Women In Tech Berlin
Over 120 participants attended the WomenTech Global Impact Summit 2022 hosted by idealo and Axel Springer on June 10 in Berlin. The event brought together women in the tech industry, minorities, and allies from Berlin and the surrounding area. The event’s livestream allowed women from all over the world to participate and interact in the chat.
The program included keynotes by Megan Wade (Domain Lead Marketing Services & User Insights at idealo) on “The Privacy-Personalization Paradox: Marketing Tech is Evolving“, Floriane Gramlich (Director of Product Payments at Zalando) on “How to be a Product Leader instead of a Product Manager“, Alexandra Nicolae (Product Owner & Ideation Council Lead at Axel Springer) about verbalizing one’s ideas and a keynote by Dr. Lina Yassin (Co-Founder of Numo) about empowering women to be a leader. Honey Khalkhali (Project Manager at idealo), Natalie Noiman (Team Lead Machine Learning at idealo), Carolina de la Sota (UX Designer at Axel Springer) and Iratxe Garrido (Security Engineer at Axel Springer) highlighted in a panel discussion how good cross-functional collaboration can be fostered.
Besides the exciting talks, the participants were given the opportunity to exchange ideas and network with the companies present. In addition to Axel Springer and idealo, Ladenzeile, Upday, and Zalando were also present. The event ended with great conversations on the roof terrace.
Women In Tech Sofia
Milestone Systems in Bulgaria hosted the local networking event of WomenTech Network. This is the first time the company is sponsoring the event and apart from being the host, had two speakers during the global conference - Myuzhden Mehmedova- Zhozhgova, HR Manager, shared more about the company culture, what stands behind People First and gave good examples on supporting and developing employees. Gergana Ivanova, Product Owner, told her story of career shift from technical trainer, to being the product owner of feature teams, sharing valuable advice on career and development plan, while stressing the importance of creating and maintaining a strong network.
The live event took place in the afternoon in the office of Milestone in Garitage Park where guests were welcomed with gifts prepared by the host, had coffee and chat before the speaking sessions started.
Desislava Tabakova, Site manager in Milestone Bulgaria, gave a warm welcome and presented the first speaker- Christian Morana, Senior Manager, Presales & Tech Excellence, who shared more about Milestone, it’s product XProtect and gave examples on how video management technology can be and is used beyond security- for animal perseverance, smart cities, optimization of businesses and everyday life.
The speaking sessions continued with representatives from GlobalFoundries, after which the hosts held a demo in their Concept Center - a place which is unique for the region and showcases the abilities the software has - possible thanks to the mini lego city installed in the center. The guests were impressed by the demo and had an interesting discussion with Biser Deshkov, Presales Engineer in Milestone.
The afternoon continued with wine tasting, the guests enjoyed a performance by a saxophone player and had the opportunity to network and share experiences.
Women In Tech Barcelona
On Firday, 10th 50 members of the WomenTech Netowrk joined Wallapop in their new office in Downtown Barcelona. The Wallapop CEO - Rob Cassedy, the HR Director - Cris Sanahuja and Marie-Sofie Jammes Head of TA and Employer Brand, presented how they are bridging the gap at Wallapop in order to hire more women in our technical teams. This goes through educating their team on the impact of diversity in product as well as team performance. Running a product for millions of users means the team must be a true reflection of Wallapop’s user base in order to serve it better.
The second important pillar of Wallapop’s strategy is focusing on our environment and making sure we are inclusive and have the right key policies in place to provide a safe environment where everyone can thrive and have the same opportunities. The third pillar focuses on building the hiring system catering for diversity at scale.
Women In Tech Toronto
About 150 women got together at the Boundless Women Leadership event which was held in partnership with the WomenTech Global Conference in Toronto at the beautiful Ontario Art Gallery.
The event created an instant sisterhood, a bond of understanding and caring amongst a group of diverse backgrounds, cultures and experiences. After a long period of isolation, this event was what we all needed as customers and employees gathered from Bell Canada, Rogers, TELUS, TD Bank, RBC, Scotiabank as well as Women in Tech networks attendees from Equitable Bank, Ernest & Young, Loblaws, Shopify, TikTok Canada, and the partners AWS & VTS.
To kick off the event, Sigal Almog opened with an inspiring, out-of-the-box messaging. She reminded us that this journey to equality is for everyone, men and women alike and though we may feel small, we all have the chance to be MIGHTY. We then had a mind-opening panel with three powerhouses, Sonia Brar from Bell Canada, and Nkechi Nwafor-Robinson and Bana Anvari both from TD Bank. These three trail-blazing women, shared candidly with Idit Duvdevany Aronsohn, their different perspectives and experiences, yet their unity and commitment to work together in creating a more equal future for all.
The event closed with the one-and-only Erin Brockovich whose persistence got a utility giant to pay out the largest toxic injury settlement in US history and inspired the Oscar-winning move in her namesake played by Julia Roberts. Her empowering message about loving oneself and appreciating our uniqueness and ability to make a dent in this world was powerful beyond measure.
The event concluded with a networking cocktail that left everyone wishing for more. It was a great day for women in technology!
Women In Tech Dallas
Credera hosted and invited over 50 women technologists and enthusiasts to Credera’s headquarters in Addison, Texas to close out the WomenTech Global 2022 Conference - to bring together local women to encourage their journey in the tech industry and develop their networks.
After a welcoming word and thanks to the sponsors from WomenTech and Credera for hosting this event, we heard from the panel discussion that was moderated by Johna Rutz (Cloud Architect at Credera). Nickoria Johnson (Partner and Chief Diversity Officer at Credera) and Rachel Slayter (Software Engineering Architect at Credera) took part in the panel - Setting and Navigating Boundaries in a Male-Dominated Industry.
Finally, all attendees received small thank you gifts and most importantly enjoyed networking with one another over beverages and light hors d’oeuvres. Many attendees shared how glad they were to attend the event, learn from the panelists, and the ability to build a community with others in the field.
Women in Tech Bangalore
WomenTech Network hosted in collaboration with GE Healthcare Digital a virtual event with the focus on Bangalore featuring top speakers from various areas and departments at GE Healthcare.
Nritya Ganesh Edison Accelerator: working with founders and start-ups to be stronger together"
Rajni Mishra Take a risk in your career: my transition from Architecture to product management"
Sivani Peesapati - Curious about a career in Cyber Security?"
Ajay Arokianathan Delegate Open Q&A with GE Talent Acquisition Leaders at the booth
