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Women in STEM: Unlocking Canada's innovation potential
Cinzia Bazzo, Sage
International Women's Day and the leadership gap shaping the future of data centers
Elena Winters, Elea Data Centers
Designing a digital high street that truly fits us
Vicki Blenkinsop, Visualsoft
AI won't reduce construction disputes unless documentation improves
Gillian Laging, Scopey Onsite
You have to give to gain: Why I view mentorship as a force multiplier
Lisa Marie Maxson, 10x People
The next generation of women in tech doesn't need inspiration. They need infrastructure
Kristina Kaganer, Navigator
From side hustles to scalable brands: How marketplaces are paving the way for female entrepreneurs
Temu App, TechDay
Pet tech leader on women in innovation & GPS safety
Weenect, TechDay
How a strong professional network gifts its members the support they need to stretch and grow
Nicola Gerber, Fastly
Customer success is not support, it is stewardship
Nidhi Suresh, IBS Software
Give to Gain: Creating pathways for women in fraud prevention
Mira Sidhu, SEON
Start training for a job that doesn't exist yet
Jo-Ann Foo, Analytic Partners
How the universal adoption of AI can help women in insurance balance the scales
Laura Drabik, Guidewire
AI at Goddiva, a woman's perspective
Amber Domenech, Goddiva
Why influence matters this International Women's Day
Jo Stewart-Rattray, ISACA
How to navigate a career change into tech. As a woman. In your 40s
Mandy Bath, Merkle UK
Sustainability as soft power: How women are re-engineering the future through green education
Usha Iyer, The Green School Bangalore, Bengaluru
Building trust & confidence in hybrid work for women
Alison Morris, Worldpay, now Global Payments
Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence
Marlene Wolfgruber, ABBYY
Breaking in without a blueprint: Lessons learned from my nontraditional path to cybersecurity
Tammy Harper, Flare
The data centre industry is cutting-edge. Its talent model must be its next innovation
Eva Sóley Guðbjörnsdóttir, atNorth
International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap
Natalie Ip, Valiant Finance
Give to gain: How sponsoring women strengthens national security
Misti Landtroop, Palo Alto Networks
Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion
Georgia Hanias, Ecology Media
Debugging your operating system: Why gut health is the missing link in human performance
Dr Corin Storkey PhD., Seleno Health
Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR
Aleesha Naxakis, SS COMMS
From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like
Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, Tapoly
Gender bias in AI - how to spot it, and how to prevent it
Ruth Bucknell, Merkle UK
From practicing lawyer to legal engineer: Why the safe bet isn't always the best bet
Divija Kothari, iManage
35 years of marketing in technology: A front-row seat to change
Jeannie Zaemes, Vanillasoft
International Women's Day: The Australian entrepreneur proving you don't have to scale fast to succeed
Nakisah Williams, Craft Club
The courage to lead: Women, technology, and the work that remains
Sarah Franklin, Lattice
Women in transport tech: How diverse teams keep freight moving
Sarah Macdonald, MyTrucking
Why cybersecurity needs better storytelling; and more women telling It
Hannah Perez, Suzu Labs
Architecting inclusion: Industrial corridor design and the risk of structural lock-In
Deepthi H. M., Singhvi Dev & Unni LLP, Bangalore
Confidence counts: Why representation matters in energy infrastructure
Libby Owen, APR Energy
Breaking barriers and building bridges in tech
Lisa Brady, LANTANA LED
International Women's Day 2026: Death by a thousand qualifications
Swati Deshpande, Paynt
Australia's CAIOs must harness AI‑native talent wave
Sharryn Napier, GitHub
Women in tech: revealing diverse careers beyond code
Beth Harwood, Prismatic
Giving trust to gain impact: What I've learned as a woman in tech
Corinne Ferrie, Adverity
Cyber safety for women: Tackling stalking, deepfakes and online harassment
Uma Pendyala, SecurEyes
If AI can't quote you, do you exist? The new reality for communications
Deborah Pead, Pead
This International Women's Day, let's stop hoarding power
Ingrid Curtis, Sparq
What a stressed market taught me about marketing
Cynthia Gumbert, Litera
This International Women's Day, lean on proof (of skill, of impact and of potential)
Sarah Noe-Danzl, Skillable
Trust, transformation and the women leading modern client partnerships
Laura Fox, APS Group
Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses
Emma Irwin, Dataiku
Where are the godmothers of AI in the tech industry?
