More Than 2,500 Participants from around the World: She Is Tech Conference Wrap-up
The She Is Tech conference, a large-scale online event organized by Intellias and supported by UN Women, brought together more than 2,500 leading women tech professionals from around the world.
On January 25, managers, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and public figures from Europe and the USA spent more than 10 hours discussing challenges that women face in IT and sharing personal success stories. Here is a brief recap of She Is Tech, plus conference recordings.
Recordings of all conversations and thematic discussions are available here.
"It was a great experience of exchanging thoughts with female leaders of tech companies, listening to their stories about challenges, victories, and achievements they had in a professional field. I’m looking forward to encouraging more women to start their career in tech. I hope that we will have more diverse workplaces by the time my daughter starts her professional journey.” – Nashira Spencer, moderator.
She Is Tech in numbers
· Over 2,500 professionals from Portugal, Spain, Poland, Ukraine, Italy, France, the UK, Croatia, Bulgaria, Finland, the USA, Malaysia, and other countries
· Over 21 hours of parallel panel discussions on current gender trends, challenges, and opportunities for women in the tech industry
· More than 50 speakers sharing their knowledge, experience, and vision of the future of women in tech
· 759 participants in a Discord chat, which became become a space for communication, cooperation, and mutual support
Leadership, work environment, communities
One of the main questions discussed at the conference was how gender balance can contribute to the evolution of technology. This topic was divided into three stages:
• Leadership. Modern leaders, their journey to executive positions, and obstacles along the way
• Working environment. What employers can do to increase the percentage of women in tech companies
• Communities. How communities empower women in the technology sector and beyond
"Thank you for inviting me to speak at the 'She Is Tech Conference'! The team did an incredible job curating such thought-provoking insights from speakers from around the world. I look forward to seeing the positive impact that will emerge from the conference.” – Sophie Creese, Co-Founder of MotherBoard & HeyFlow.
Recordings of all conversations and thematic discussions are available below:
• Workplace Stage: She is Tech
• Leadership Stage: She is Tech
• Communities Stage: She is Tech
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Intellias
Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) is a core value at Intellias. In the spring of 2021, Intellias became the first Ukrainian IT company to sign the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), initiated by the UN Global Compact and UN Women. Since then, the company has consistently implemented them into daily and global processes, creating a comfortable environment for the career growth of female specialists. Women currently hold 43.81% of leadership positions at Intellias, compared to 35.16% in 2021. Intellias has also launched an IntelliWomen community, which has become a space of mutual support and development for more than 450 female specialists in the company.
"It was delightful to be part of this movement and to share
my stories. I was amazed by the diversity and richness of the topics and
experiences of other participants... it's the way to create global ecosystems
that matter.” – Marisol Mendez, CEO & Founder of WITH Spain.