Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Sandra C. Bauer Partner AI & Data at Deloitte	Revolutionizing Enterprises through Multimodal Generative AI This talk explores the transformative potential of multimodal generative AI in enterprises, moving beyond text-based solutions to unlock the power of models capable of processing and generating images, videos, audio, and more. We will delve into real-world applications such as personalized marketing, AI-powered diagnostics, and virtual assistants, while addressing challenges like infrastructure, data integration, and ethical concerns. The session will also include real examples to illustrate how businesses are successfully leveraging multimodal AI to drive innovation and deliver tangible… read more
Jutta Schönlau Head of Sales & Marketing Operations at Infineon Technologies AG	Empowering Exploration: Building AI Literacy in Your Team for a Future-Ready Organization As AI continues to transform industries and revolutionize the way we work, it's essential for teams to develop a deep understanding of AI concepts and applications. Many organizations struggle to foster a culture of AI exploration, often due to lack of resources, expertise, or simply not knowing where to start. In this keynote, we'll explore practical strategies for building AI literacy within your team, focusing on how to encourage exploration, experimentation, and innovation with AI. We'll discuss the importance of creating a safe space for experimentation, providing… read more
Melanie Deneau Regional Director Europe at Sourcepoint	The Value of Consent - Short history of GDPR and IAB TCF Framework - What does consent (for their data being used for advertising purposes) mean to a user. What is the tradeoff for them? Do they really understand what they are giving? What is the exchange they are making and what information are they sharing? - What is the value to advertisers, to Google, to the programmatic ecosystem? - What is the value to a publisher/media company/retail media, over a period of time? How is their revenue affected? How is their data affected? What is the Impact of not having consent? - How are trends… read more
Charlene Schubert Head of Product/ Product Lead	From Gut Feel to Growth: How Tiny Tweaks Win Users Creating a user-centric product is like having a conversation with your customers—if you’re not actively listening, you’ll miss the feedback that drives your next big breakthrough. Successful product management requires balancing user needs, business goals, and technology constraints while ensuring seamless execution. Product management can feel overwhelming at every stage of your career, there are always fresh insights or small shifts that help us reflect, adapt, and improve user-centric development. As a passionate product leader with 6+ years in healthcare & e-commerce… read more
Stephanie Levy CEO of Schools at 42 Berlin + 42 Wolfsburg	AI, EdTech & The Future Workforce: Leading Digital Transformation & Diversity in Tech As AI continues to reshape industries, the future of work will depend on how we integrate technology into education and workforce development while promoting diversity in leadership. In this session, Stephanie Levy, CEO of 42 Berlin + 42 Wolfsburg, will explore how AI-powered education and upskilling can transform careers, foster digital inclusion, and prepare underrepresented talent for leadership roles in tech. Through real-world insights and strategies, she will discuss: How AI is impacting workforce upskilling and digital transformation How EdTech can… read more
Padma Ganeshan Service Delivery Manager at Objectway	Leading Across Cultures: The Power of Stakeholder-Centric Leadership and Cultural Intelligence In today’s global tech landscape, leadership isn’t just about driving results—it’s about navigating complexity, aligning diverse stakeholders, and adapting across cultures. As women leaders, many of us are already doing this intuitively. But what if we could do it intentionally, strategically—and with impact? In this talk, I’ll explore how stakeholder-centric leadership and cultural intelligence go hand in hand. Based on my experience leading multicultural teams across Germany, Spain, and India, I’ll share how learning to observe, absorb, and adapt—while respecting cultural… read more
Monique Morrow President and Co-Founder at The Humanized Internet	Why AI and Ethics Matter As AI continues to permeate various aspects of society, from healthcare and finance to entertainments and education, the ethical implications of its deployment have become increasingly critical. This presentation aims to illuminate the essential intersection of AI and ethics, underscoring why thoughtful consideration of ethical principles is paramount in the development and implementation of AI systems. We will explore key ethical concerns, including bias and fairness, transparency and the impact of AI on humanity. Through real-world case studies and theoretical frameworks, we will… read more
