More Than 2500 Participants: 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 2500 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 at this link.
“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 2500 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 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.
Watch the She Is Tech Conference Highlights video at this link.
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 Menendez, CEO & Founder of WITH Spain.
About UN Women
UN Women has been operating in Ukraine since 2015 and has progressed from executing individual projects to establishing an office in the country in 2018. At present, the scope of activities in the country encompasses targeted aid in three thematic areas specified in the current Strategic Note (2018-2022): women, peace and security; ending violence against women and girls; and governance, leadership and participation. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, UN Women has been collaborating to address the urgent humanitarian needs of women and girls affected by the war, as well as women’s organizations. They have integrated a gender perspective into coordinated humanitarian responses and supported the linkages between humanitarian and development activities.
About Intellias
Intellias is a global technology partner to Fortune 500 enterprises and top-tier organizations, helping them accelerate their pace of sustainable digitalization. Intellias empowers businesses operating in Europe and the US, as well as the MENA and APAC regions, to embrace innovation at scale. The company has been featured in the Global Outsourcing 100 list by IAOP, recognized by Inc. 5000, and acknowledged in Forbes and the GSA UK Awards. With two decades of experience, Intellias is geared towards ensuring the sustained success of clients on their value journey.