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Building our own table: Lessons for women entering tech in the age of AI
Chrystal Taylor, SolarWinds
Designing for reality: What my non-traditional path taught me about diversity in tech
Nina Sekiguchi, Everpure
The hidden tax on women in tech: Masking, nervous systems, and sustainable performance
Gemma Rose, Breathwork
Confidence counts: Why representation matters in energy infrastructure
Libby Owen, APR Energy
IWD 2026 - Creating a durable tech career in the age of AI
Yulia Kuchina, Software@Scale
Beyond the glass ceiling: Behavioural intelligence is the power skill for women in tech
Preetie Boler, Empowered by Design and #1 Amazon Bestseller Shiftcode Leadership
What a stressed market taught me about marketing
Cynthia Gumbert, Litera
From atoms to organizations: A new way to think about leadership
Karen Cheng, Kyndryl Canada
The strategy of story: Why vision and authenticity are the future of digital design
Charis Yap, AIIMS Group
If AI can't quote you, do you exist? The new reality for communications
Deborah Pead, Pead
How do we give to gain in a fractured world?
Nayeli Vivanco, International House at UC Berkeley
This International Women's Day, let's stop hoarding power
Ingrid Curtis, Sparq
The skills that shaped my unusual route to tech
Barbara Schulz, GoTo
Building while balancing: What I've learned about performance, endurance and modern leadership
Merline McGregor, Pattern Australia
Why women must be at the agentic AI table
Violet Chung, McKinsey
Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR
Aleesha Naxakis, SS COMMS
Sustainability as soft power: How women are re-engineering the future through green education
Usha Iyer, The Green School Bangalore, Bengaluru
Balancing the scales: Women's authority and risk-taking still judged differently in marketing and tech
Fabrizia Roberto, www.fabriziaroberto.com
What women actually want from the future of work (Hint: It's not ping-pong tables)
Emily Parker-Woodland, Ridepanda
Where are the godmothers of AI in the tech industry?
Elaine Mullan, Corlytics
Giving trust to gain impact: What I've learned as a woman in tech
Corinne Ferrie, Adverity
The courage to lead: Women, technology, and the work that remains
Sarah Franklin, Lattice
How women can build influence in critical tech roles
Carlie Shooner, Sabey Data Centers
How audiobooks help rewire your brain in ten seconds
Venita Dimos, TechDay
Give to gain: How sponsoring women strengthens national security
Misti Landtroop, Palo Alto Networks
From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like
Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, Tapoly
Cyber safety for women: Tackling stalking, deepfakes and online harassment
Uma Pendyala, SecurEyes
The art of encouragement: How allies and leaders can help women thrive in tech
Elaine Cheng, Shentel
The next frontier for gender equity is digital power at the board table
Iyari Cevallos, Women in Technology
Building in public: Why women entrepreneurs need visibility as much as capital
Kavitha Ramaswamy, Mercurius Media Capital
The data centre industry is cutting-edge. Its talent model must be its next innovation
Eva Sóley Guðbjörnsdóttir, atNorth
Debugging your operating system: Why gut health is the missing link in human performance
Dr Corin Storkey PhD., Seleno Health
Allyship is the missing piece to the leadership puzzle
Susie Amos, Finity Consulting
The transformation of leadership: Building what's next in construction
Amanda Amos, Rosendin Electric
How CMTG Is rewriting the rules on women in tech and why the industry can't afford to wait
Mia Filpo, CMTG
Why cybersecurity needs better storytelling; and more women telling It
Hannah Perez, Suzu Labs
This International Women's Day, lean on proof (of skill, of impact and of potential)
Sarah Noe-Danzl, Skillable
How to navigate a career change into tech. As a woman. In your 40s
Mandy Bath, Merkle UK
Celebrating the value of diverse perspectives on International Women's Day
Laura Laltrello, Applied Digital
Give to Gain: Creating pathways for women in fraud prevention
Mira Sidhu, SEON
Pet tech leader on women in innovation & GPS safety
Weenect, TechDay
Reflecting on diversity in leadership: Safety, confidence and different perspectives to empower teams
Donna Yeaw, JAGGAER
35 years of marketing in technology: A front-row seat to change
Jeannie Zaemes, Vanillasoft
Balancing tech, humanity & leadership in insurance
Liz Latter, Qlaims Limited
From global engineer to data leader in Australia’s tech
Jessica Molina Calabrese, TechDay
Progress in motion: Women, AI, and the future of inclusive innovation
Christine Meyers Callum, Liquibase
How a strong professional network gifts its members the support they need to stretch and grow
Nicola Gerber, Fastly
AI at Goddiva, a woman's perspective
Amber Domenech, Goddiva
International Women's Day and the leadership gap shaping the future of data centers