Silvia Heredia Minthorne de Kläner Vice President People and Organization at Lucanet	From awareness to action: Contributing to a mentally supportive workplace Wellbeing is a holistic concept that includes physical, emotional, and mental health—each key to thriving both personally and professionally. In this talk, "From awareness to action: Contributing to a mentally supportive workplace", we focus on mental wellbeing and the important role each of us can play in supporting those around us. Together, we'll explore how to recognize the signs when someone might be struggling with their mental health and discover practical ways to offer meaningful support. This session empowers you to become a mental health ally—helping build a resilient… read more
Elisabeth Plakinger Managing Principal at Capco	Make AI Predictable — From Rulebook to Real-Time in Financial Services In safety-critical industries, the winning AI isn’t flashy—it’s predictable, auditable, and sign-off ready. Drawing on large-scale post-trade transformations (T+2 → T+1 → real-time), this talk shows C-suite leaders how to convert regulation into runtime and pilots into production. We’ll translate ISO 20022 semantics, static/SSI data, and corporate-actions complexity into AI services with measurable trust (latency, reliability, explainability) and built-in controls (compliance-as-code, evidence generation, kill-switches). You’ll see how MLOps × SRE practices, event-driven data, and agentic co-… read more
Pradnya Shelar Software Engineering Manager at Delivery Hero	Tenure vs. Transition: Career Leverage for Women in Tech Over my 20 years in tech from starting as a mainframe developer to leading engineering teams at Delivery Hero, I’ve navigated career-defining choices across industries and companies like JP Morgan, Amazon, and now in the global logistics domain. Along the way, I’ve struggled with the same question many of us face: Should I stay, or should I go? For women in tech, this question often carries extra weight. It’s not just about pay bumps or shiny titles. It’s about visibility, influence, and whether the choice compounds or diminishes our long-term career leverage. It's also about… read more
Lilia Gargouri Head of QA at mgm technology partners gmbh	Towards Sustainable Software Testing: Balancing Quality, Efficiency, and Environmental Responsibility in the AI Era Sustainability is emerging as a critical dimension of software quality, yet its implications for software testing remain largely underexplored. Testing ensures reliability, robustness, and compliance, but it is also resource-intensive, consuming significant computational power, infrastructure, and human effort. The increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in testing amplifies this paradox: AI promises efficiency in test generation, prioritization, and defect detection, yet its high computational demands contribute to substantial energy use and CO₂ emissions. This contribution… read more
Tracy Evans Partner at Open Strategy Partners GmbH	Generative engine optimization for SaaS products and agencies Learn how to make your agency, SaaS product, or company more discoverable in the age of AI-driven recommendations. As AI tools increasingly influence how businesses discover service providers, a new kind of visibility is emerging: recommendations by generative engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google’s AI Overviews. Traditional SEO and brand awareness now need to be backed up with strategies designed to make your expertise interesting and credible for large language models (LLMs). This talk introduces the concept of Generative Engine… read more
Charlene Schubert Senior Product Manager	The Nonlinear Path: Why pausing can be the smartest move of your career Career growth isn’t always a straight climb — sometimes the most meaningful progress comes from stepping back or pressing pause. Yet in a world that glorifies momentum, pausing can often feel like failure. This talk explores how sabbaticals and career transitions can instead become powerful tools for self-leadership, creating clarity, confidence, and renewed purpose. Attendees will learn how to plan a purposeful sabbatical or career pause — from financial preparation to designing unstructured time for rest, learning, and reflection. Practical tools such as journaling, strength… read more
