Sessions: WomenTech Global Conference

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Mary Guerdoux- Harries Business Owner - Professional Coach at Resonance	Maximise Your Impact in Tech – Master Your 4 Energy Sources Working in tech means navigating a fast-paced, high-pressure and often energy-draining environment. With constant performance demands, mental overload, and work-life balance challenges, how can we optimise our impact without compromising well-being? With over 20 years of experience in the tech industry, I’ve experienced these challenges firsthand. Now, as a professional coach, I help women to master their energy and use it strategically to achieve their goals with clarity and confidence. In this talk, I’ll introduce an approach inspired by high-performance… read more
Archana Maliyackal Product Manager at Home Shopping Europe ,Germany	Precision & Persuasion: Master the conversations that matter Have you ever had a great idea dismissed and see someone else sell a similar one successfully? It’s not about what you say but how you say that determines the how your idea will be perceived . Today’s leaders are forced to navigate in an environment , where decisions move fast and priorities shift constantly . Mastering the art of precision and persuasion can make the difference between being heard and being overlooked. In this talk I will share strategies that will help you speak right language and craft compelling arguments. In addition to this you will be able to… read more
Krithika Kumaragurubaran IT Chapter Lead at ING Netherlands	How women can lead with impact in IT? Women in technology have the power to drive innovation, foster inclusive cultures, and redefine leadership. In my talk, I would like to narrate my career path where I started 13 years ago as an enthusiastic junior engineer to IT Chapter Lead now and the challenges that I have faced and how I overcame them as a Women in Tech. I would like to emphasize that by cultivating deep expertise, making informed strategic decisions, and actively advocating for diversity, women in technology can break barriers and drive meaningful changes. There could be moments of self-doubt and times when growth… read more
Aviv Danenberg EU Field Marketing Manager at Synopsys	The Era of Pervasive intelligence powered by Synopsys Synopsys delivers the most trusted and comprehensive silicon to systems design solutions, accelerating technology innovation. We partner closely with our customers to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow. Companies trust Synopsys to pioneer new technologies to help them get to market faster without compromise Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Derya Eker Senior Director of Engineering at Synopsys	Resilience and Growth: A Leadership Journey Through Continuous Learning In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, resilience and continuous learning have become essential qualities for effective leadership. In this talk, through reflections on personal leadership journey, Derya will share her experiences, where resilience enabled her to navigate challenges and embrace change, transforming obstacles into opportunities for growth. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Hana Ngo Executive & Team coach	Invisible Work, Invisible Impact Women spend ~200 extra hours/year on non-promotable work (“office housework”) compared with men, time that rarely counts in reviews. When this is hidden “glue” “office housework” works isn’t measured or seen, the people doing it (often women and caregivers) get slower promotions, weaker performance reviews, and higher burnout. Organizations then lose the very capacity that keeps quality high and customers happy. This hands-on session turns “helpful but hidden” tasks into measurable, promotable impact. In 20 minutes, attendees identify one invisible task, convert it into a… read more
Andreea Loredana Cretu Head at BioMed Entrepreneurship / University of Zurich	From discovery to demand: helping innovators build what the world needs Why do some scientific ideas make it into the world while others don’t? In life sciences, the path from the lab to the patient is long, unpredictable, and deeply human. This talk shares insights from one of Europe’s most active academic ecosystems, where over 700 researchers and clinicians have been trained to explore entrepreneurship, resulting in 80+ spin-offs and projects across biotech, medtech, and digital health. We’ll explore what makes innovation thrive: proximity to hospitals, early-stage validation funding, the role of mentoring and translational… read more
Lucka Bibic Head of Article Pipeline Management at Springer Nature	From Spider Venom to Strategy: Why “Zig-Zaggers” Will Lead in the Age of Volatility For years, I thought professional legitimacy in tech came from a clean, linear career story. I couldn't have been more wrong. I started my career in a lab milking spiders for venom. Today, I lead product and data strategy at Springer Nature, helping solve the “speed problem” for thousands of scientific journals by aligning research, techology, and business priorities. What once looked like a career glitch turned out to be the training ground for leading when the rules keep changing. For a long time, I tried to make my story sound simpler. I thought… read more
Marta Strykowska Founder at Ladies Build With AI	From concept to reality: a framework for AI-powered prototyping in organizations Drawing from real-world implementation experience, I'll share a practical framework for embedding vibe coding and AI-powered prototyping into organizational workflows. You'll learn how this approach democratizes innovation by allowing non-technical stakeholders to participate directly in the development process, accelerating time-to-market from months to days, and creating a new common language that unites business, design, and technical teams. The talk covers the full journey: from building psychological safety and selecting the right use cases, to establishing governance… read more
Wies Bratby CEO at Women of Agency	Negotiation is non-negotiable Despite decades of progress, and despite research showing that companies with women in leadership outperform others, teams led by women are 15% more productive, 35% more innovative, and deliver higher profitability - women still hold between 5%-25% of senior leadership roles in tech. Let that sink in. Plus they receive on average 20–30% less pay than male peers in equivalent positions. Retaining, promoting, and paying women what they’re worth is not optional; it’s a business imperative - especially in today's competitive, high-stakes tech landscape — where many well-known… read more
