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If women do not build it, it will be built without us
Leah Garrett, Dawn Intelligence
Designing a digital high street that truly fits us
Vicki Blenkinsop, Visualsoft
The outlier in the data: Leading in tech beyond the model minority
Fiona Rada Hernandez, 365 Data Centers
The role of technology in rebalancing performance and wellbeing
Elle Brown, MHR
The courage to lead: Women, technology, and the work that remains
Sarah Franklin, Lattice
Debiasing the digital future: Why AI needs healthy friction
Rachel Hughes, Assurity Consulting
How women can build influence in critical tech roles
Carlie Shooner, Sabey Data Centers
From photographer to full-stack dev: a bold career pivot
Livia Gu, Notitia
Gender bias in AI - how to spot it, and how to prevent it
Ruth Bucknell, Merkle UK
International Women's Day: Why security operations centres need women
Vicki Beynon, Securitas UK
Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence
Marlene Wolfgruber, ABBYY
Women in tech: revealing diverse careers beyond code
Beth Harwood, Prismatic
How to design early tech careers women want to stay in
Mary Hartwell, Data Governance Syniti
Why women in tech are shaping the future of leadership
Elina Tsao, Plaud
Building our own table: Lessons for women entering tech in the age of AI
Chrystal Taylor, SolarWinds
Allyship is the missing piece to the leadership puzzle
Susie Amos, Finity Consulting
The visibility gap: Why women's expertise in technology must be seen
Denise Boswell-Buck, Boswell-Buck Creative Consulting
The hidden support gaps holding women back at work
Kim Rowbottom, Pluxee UK
The transformation of leadership: Building what's next in construction
Amanda Amos, Rosendin Electric
Balancing the scales for women’s leadership in tech
Paige Gordon, Nexxen
The future of financial literacy for women
Monisha Sharma, Fig Financial
Building Australia's quantum future: Three shifts to strengthen women's participation
Petra Andrén, Quantum Australia
The next generation of women in tech doesn't need inspiration. They need infrastructure
Kristina Kaganer, Navigator
From practicing lawyer to legal engineer: Why the safe bet isn't always the best bet
Divija Kothari, iManage
From atoms to organizations: A new way to think about leadership
Karen Cheng, Kyndryl Canada
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
From side hustles to scalable brands: How marketplaces are paving the way for female entrepreneurs
Temu App, TechDay
The skills that shaped my unusual route to tech
Barbara Schulz, GoTo
IWD 2026 - Give to Gain: A personal journey
Tereza Knoxova, Onetag
Designing for reality: What my non-traditional path taught me about diversity in tech
Nina Sekiguchi, Everpure
Hiding in plain sight? The revenue advantage of female founders
Marisa Scullion, https://www.angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk/
35 years of marketing in technology: A front-row seat to change
Jeannie Zaemes, Vanillasoft
Breaking barriers and building bridges in tech
Lisa Brady, LANTANA LED
Don't rule yourself out of a career in STEM
Lauren Reid, Aquark Technologies
The strategy of story: Why vision and authenticity are the future of digital design
Charis Yap, AIIMS Group
How do we give to gain in a fractured world?
Nayeli Vivanco, International House at UC Berkeley
What a stressed market taught me about marketing
Cynthia Gumbert, Litera
Why influence matters this International Women's Day
Jo Stewart-Rattray, ISACA
The hidden tax on women in tech: Masking, nervous systems, and sustainable performance
Gemma Rose, Breathwork
Give to gain: How sponsoring women strengthens national security
Misti Landtroop, Palo Alto Networks
Building trust & confidence in hybrid work for women
Alison Morris, Worldpay (now a Global Payments Company)
What women actually want from the future of work (Hint: It's not ping-pong tables)
Emily Parker-Woodland, Ridepanda
IWD 2026 - Creating a durable tech career in the age of AI
Yulia Kuchina, Software@Scale
International Women's Day and the leadership gap shaping the future of data centers
Elena Winters, Elea Data Centers
The next frontier for gender equity is digital power at the board table
Iyari Cevallos, Women in Technology
How to navigate a career change into tech. As a woman. In your 40s
Mandy Bath, Merkle UK
Beyond the 2%: Turning a gender problem into a founder-alignment problem
Leigh Sevin, Endear
Why women can be leaders when it comes to AI
Heather Barnhart, SANS Institute
Wit, grit and a whole heap of bullsh1t
Vic Peppiatt and Sarah Daniel, Hey Savi
Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion
Georgia Hanias, Ecology Media
