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The next generation of women in tech doesn't need inspiration. They need infrastructure
Kristina Kaganer, Navigator
From photographer to full-stack dev: a bold career pivot
Livia Gu, Notitia
It's not a gender gap, it's a confidence gap: Rethinking women's participation in the AI era
Quinny Lei, StarHub
Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses
Emma Irwin, Dataiku
Celebrating the value of diverse perspectives on International Women's Day
Laura Laltrello, Applied Digital
International Women's Day: Why security operations centres need women
Vicki Beynon, Securitas UK
IWD 2026 - Give to Gain: A personal journey
Tereza Knoxova, Onetag
Confidence counts: Why representation matters in energy infrastructure
Libby Owen, APR Energy
Building while balancing: What I've learned about performance, endurance and modern leadership
Merline McGregor, Pattern Australia
The skills that shaped my unusual route to tech
Barbara Schulz, GoTo
Progress in motion: Women, AI, and the future of inclusive innovation
Christine Meyers Callum, Liquibase
Why influence matters this International Women's Day
Jo Stewart-Rattray, ISACA
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
When bandwidth Is capped but ambition Isn't
Afrida Tabassum, Software@Scale
How a strong professional network gifts its members the support they need to stretch and grow
Nicola Gerber, Fastly
Why workplaces must adapt to unlock women’s leadership
Yasmine Amani, Banking Circle Australia
Cyber safety for women: Tackling stalking, deepfakes and online harassment
Uma Pendyala, SecurEyes
Women in STEM: Unlocking Canada's innovation potential
Cinzia Bazzo, Sage
From practicing lawyer to legal engineer: Why the safe bet isn't always the best bet
Divija Kothari, iManage
Architecting inclusion: Industrial corridor design and the risk of structural lock-In
Deepthi H. M., Singhvi Dev & Unni LLP, Bangalore
Trust, transformation and the women leading modern client partnerships
Laura Fox, APS Group
From side hustles to scalable brands: How marketplaces are paving the way for female entrepreneurs
Temu App, TechDay
International Women's Day: The Australian entrepreneur proving you don't have to scale fast to succeed
Nakisah Williams, Craft Club
Balancing tech, humanity & leadership in insurance
Liz Latter, Qlaims Limited
The role of technology in rebalancing performance and wellbeing
Elle Brown, MHR
How do we give to gain in a fractured world?
Nayeli Vivanco, International House at UC Berkeley
Why legal literacy is the ultimate empowerment for women in tech
Renee Roumanos, Renee Roumanos Legal
Women own the most underrated skill in tech: Translation
Lauren Malhoit, IP Fabric
Giving trust to gain impact: What I've learned as a woman in tech
Corinne Ferrie, Adverity
Women in tech: revealing diverse careers beyond code
Beth Harwood, Prismatic
Safe AI needs all voices: Celebrating the women who help drive CSA's AI safety initiative
Illena Armstrong, Cloud Security Alliance
Diverse perspectives driving innovation for the real world
Jade Tang, Tineco
International Women's Day: From fixing women to fixing systems
Sarah Barslund Lauridsen, Nexi Group
You have to give to gain: Why I view mentorship as a force multiplier
Lisa Marie Maxson, 10x People
Debiasing the digital future: Why AI needs healthy friction
Rachel Hughes, Assurity Consulting
Don't rule yourself out of a career in STEM
Lauren Reid, Aquark Technologies
Why women must be seen in AI's hidden enablement layer
Dolores Saiz, The Server Labs
How the universal adoption of AI can help women in insurance balance the scales
Laura Drabik, Guidewire
How to design early tech careers women want to stay in
Mary Hartwell, Data Governance Syniti
35 years of marketing in technology: A front-row seat to change
Jeannie Zaemes, Vanillasoft
From atoms to organizations: A new way to think about leadership
Karen Cheng, Kyndryl Canada
Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence
Marlene Wolfgruber, ABBYY
What women actually want from the future of work (Hint: It's not ping-pong tables)
Emily Parker-Woodland, Ridepanda
AI at Goddiva, a woman's perspective
Amber Domenech, Goddiva
Why talent systems, not ambition, are holding women back in tech
Cia Kouparitsas, Greenbeam
The future of financial literacy for women
Monisha Sharma, Fig Financial
Balancing the scales for women’s leadership in tech
Paige Gordon, Nexxen
Balancing AI's gold rush with rest, humanity & pace
Jaime Miller Witherill, Legrand
Lessons from IIIT-B: Building an ecosystem where women thrive, not just survive
Meenakshi D'Souza, IIIT-Bangalore
Why female voices are essential in shaping our tech
Kylie Mason, Samsung Electronics Australia
How audiobooks help rewire your brain in ten seconds
Venita Dimos, TechDay
Building our own table: Lessons for women entering tech in the age of AI
Chrystal Taylor, SolarWinds
Breaking barriers to women's tech careers by rethinking pathways
Rima Das, RMIT Online
The outlier in the data: Leading in tech beyond the model minority
Fiona Rada Hernandez, 365 Data Centers
What a stressed market taught me about marketing
Cynthia Gumbert, Litera
AI won't reduce construction disputes unless documentation improves
Gillian Laging, Scopey Onsite
From global engineer to data leader in Australia’s tech
Jessica Molina Calabrese, TechDay
The data centre industry is cutting-edge. Its talent model must be its next innovation
Eva Sóley Guðbjörnsdóttir, atNorth
Where are the godmothers of AI in the tech industry?
