a hiring manager at TRKKN, I'll share insider secrets to crafting a compelling CV that gets noticed, mastering the art of the tech interview, and ultimately, landing that offer. From application to offer letter, this talk provides a roadmap to navigate the tech job market with confidence and achieve career success. Did you like this… read more
Simona Schuster Lead Product Marketing Manager at Tricentis	Speed Without Safety Is Not Innovation: How Agentic AI Redefines Software Quality AI is rapidly becoming a growth engine for modern businesses, accelerating how products are built, launched, and scaled. But as AI-generated code increases speed, it also introduces a new leadership challenge: how to innovate quickly without undermining reliability, customer trust, or business continuity. This session explores how forward-looking executives are rethinking software quality using agentic AI—moving from manual oversight to intelligent, always-on assurance that adapts as systems change. The result is not slower delivery, but stronger decision-making: fewer surprises, more… read more
Catharina Rieder Business Communications & Networking Consultant at Catharina Rieder	Super Power Networking: your contacts are your captial After 25 years in communications, one thing has been consistently true for me: my network has carried me forward and it has opened doors at exactly the right moments. And as we move deeper into a digital, AI-driven world, personal relationships and direct communication don’t become less relevant. They become a true competitive advantage! So the question isn’t whether networking matters. The real question is: How do you build and maintain a strong professional network in an age of “swipe-and-forget”? Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Gerd Bommer Founder & Managing Partner \| Business Angel at Zoenora OÜ	Strong Ventures Are Overlooked - How female founders convert quality into investor conviction The funding gap for female-led ventures is often framed as a question of fairness. In practice, it is also a question of capital efficiency, decision quality, and missed opportunity — for founders and investors alike. In this keynote, business angel and founder-first investor Gerd Bommer offers a clear, unfiltered look at how funding decisions are actually made, and why strong ventures still fail to convert interest into conviction. Drawing on more than a decade of active investing and hands-on work with female founders, he dissects investor meetings from the inside: what they… read more
Romana Lanzerstorfer CDO (Chief Data Officer)	Politics, Power & Perception: A Crash Course in Cybernetics and the C-Suite Executive environments are not shaped by performance alone, but by the dynamics of politics, power and perception in the rooms that matter. This session uses a cybernetic lens to unpack the C-Suite as a web of feedback loops between social expectations, informal alliances and shifting narratives that inform the reality of management. Romana provides scientifically sound insight into how these mechanisms naturally affect executive decisions and what changes in your career once you move beyond linear thinking and start to see a system of interdependencies instead. Participants leave with a… read more
Neelima Misra Founder & CEO at DaasTek	Privacy-Enhancing Technologies – Unlocking Data Utility with Privacy Protection In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations face a growing challenge: how to harness the power of data while safeguarding privacy. Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) are emerging as the key to balancing data utility and privacy protection. In this session, we will explore how PETs can transform data strategies across industries, ensuring compliance with GDPR, the EU Data Act, and other regulations. Our discussion will dive into real-world applications of PETs, exploring how methods like differential privacy, homomorphic encryption, and secure multi… read more
Margarit Mirzoyan Director of Engineering at Lifesum	Fighting for Respect: The Journey of a Woman in Tech As the world is moving forward it is still/yet important to keep raising the awareness but most importantly i really want to inspire and share a success story that might help many women to dare into proceeding to careers in tech. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Frida Stjernholm Tech Leadership Advisor and Board Professional at Pink Programming	Leading at the Breaking Point: When Autonomy, Technology, and Humanity Meet We are at a pivotal moment in leadership - where technological advancements, autonomy, and human values intersect in ways we’ve never seen before. As AI and automation redefine the workplace, organizations face a critical choice: Will technology be a force of empowerment or control? For much of my life, I lived within a system where autonomy was not an option. Where questioning the rules was dangerous, and compliance was expected. Breaking free wasn’t just about reclaiming my own independence - it was about understanding how systems shape behavior, decisions, and ultimately,… read more
Jessica Mansourati Strategic Advisor and Program Manager at Uppsala Innovation Centre, Innovation Leadership Group	Start before You’re Ready: A Practical Playbook for Building while Life Happens Many of us hold back from venturing into tech and starting our own thing because life isn’t set up for a clean leap - a full-time job, responsibilities, or financial reality make the "all in" mentality unrealistic. The 996-style is not optimal - or relevant - for everyone, even though a quick scroll on your Linkedin-feed oftentimes signals otherwise. In this talk, Jessica Mansourati shares practical recommendations and potential ways to begin anyway. Inspired by the “build things that don’t scale” mindset, she’ll show how to start small on purpose: choose a narrow… read more
Anna Radulovski CEO & Founder at WomenTech Network	Welcome to the Women in Tech Global Conference 2024 and How to Navigate Hopin Welcome to the Women in Tech Global Conference 2024 (ET) Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Sylwia Szymczyk 3D Apparel Specialist at Timberland, a VF company	The Power of Partnership: Driving Digitalization Through Cross-Functional Collaboration in Fashion In this presentation, Sylwia Szymczyk delves into how digital transformation and collaboration are crucial driving forces in the fashion industry. The talk emphasizes accelerating tech integration in the fashion value chain, a subject deeply rooted in Sylwia's expertise. Sylwia demonstrates the transformative role of partnerships, shining a light on both internal alignments that streamline operations as well as external collaborations that open doors to co-creation and Made-to-Order opportunities. The talk ends with an exploration of the frontier of open innovation in… read more
Francesca Carta Area Manager at Mia-Platform	Platform Engineering is not about tech "What are we using for pipelines? Which infrastructure do we support? Is service mesh enabled?”. These types of questions - revolving on tech choices and implementation - currently occupy most of the conversations around platform engineering. According to most evidence, though, these are not the only things that make a cloud-native platform successful: cultural change, communication and collaboration, reorganized processes, shared vision and roadmap - among others - play a key role in determining the success of platform transformation. If we don’t address change… read more
Anuardha Rose Cartolari Founder, CEO at RC Consulting	The Everchanging Journey of Leadership - Staying Ahead of the Game “Turbulence breaks a tree’s branches, but only tickles an eagle’s wings” Matshona Dhliwayo We all know that we live in a VUCA world – with high Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. Turbulence and disruption have become the new normal … and yet we need to move forward and lead, despite the uncertainty. What are the new learnings from neuroscience and behavioural sciences that give us insight on how to pave the way and lead? I will briefly do an “inspirational” talk – with concrete tips from my 30 years’ experience on leaders who want to change and evolve… read more
Francesca Barisani Outreach and Stakeholder Manager at EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative	Women in deep tech in Europe: trends, gaps and opportunities All Europeans need digital skills to study, work, communicate, access online public services and find trustworthy information. However, many Europeans do not have adequate digital skills. The Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) shows that 4 out of 10 adults and every third person who works in Europe lack basic digital skills. Even worse than this, there is a very low representation of women in tech-related professions and studies, with only 1 in 6 ICT specialists and 1 in 3 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates being women. During this panel we want to… read more