Women in cybersecurity, what it really looks like, and where you can fit
Michaella Masters, Codific
Customer success is not support, it is stewardship
Nidhi Suresh, IBS Software
Celebrating the value of diverse perspectives on International Women's Day
Laura Laltrello, Applied Digital
Inspiring women: key lessons from my mentors
Aysha Thompson, Sabio
The data centre industry is cutting-edge. Its talent model must be its next innovation
Eva Sóley Guðbjörnsdóttir, atNorth
Women in transport tech: How diverse teams keep freight moving
Sarah Macdonald, MyTrucking
This International Women's Day, lean on proof (of skill, of impact and of potential)
Sarah Noe-Danzl, Skillable
Women in STEM: Unlocking Canada's innovation potential
Cinzia Bazzo, Sage
If AI can't quote you, do you exist? The new reality for communications
Deborah Pead, Pead
Women own the most underrated skill in tech: Translation
Lauren Malhoit, IP Fabric
Progress in motion: Women, AI, and the future of inclusive innovation
Christine Meyers Callum, Liquibase
When bandwidth Is capped but ambition Isn't
Afrida Tabassum, Software@Scale
Give to Gain: Creating pathways for women in fraud prevention
Mira Sidhu, SEON
Why fintech needs more women in the room where risk decisions are made
Kristina Nikipolska, xpate
Diverse perspectives driving innovation for the real world
Jade Tang, Tineco
Start training for a job that doesn't exist yet
Jo-Ann Foo, Analytic Partners
How a strong professional network gifts its members the support they need to stretch and grow
Nicola Gerber, Fastly
This International Women's Day, let's stop hoarding power
Ingrid Curtis, Sparq
International Women's Day: The Australian entrepreneur proving you don't have to scale fast to succeed
Nakisah Williams, Craft Club
Why cybersecurity needs better storytelling; and more women telling It
Hannah Perez, Suzu Labs
Why workplaces must adapt to unlock women’s leadership
Yasmine Amani, Banking Circle Australia
Breaking in without a blueprint: Lessons learned from my nontraditional path to cybersecurity
Tammy Harper, Flare
Sustainability as soft power: How women are re-engineering the future through green education
Usha Iyer, The Green School Bangalore, Bengaluru
Why gender diversity is imperative in shaping ethical AI
Tamsin Crossland, Icon Solutions
Lessons from IIIT-B: Building an ecosystem where women thrive, not just survive
Meenakshi D'Souza, IIIT-Bangalore
How audiobooks help rewire your brain in ten seconds
Venita Dimos, TechDay
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
Why women must be seen in AI's hidden enablement layer
Dolores Saiz, The Server Labs
Invisible labour in a digital world
Simran Kaur, Pounce
Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses
Emma Irwin, Dataiku
From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like
Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, Tapoly
AI at Goddiva, a woman's perspective
Amber Domenech, Goddiva
Debugging your operating system: Why gut health is the missing link in human performance
Dr Corin Storkey PhD., Seleno Health
Cyber safety for women: Tackling stalking, deepfakes and online harassment
Uma Pendyala, SecurEyes
Safe AI needs all voices: Celebrating the women who help drive CSA's AI safety initiative
Illena Armstrong, Cloud Security Alliance
Why talent systems, not ambition, are holding women back in tech
Cia Kouparitsas, Greenbeam
It's not a gender gap, it's a confidence gap: Rethinking women's participation in the AI era
Quinny Lei, StarHub
Australia's CAIOs must harness AI‑native talent wave
Sharryn Napier, GitHub
Building in public: Why women entrepreneurs need visibility as much as capital
Kavitha Ramaswamy, Mercurius Media Capital
Balancing the scales: Women's authority and risk-taking still judged differently in marketing and tech
Fabrizia Roberto, www.fabriziaroberto.com
How can the tech industry sustain gender equality momentum?
Sandra Aldi, Datadobi
Trust, transformation and the women leading modern client partnerships
Laura Fox, APS Group
From global engineer to data leader in Australia’s tech
Jessica Molina Calabrese, TechDay
Reflecting on diversity in leadership: Safety, confidence and different perspectives to empower teams
Donna Yeaw, JAGGAER
Pet tech leader on women in innovation & GPS safety
Weenect, TechDay
It's time to make a genuine effort to retain experienced and capable women
Emma Mani, GumGum
AI won't reduce construction disputes unless documentation improves
Gillian Laging, Scopey Onsite
Confidence counts: Why representation matters in energy infrastructure
Libby Owen, APR Energy
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