Elaine Mullan, Corlytics
How women can build influence in critical tech roles
Carlie Shooner, Sabey Data Centers
Hiding in plain sight? The revenue advantage of female founders
Marisa Scullion, https://www.angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk/
Balancing the scales for women’s leadership in tech
Paige Gordon, Nexxen
Balancing tech, humanity & leadership in insurance
Liz Latter, Qlaims Limited
IWD 2026 - Give to Gain: A personal journey
Tereza Knoxova, Onetag
Why fintech needs more women in the room where risk decisions are made
Kristina Nikipolska, xpate
From listening to leading: Why the best customer strategies close the loop
Maureen Plowman, Litera
Designing for reality: What my non-traditional path taught me about diversity in tech
Nina Sekiguchi, Everpure
Safe AI needs all voices: Celebrating the women who help drive CSA's AI safety initiative
Illena Armstrong, Cloud Security Alliance
The skills that shaped my unusual route to tech
Barbara Schulz, GoTo
Wit, grit and a whole heap of bullsh1t
Vic Peppiatt and Sarah Daniel, Hey Savi
Give to Gain: Why investing in others is the best career decision you'll make
Axelle Thory, MINT Square
The beautiful chaos of parenthood is SEO's secret sauce
Samantha Edwards, NP Digital
Progress in motion: Women, AI, and the future of inclusive innovation
Christine Meyers Callum, Liquibase
Breaking barriers to women's tech careers by rethinking pathways
Rima Das, RMIT Online
If women do not build it, it will be built without us
Leah Garrett, Dawn Intelligence
The strategy of story: Why vision and authenticity are the future of digital design
Charis Yap, AIIMS Group
Diverse perspectives driving innovation for the real world
Jade Tang, Tineco
Debiasing the digital future: Why AI needs healthy friction
Rachel Hughes, Assurity Consulting
Why workplaces must adapt to unlock women’s leadership
Yasmine Amani, Banking Circle Australia
From photographer to full-stack dev: a bold career pivot
Livia Gu, Notitia
Why women can be leaders when it comes to AI
Heather Barnhart, SANS Institute
Leadership, transformation, and designing what's next for women
Ramak Salamat, Staffbase
Building while balancing: What I've learned about performance, endurance and modern leadership
Merline McGregor, Pattern Australia
IWD 2026 - Creating a durable tech career in the age of AI
Yulia Kuchina, Software@Scale
Give to gain: What women in tech can achieve when they dare to fail
Shannon Bell Chief Information Officer and Chief Digital Officer and Michelle Berry Chief Human Resources Officer, OpenText
What women actually want from the future of work (Hint: It's not ping-pong tables)
Emily Parker-Woodland, Ridepanda
Building our own table: Lessons for women entering tech in the age of AI
Chrystal Taylor, SolarWinds
Why women must be seen in AI's hidden enablement layer
Dolores Saiz, The Server Labs
The outlier in the data: Leading in tech beyond the model minority
Fiona Rada Hernandez, 365 Data Centers
Women in cybersecurity, what it really looks like, and where you can fit
Michaella Masters, Codific
Scaling the AI economy: Infrastructure at speed, talent at scale
Jennifer Reininger, CleanArc Data Centers
Why women in tech are shaping the future of leadership
Elina Tsao, Plaud
Invisible labour in a digital world
Simran Kaur, Pounce
5 ways women in tech can negotiate a pay rise
Lucy Kemp, La Fosse
The hidden tax on women in tech: Masking, nervous systems, and sustainable performance
Gemma Rose, Breathwork
The visibility gap: Why women's expertise in technology must be seen
Denise Boswell-Buck, Boswell-Buck Creative Consulting
Building in public: Why women entrepreneurs need visibility as much as capital
Kavitha Ramaswamy, Mercurius Media Capital
The role of technology in rebalancing performance and wellbeing
Elle Brown, MHR
Why female voices are essential in shaping our tech
Kylie Mason, Samsung Electronics Australia
The future of financial literacy for women
Monisha Sharma, Fig Financial
Balancing AI's gold rush with rest, humanity & pace
Jaime Miller Witherill, Legrand
Why women must be at the agentic AI table
Violet Chung, McKinsey
Beyond the 2%: Turning a gender problem into a founder-alignment problem
Leigh Sevin, Endear
Inspiring women: key lessons from my mentors
Aysha Thompson, Sabio
Building Australia's quantum future: Three shifts to strengthen women's participation
Petra Andrén, Quantum Australia
It's time to make a genuine effort to retain experienced and capable women
Emma Mani, GumGum
International Women's Day: Why security operations centres need women
Vicki Beynon, Securitas UK
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
From atoms to organizations: A new way to think about leadership
Karen Cheng, Kyndryl Canada
Don't rule yourself out of a career in STEM
Lauren Reid, Aquark Technologies
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