The Europe edition of the WIT Summit will be the third of seven on this year’s calendar, and will help businesses to turn conversation into action; exploring how we can all fight for diverse representation within leadership teams, and support underrepresented leaders.
The virtual event promises to bring forward new and unique perspectives on how to tackle a lack of diversity that remains in IT, via an array of discussions and presentations.
Sponsors
The confirmed sponsors for the summit are:
- AWS (headline sponsor)
- Red Hat (premium sponsor)
- Irdeto (gold sponsor)
- Moonshot, Women Spark and Women in Renewable Energy (media partners)
Agenda
The agenda for this year’s Women in IT Summit Europe is as follows (timings are CET):
Morning Welcome Remarks: 10:00-10:10
Opening Panel: Diversity Conversations Across Europe: Progress from Country to Country: 10:10-10:55
Speakers
- Dr. Cristina Aranda, consultant in digitalisation and AI, MujeresTech & Spain AI
- Kamini Aisola, director, EMEA segments & acceleration programs, AWS
- Dániel Waliduda, progam coordinator, HIV Peer Service, Háttér Society
Stream 1 – Supporting Diverse Leaders
Conversation: Do Do We Really Need to Send the Elevator Down? 11:00-11:30
Speaker: Lisa Spencer, vice-president, marketing, Irdeto
Presentation: Europe’s Venture Capital Hide & Seek – Find the Diverse Tech Founders 11:35-11:55
Speaker: Gary Stewart, founder & CEO, FounderTribes
Stream 2 – Growth & Transformation with Tech
Fireside Chat: Transformation of Legacy Businesses vs Digital Natives 11:00-11:30
Speakers:
- Suzana Curic, head of digital native and ISV business at Amazon Web Services Iberia, AWS
- Susana Delgado, digital strategy director, PagoNxt
- Ravina Mutha, co-founder, Enterprise Bot
Presentation: Creating Growth with Data Analytics 11:35-11:55
Speaker: TBC
Closing Q&A: You Either Win… or You Learn 12:00-12:25
Speakers:
- Kirsty Sharman, founder, Referral Factory
- Riya Karumanchi, founder & CEO, SmartCane
Closing Morning Remarks: 12:25-12:30
Lunch Break & Networking: 12:30-2:30
Stream 1 – Supporting Diverse Leaders
Masterclass 1: Testing Your Business’ Readiness for DEI Policies 2:30-3:15
Speakers:
- Jose M. Romero, director, MARC alumni learning & engagement, Catalyst
- Sandra Ondraschek-Norris, vice-president, global MARC learning, Catalyst
Stream 2 – Growth & Transformation with Tech
Masterclass 2: How to Maintain Inclusive Comms in Hybrid Working 2:30-3:15
Speaker: Laura Smith, founder, VALIDEI Research
The registration portal for the Women in IT Summit Europe can be found here.