Elena Winters, Elea Data Centers
International Women's Day: Why security operations centres need women
Vicki Beynon, Securitas UK
Scaling the AI economy: Infrastructure at speed, talent at scale
Jennifer Reininger, CleanArc Data Centers
Why women can be leaders when it comes to AI
Heather Barnhart, SANS Institute
From photographer to full-stack dev: a bold career pivot
Livia Gu, Notitia
The next generation of women in tech doesn't need inspiration. They need infrastructure
Kristina Kaganer, Navigator
The role of technology in rebalancing performance and wellbeing
Elle Brown, MHR
It's not a gender gap, it's a confidence gap: Rethinking women's participation in the AI era
Quinny Lei, StarHub
Women in transport tech: How diverse teams keep freight moving
Sarah Macdonald, MyTrucking
Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence
Marlene Wolfgruber, ABBYY
Why female voices are essential in shaping our tech
Kylie Mason, Samsung Electronics Australia
Architecting inclusion: Industrial corridor design and the risk of structural lock-In
Deepthi H. M., Singhvi Dev & Unni LLP, Bangalore
Why women in tech are shaping the future of leadership
Elina Tsao, Plaud
International Women's Day 2026: Death by a thousand qualifications
Swati Deshpande, Paynt
Why talent systems, not ambition, are holding women back in tech
Cia Kouparitsas, Greenbeam
5 ways women in tech can negotiate a pay rise
Lucy Kemp, La Fosse
Women in STEM: Unlocking Canada's innovation potential
Cinzia Bazzo, Sage
The visibility gap: Why women's expertise in technology must be seen
Denise Boswell-Buck, Boswell-Buck Creative Consulting
Australia's CAIOs must harness AI‑native talent wave
Sharryn Napier, GitHub
It's time to make a genuine effort to retain experienced and capable women
Emma Mani, GumGum
Why gender diversity is imperative in shaping ethical AI
Tamsin Crossland, Icon Solutions
From listening to leading: Why the best customer strategies close the loop
Maureen Plowman, Litera
Give to Gain: Why investing in others is the best career decision you'll make
Axelle Thory, MINT Square
Safe AI needs all voices: Celebrating the women who help drive CSA's AI safety initiative
Illena Armstrong, Cloud Security Alliance
Invisible labour in a digital world
Simran Kaur, Pounce
Breaking barriers and building bridges in tech
Lisa Brady, LANTANA LED
Debiasing the digital future: Why AI needs healthy friction
Rachel Hughes, Assurity Consulting
Breaking barriers to women's tech careers by rethinking pathways
Rima Das, RMIT Online
Breaking in without a blueprint: Lessons learned from my nontraditional path to cybersecurity
Tammy Harper, Flare
Why "Give to Gain" needs to stop being a women's virtue and start being a business model
Lizi Sprague, Songue PR
Trust, transformation and the women leading modern client partnerships
Laura Fox, APS Group
Diverse perspectives driving innovation for the real world
Jade Tang, Tineco
The future of financial literacy for women
Monisha Sharma, Fig Financial
Women in tech: revealing diverse careers beyond code
Beth Harwood, Prismatic
Lessons from IIIT-B: Building an ecosystem where women thrive, not just survive
Meenakshi D'Souza, IIIT-Bangalore
The outlier in the data: Leading in tech beyond the model minority
Fiona Rada Hernandez, 365 Data Centers
Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion
Georgia Hanias, Ecology Media
Building trust & confidence in hybrid work for women
Alison Morris, Worldpay (now a Global Payments Company)
Hiding in plain sight? The revenue advantage of female founders
Marisa Scullion, https://www.angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk/
Building Australia's quantum future: Three shifts to strengthen women's participation
Petra Andrén, Quantum Australia
The hidden support gaps holding women back at work
Kim Rowbottom, Pluxee UK
Why women must be seen in AI's hidden enablement layer
Dolores Saiz, The Server Labs
How can the tech industry sustain gender equality momentum?
Sandra Aldi, Datadobi
From side hustles to scalable brands: How marketplaces are paving the way for female entrepreneurs
Temu App, TechDay
Don't rule yourself out of a career in STEM
Lauren Reid, Aquark Technologies
Why legal literacy is the ultimate empowerment for women in tech
Renee Roumanos, Renee Roumanos Legal
Wit, grit and a whole heap of bullsh1t
Vic Peppiatt and Sarah Daniel, Hey Savi
Women in cybersecurity, what it really looks like, and where you can fit
Michaella Masters, Codific
How to design early tech careers women want to stay in
Mary Hartwell, Data Governance Syniti
Women own the most underrated skill in tech: Translation
Lauren Malhoit, IP Fabric
International Women's Day: From fixing women to fixing systems
Sarah Barslund Lauridsen, Nexi Group
Beyond the 2%: Turning a gender problem into a founder-alignment problem
Leigh Sevin, Endear
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