Elaine Mullan, Corlytics
Give to gain: How sponsoring women strengthens national security
Misti Landtroop, Palo Alto Networks
Leadership, transformation, and designing what's next for women
Ramak Salamat, Staffbase
Why gender diversity is imperative in shaping ethical AI
Tamsin Crossland, Icon Solutions
Why women in tech are shaping the future of leadership
Elina Tsao, Plaud
The hidden support gaps holding women back at work
Kim Rowbottom, Pluxee UK
The hidden tax on women in tech: Masking, nervous systems, and sustainable performance
Gemma Rose, Breathwork
The beautiful chaos of parenthood is SEO's secret sauce
Samantha Edwards, NP Digital
Give to Gain: Why investing in others is the best career decision you'll make
Axelle Thory, MINT Square
Why women can be leaders when it comes to AI
Heather Barnhart, SANS Institute
Breaking in without a blueprint: Lessons learned from my nontraditional path to cybersecurity
Tammy Harper, Flare
International Women's Day 2026: Death by a thousand qualifications
Swati Deshpande, Paynt
Scaling the AI economy: Infrastructure at speed, talent at scale
Jennifer Reininger, CleanArc Data Centers
Why cybersecurity needs better storytelling; and more women telling It
Hannah Perez, Suzu Labs
If AI can't quote you, do you exist? The new reality for communications
Deborah Pead, Pead
Sustainability as soft power: How women are re-engineering the future through green education
Usha Iyer, The Green School Bangalore, Bengaluru
Building Australia's quantum future: Three shifts to strengthen women's participation
Petra Andrén, Quantum Australia
Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR
Aleesha Naxakis, SS COMMS
Pet tech leader on women in innovation & GPS safety
Weenect, TechDay
From listening to leading: Why the best customer strategies close the loop
Maureen Plowman, Litera
This International Women's Day, let's stop hoarding power
Ingrid Curtis, Sparq
This International Women's Day, lean on proof (of skill, of impact and of potential)
Sarah Noe-Danzl, Skillable
Designing a digital high street that truly fits us
Vicki Blenkinsop, Visualsoft
Building in public: Why women entrepreneurs need visibility as much as capital
Kavitha Ramaswamy, Mercurius Media Capital
How to navigate a career change into tech. As a woman. In your 40s
Mandy Bath, Merkle UK
Hiding in plain sight? The revenue advantage of female founders
Marisa Scullion, https://www.angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk/
Women in transport tech: How diverse teams keep freight moving
Sarah Macdonald, MyTrucking
Balancing the scales: Women's authority and risk-taking still judged differently in marketing and tech
Fabrizia Roberto, www.fabriziaroberto.com
Debugging your operating system: Why gut health is the missing link in human performance
Dr Corin Storkey PhD., Seleno Health
Women in cybersecurity, what it really looks like, and where you can fit
Michaella Masters, Codific
How women can build influence in critical tech roles
Carlie Shooner, Sabey Data Centers
Australia's CAIOs must harness AI‑native talent wave
Sharryn Napier, GitHub
How CMTG Is rewriting the rules on women in tech and why the industry can't afford to wait
Mia Filpo, CMTG
5 ways women in tech can negotiate a pay rise
Lucy Kemp, La Fosse
Why "Give to Gain" needs to stop being a women's virtue and start being a business model
Lizi Sprague, Songue PR
Wit, grit and a whole heap of bullsh1t
Vic Peppiatt and Sarah Daniel, Hey Savi
Inspiring women: key lessons from my mentors
Aysha Thompson, Sabio
From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like
Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, Tapoly
If women do not build it, it will be built without us
Leah Garrett, Dawn Intelligence
Why women must be at the agentic AI table
Violet Chung, McKinsey
The next frontier for gender equity is digital power at the board table
Iyari Cevallos, Women in Technology
International Women's Day and the leadership gap shaping the future of data centers
Elena Winters, Elea Data Centers
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