Ramayee Suppiah Chapter Lead Engineer at ING Netherlands	Engineering "RESILIENCE" as a Culture: How a Team Motto turned Responsibility into Pride Resilience is often treated as a technical feature but in reality, it starts with culture. In this talk, I share how a platform team in a highly regulated banking environment transformed its impact by building a shared engineering identity and motto. By instilling pride, ownership, and clarity of purpose, resilience became inbuilt in the way engineers designed, operated, and adapted systems. This session explores how cultural alignment can fundamentally change how platforms respond to failure, change, and growth. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Maaike Stoops Head of R&D at LINKIT B.V.	The Leadership Paradox of (IT) Democratization AI, low-code platforms, and self-service tools are making it easier than ever for people across organizations to take action, make decisions, and build solutions. Power is moving away from central roles and toward networks of teams and individuals. This creates essential skills in today’s fastpaced world: speed, creativity, and innovation. However, it also raises difficult questions about alignment, quality, and accountability. Many leadership models still assume control sits at the centre. While in practice, that assumption no longer holds. As power to act becomes more distributed,… read more
Sandhya Menon Lead Data Engineer at E.ON Energy Deutschland	From messy queries to scalable systems - How Data Engineering really works I would like to walk through how the BI and Analytics team at E.ON evolved into the Data Engineering team and how adhoc analytics queries evolved into reliable data systems. This talk is for anyone who works with data and wants to understand how solid Engineering foundations turn everyday querries into scalable data platforms. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Sandhya Garapati IT Chapterlead Engineer at ING Netherlands	Leading from Within: How Self-Awareness Shapes Authentic Leadership We all carry different versions of ourselves shaped by experiences, protection, and purpose. In this session, I will explore the concept of Inner Personas and how they influence our leadership, self-doubt, and aspirations. Through my personal journey and reflections, I will guide participants in recognizing and working with these inner voices to unlock clarity and growth. Join me for an interactive and reflective session where we’ll uncover what truly drives us as leaders. By the end of this workshop, you’ll create your own Awareness Compass (a powerful tool) to… read more
Cara Mascini Chief Sustainability Officer at Switch Datacenters	From Bits to Crops: How Datacenters Can Power a Sustainable Future Imagine a world where the heat from your favorite AI platform helps bring food on your table. Where the digital economy doesn’t just consume energy—it gives it back. That’s not science fiction. It’s happening in the Netherlands. Did you like this session? Share to vote.
Anastasia Dellis CEO at Orbisk	The Business Case for Ending Food Waste How AI Cuts Food Waste and Improves Margins Food waste is one of the largest cost leaks in hospitality and food service, yet it remains poorly measured and rarely owned. Globally, over one third of all food produced is wasted, costing the economy more than USD 1 trillion per year and driving up to 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to FAO and UNEP. In this talk, I explain how applied AI, specifically computer vision paired with operational insights, enables commercial kitchens to reduce food waste by 40 to 70 percent while strengthening… read more
Carolina Hedman CEO at Globalyx	Women with Wings In an era of rapid technological acceleration, we often move too fast to see where we are going. Traditional leadership focuses on speed and "isolated efficiency," yet this fragmented approach frequently ignores the long-term systemic risks to our climate, infrastructure, and social stability. This talk introduces the "Women with Wings" paradigm: a leadership model that utilizes aerial insight, AI, and immersive systems to gain a "systems-based" understanding before making critical decisions. By shifting our perspective from the ground… read more
Suellen Espindola Founder / CTO at Carapace Biopolymers	Reinventing AgTech Coating Materials: Scaling Biodegradable Seed Technologies from Lab Research to Climate-Positive Agriculture Ag-Tech currently depends heavily on chemical and oil-based materials for seed treatments to protect crops from early-stage diseases and climate stresses. Yet, increasing regulatory pressure and environmental concerns demand new materials and crop growth solutions. This talk explores how biotechnology and biobased materials can transform the seed itself into a sustainable delivery platform for crop enhancement. Drawing from the journey of building a European deep-tech startup, co-founder Suellen will share insights from entering AgTech space, greenhouse validation trials, and industry… read more
Sara Spalding Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft	Chess for Success; Distributed Engineering and COVID-19 Digital transformation has been a hot topic for organizations before COVID-19, but the implementation, transition, and adoption has been rapidly sped up by this global pandemic. How organizations pivot to handle the new world has dramatically influenced the struggles and successes of businesses across the world. Digital technologies are altering the economics of markets, developing new ways to deliver value to customers, and modifying competitive landscapes. These changes are a result of the 4 types of digital transformation: business processes, business models, domains, and cultural or… read more
Siri Chilazi Research Fellow at Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School	De-Biasing Recruitment in Tech Recruiting the best of the best and tapping into 100% of the talent pool is the smart thing and the right thing to do. However, unconscious biases at the organizational and individual level can get in the way of a fair and equitable hiring process. In her session, Siri will share practical, evidence-based strategies to level the playing field in tech recruitment and create inclusive and diverse organizations. This session is designed for anyone - founders/executives, managers, and HR professionals - involved in recruitment activities, and no preparation is needed. Did you like this… read more