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Where are the godmothers of AI in the tech industry?
Elaine Mullan, Corlytics
Breaking barriers and building bridges in tech
Lisa Brady, LANTANA LED
How a strong professional network gifts its members the support they need to stretch and grow
Nicola Gerber, Fastly
Women own the most underrated skill in tech: Translation
Lauren Malhoit, IP Fabric
The data centre industry is cutting-edge. Its talent model must be its next innovation
Eva Sóley Guðbjörnsdóttir, atNorth
If AI can't quote you, do you exist? The new reality for communications
Deborah Pead, Pead
Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses
Emma Irwin, Dataiku
This International Women's Day, lean on proof (of skill, of impact and of potential)
Sarah Noe-Danzl, Skillable
It's not a gender gap, it's a confidence gap: Rethinking women's participation in the AI era
Quinny Lei, StarHub
The skills that shaped my unusual route to tech
Barbara Schulz, GoTo
Why women can be leaders when it comes to AI
Heather Barnhart, SANS Institute
When bandwidth Is capped but ambition Isn't
Afrida Tabassum, Software@Scale
Women in cybersecurity, what it really looks like, and where you can fit
Michaella Masters, Codific
The next generation of women in tech doesn't need inspiration. They need infrastructure
Kristina Kaganer, Navigator
Invisible labour in a digital world
Simran Kaur, Pounce
How to navigate a career change into tech. As a woman. In your 40s
Mandy Bath, Merkle UK
From side hustles to scalable brands: How marketplaces are paving the way for female entrepreneurs
Temu App, TechDay
From listening to leading: Why the best customer strategies close the loop
Maureen Plowman, Litera
The strategy of story: Why vision and authenticity are the future of digital design
Charis Yap, AIIMS Group
Building Australia's quantum future: Three shifts to strengthen women's participation
Petra Andrén, Quantum Australia
If women do not build it, it will be built without us
Leah Garrett, Dawn Intelligence
The hidden tax on women in tech: Masking, nervous systems, and sustainable performance
Gemma Rose, Breathwork
Why influence matters this International Women's Day
Jo Stewart-Rattray, ISACA
Wit, grit and a whole heap of bullsh1t
Vic Peppiatt and Sarah Daniel, Hey Savi
Why 'Give to Gain' needs to stop being a women's virtue and start being a business model
Lizi Sprague, Songue PR
Women in transport tech: How diverse teams keep freight moving
Sarah Macdonald, MyTrucking
How the universal adoption of AI can help women in insurance balance the scales
Laura Drabik, Guidewire
Why talent systems, not ambition, are holding women back in tech
Cia Kouparitsas, Greenbeam
Why women must be at the agentic AI table
Violet Chung, McKinsey
Customer success is not support, it is stewardship
Nidhi Suresh, IBS Software
Building our own table: Lessons for women entering tech in the age of AI
Chrystal Taylor, SolarWinds
Why women in tech are shaping the future of leadership
Elina Tsao, Plaud
From global engineer to data leader in Australia’s tech
Jessica Molina Calabrese, TechDay
How CMTG Is rewriting the rules on women in tech and why the industry can't afford to wait
Mia Filpo, CMTG
Start training for a job that doesn't exist yet
Jo-Ann Foo, Analytic Partners
From atoms to organizations: A new way to think about leadership
Karen Cheng, Kyndryl Canada
Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion
Georgia Hanias, Ecology Media
Give to Gain: Creating pathways for women in fraud prevention
Mira Sidhu, SEON
Leadership, transformation, and designing what's next for women
Ramak Salamat, Staffbase
What women actually want from the future of work (Hint: It's not ping-pong tables)
Emily Parker-Woodland, Ridepanda
Celebrating the value of diverse perspectives on International Women's Day
Laura Laltrello, Applied Digital
Why gender diversity is imperative in shaping ethical AI
Tamsin Crossland, Icon Solutions
What a stressed market taught me about marketing
Cynthia Gumbert, Litera
The visibility gap: Why women's expertise in technology must be seen
Denise Boswell-Buck, Boswell-Buck Creative Consulting
