Women in Tech? Female Technologist?
Hell yes.
Progress in tech with new career opportunities.
Join us (virtually) in October at the 3rd edition of Women in Business Expo.
The Tech landscape is changing. We’ve seen it first-hand during the pandemic. These past 18 months, remote working combined with unified communications and collaborations propelled the shift to our new reality enabling businesses to survive.
Yet, gender diversity has remained stagnant in the last 10 years in tech. At the senior level in the industry women hold only 16% of positions. And as you go higher into executive leadership and director roles, women hold just 10% of executive-level positions. (Entelo, 2018.)
It’s time women/women-identifying individuals are included in the conversation to drive further innovation in the industry forward. You deserve to be part of the conversation and to lead it!
Join us whether you are already in tech or want to enter the industry, across technical roles (e.g. developer, analyst, engineer, programmer, data scientist) or non-technical roles (e.g. sales/marketing/accounts director or manager).
Why attend?
Progress within Tech
Speak to employers committed to DEI (Diversity, Equality, Inclusion) agendas within STEM, who are actively recruiting female talent. This is your chance to interview THEM.
Upskill and reskill
Engage in roundtable discussions with top tech companies to upskill your capabilities or reskill to leverage growing opportunities in the field.
Be inspired
Gain insights and knowledge at our Tech Talks from powerful women who have been in your position and are innovating and changing the tech landscape.
Excel in your career
Mindset or the patriarchy? Potentially a mix of both. Break through your limiting beliefs and the confidence gap with the tools to achieve your professional goals, with others striving to do the same.
60+
world-class speakers
5,000+
attendees
1-to-1
meetings
60+
leading companies
10+
roundtables & networking
About the event
The #1 virtual expo for women in tech, looking for recruitment, guidance, and upskilling to excel your career.
Women in Tech and Business Expo is focused on advancing female leadership, centering conversations on propelling diversity in the field, and creating new opportunities for those currently in tech, or breaking into it; across both technical and non-technical roles.
We partner and collaborate with companies, organisations, and leading professionals across the tech industry to create opportunities for diverse management teams and boardrooms.
Must-attend sessions
An updated seminar programme will be released closer to the event date.
Paulina Sygulska Tenner
Founder of GrantTree
Tara McGeehan
President of CGI in UK and Australia
Louise O’shea
CEO of Confused.com
Sonya Barlow
Founder Like Minded Females
Vanessa Vallely OBE
Managing Director of WeAreTheCity/ WeAreTechWomen
Join us as a woman in tech in October!
General ticket
- Access to the two-day virtual live event
- Arrange 1-on-1 meetings with leading tech companies hiring female tech talent
- Connect with like-minded women/women-identifying individuals who also want to advance the tech landscape
- Attend seminars from iconic business leaders, hearing from their personal stories and how-to sessions
- Join live Q&As with industry experts sharing practical advice from working in the tech industry
- Take part in roundtable discussions with top companies - put yourself in front of the right people hiring talent!
- On-demand access to all speaker content for 30 days
- Access to Women in Business & Tech Clubs (exclusive virtual meetups throughout the year)
VIP ticket
- Access to the two-day virtual live event
- Arrange 1-on-1 meetings with leading tech companies hiring female tech talent
- Connect with like-minded women/women-identifying individuals who also want to advance the tech landscape
- Attend seminars from iconic business leaders, hearing from their personal stories and how-to sessions
- Join live Q&As with industry experts sharing practical advice from working in the tech industry
- Take part in roundtable discussions with top companies - put yourself in front of the right people hiring talent!
- On-demand access to all speaker content for 30 days
- Access to Women in Business & Tech Clubs (exclusive virtual meetups throughout the year)
- PLUS 30-minute coaching taster session with accredited Barefoot coach
Tech exhibitors
Tech roundtable discussions
To be considered for a roundtable you must purchase your ticket and express your interest on the registration form. For any queries, please email fiona@hubexhibitions.co.uk
Leadership & Technology through the lens of our engineers
Details: Wednesday 13th October, 12-1pm
Objective: To discuss the leadership and technology through real experiences of our engineers
Synopsis: In a changing world technology is taking a key role as part of our normal lives. Whether that is about getting us through the day, keeping us safe, managing our money or communicating with our friend, technology is playing a growing role. Leading a large organisation through technology changes needs leaders who are not only tech savvy but have the leadership capability to step up and help their teams to navigate the ever changing requirements or our customers. During this round table you will hear from a number of Thales engineers who not only work with changing technology but in some cases have additional responsibilities as a leader of a team or business. You will have the opportunity to listen to their stories and ask questions on how they have achieved in their roles and what you should consider if you are looking to take a similar path in your engineering career.
Moderator/ Speakers: Alan Firmin, Head of HR & Talent, UK Engineering
Entry criteria: Women in engineering leadership and technology roles who may be looking for a new challenge in a growing engineering company.
Qualifications: Engineering Degree or equivalent
A little less conversation…
Details: Thursday 14th October, 12-1pm
Objective: Understanding how to increase the % of women at all levels and ages in technology.
Synopsis: The business case for DEI is widely acknowledged but we haven’t seen the % of women in tech and specifically, the women in tech leadership increase significantly over the last few years. Please join me in a discussion to understand what actions are working, what are not? What system paradigms do we need to challenge? Mentoring, role modelling, returners programmes, apprenticeships, allyship and flexible working all play a part but what actually works?
Moderator/ Speakers: Kimberley Bird, Head of Operations, Technology & Engineering
Entry criteria: Established managers, senior leaders, and executives e.g. Agile Development Lead, Engineering Lead, Lead Developer, Scrum Master, Head of Engineering, Engineering lead
Qualifications: BSC, MSC, HND Level 4 and 5 however this is not a prerequisite and anyone in a relevant role/at the relevant stage of their career is welcome regardless of education