Orly Stern Izhaki SaaS&Fintech Executive \| GM & Product Executive at	From Chaos to Clarity: Escaping the Fear Loop and Rebuilding Product Momentum In fast-moving tech environments, product teams often fall into a “fear loop” -a cycle of reactivity, shipping for the sake of shipping, and avoiding strategic decisions because the stakes feel too high. I’ve seen this pattern in startups, scale-ups, and global SaaS organizations, and I’ve led teams out of it. This talk exposes the psychological and organizational forces that trap product teams, and reveals a practical framework for breaking the cycle and driving a true product turnaround. Through real-world stories from cross-functional teams, legacy product rebuilds, and high… read more
Luboslava Uram CTO/COO at Solvd Group	AI-Native Enterprise: How Women Leaders Are Driving Tech-First Transformation at Scale Why this topic matters now: As AI becomes central to operations and core business in finance & insurance, companies face massive transformation challenges - from legacy systems, regulatory compliance to cross-market scale and people/technology alignment. Women leaders bring unique strengths: ethical perspective, people-centered leadership, cross-cultural empathy, and ability to unify teams at scale. There is a critical need to share real-world success stories and frameworks, especially in regulated industries like financial services - yet these… read more
Julia Grosse Speaker & Founder at The Cyclical CEO™	Productivity Unlocked: Leveraging Women’s Hormonal Cycles for Better Focus, Energy, and Results in Tech Most productivity advice ignores women’s real biology. This talk flips the script: learn how to leverage your natural cognitive and energy rhythms — rooted in hormonal cycles — for higher impact at work, less stress, and better wellbeing. I’ll share science-backed frameworks and practical examples so every woman in tech can identify her own “power windows,” optimize her planning, and achieve sustainable high performance without burnout. Walk away with strategies you can use immediately — no willpower, no hustle, just cycle-smart results. Did you like this session? Share to vote. … read more
Tom Shemesh RevOps Leader & Founder	Merit Is Not a Strategy: Why Women Are Taught to Avoid Power, Money, and Visibility Many women in tech are told that competence, reliability, and hard work will naturally lead to recognition and advancement. In reality, power in organizations follows visibility, negotiation, and political fluency, not merit alone. This talk examines how women are socialized to avoid money conversations, leadership conflict, and self-advocacy, and how this directly shapes career outcomes. Based on lived experience and observation across multiple organizations, the session offers a clear-eyed look at how decisions are actually made, the myths that keep women playing by the wrong… read more
Birgit Hass Founder at Finfluencer Circle	Visibility Is Power: Thought Leadership in Tech Why visibility has become a strategic leadership skill in the tech industry — and how professionals, experts, and companies can build trust, relevance, and influence through authentic thought leadership in a noisy digital world. Teach / Key Takeaways • Visibility creates trust: In tech, expertise alone is not enough — visibility turns knowledge into credibility. • Thought leadership ≠ self-promotion: Real influence comes from sharing insights, context, and experience, not marketing messages. • Tech needs translation: Complex technologies only create… read more
Doina Popa CEO at InnoTrue GmbH	Executive Ready: How Women in Tech Break Through to the C-Suite After 25+ years in technology, including CIO and CTO roles, I’ve seen why so many talented women plateau just before executive leadership. This session breaks down what actually differentiates C-suite leaders from high-performing managers. We’ll explore the skills women must intentionally build, the career pitfalls that quietly derail advancement, and the strategic moves that accelerate executive readiness. You’ll leave with a clear roadmap for positioning yourself as a credible, visible, and influential leader at the highest levels of the organization. … read more
Andra Popa Tech Leaders Coach at Leaders Being Heard	Escape the Juggle Jungle: Successfully Manage Multiple Requests and Work-Life Balance In today’s fast-paced work environment, how well you juggle requests and manage your time can make the difference between enjoying your job and burning out. Whether you are aiming to enjoy your job or enhance your work-life balance, your success will lie in your ability to establish and maintain boundaries. In this interactive workshop, you will get the secrets of saying no as well as the formula for achieving a healthier work-life balance. Did you like this session? Share to vote.