International Women's Day: Why security operations centres need women
Vicki Beynon, Securitas UK
35 years of marketing in technology: A front-row seat to change
Jeannie Zaemes, Vanillasoft
Why cybersecurity needs better storytelling; and more women telling It
Hannah Perez, Suzu Labs
Safe AI needs all voices: Celebrating the women who help drive CSA's AI safety initiative
Illena Armstrong, Cloud Security Alliance
Don't rule yourself out of a career in STEM
Lauren Reid, Aquark Technologies
IWD 2026 - Creating a durable tech career in the age of AI
Yulia Kuchina, Software@Scale
IWD 2026 - Give to Gain: A personal journey
Tereza Knoxova, Onetag
This International Women's Day, let's stop hoarding power
Ingrid Curtis, Sparq
Building while balancing: What I've learned about performance, endurance and modern leadership
Merline McGregor, Pattern Australia
Balancing AI's gold rush with rest, humanity & pace
Jaime Miller Witherill, Legrand
From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like
Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, Tapoly
Why legal literacy is the ultimate empowerment for women in tech
Renee Roumanos, Renee Roumanos Legal
Building in public: Why women entrepreneurs need visibility as much as capital
Kavitha Ramaswamy, Mercurius Media Capital
Breaking in without a blueprint: Lessons learned from my nontraditional path to cybersecurity
Tammy Harper, Flare
Debiasing the digital future: Why AI needs healthy friction
Rachel Hughes, Assurity Consulting
The future of financial literacy for women
Monisha Sharma, Fig Financial
Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR
Aleesha Naxakis, SS COMMS
Balancing the scales: Women's authority and risk-taking still judged differently in marketing and tech
Fabrizia Roberto, www.fabriziaroberto.com
Beyond the 2%: Turning a gender problem into a founder-alignment problem
Leigh Sevin, Endear
Diverse perspectives driving innovation for the real world
Jade Tang, Tineco
International Women's Day 2026: Death by a thousand qualifications
Swati Deshpande, Paynt
Why workplaces must adapt to unlock women’s leadership
Yasmine Amani, Banking Circle Australia
Designing a digital high street that truly fits us
Vicki Blenkinsop, Visualsoft
The next frontier for gender equity is digital power at the board table
Iyari Cevallos, Women in Technology
The beautiful chaos of parenthood is SEO's secret sauce
Samantha Edwards, NP Digital
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
Giving trust to gain impact: What I've learned as a woman in tech
Corinne Ferrie, Adverity
The role of technology in rebalancing performance and wellbeing
Elle Brown, MHR
Trust, transformation and the women leading modern client partnerships
Laura Fox, APS Group
Women in tech: revealing diverse careers beyond code
Beth Harwood, Prismatic
Confidence counts: Why representation matters in energy infrastructure
Libby Owen, APR Energy
Cyber safety for women: Tackling stalking, deepfakes and online harassment
Uma Pendyala, SecurEyes
Balancing the scales for women’s leadership in tech
Paige Gordon, Nexxen
International Women's Day: From fixing women to fixing systems
Sarah Barslund Lauridsen, Nexi Group
Hiding in plain sight? The revenue advantage of female founders
Marisa Scullion, https://www.angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk/
How audiobooks help rewire your brain in ten seconds
Venita Dimos, TechDay
The transformation of leadership: Building what's next in construction
Amanda Amos, Rosendin Electric
Scaling the AI economy: Infrastructure at speed, talent at scale
Jennifer Reininger, CleanArc Data Centers
Building trust & confidence in hybrid work for women
Alison Morris, Worldpay, now Global Payments
Australia's CAIOs must harness AI‑native talent wave
Sharryn Napier, GitHub
AI won't reduce construction disputes unless documentation improves
Gillian Laging, Scopey Onsite
AI at Goddiva, a woman's perspective
Amber Domenech, Goddiva
Sustainability as soft power: How women are re-engineering the future through green education
Usha Iyer, The Green School Bangalore, Bengaluru
Architecting inclusion: Industrial corridor design and the risk of structural lock-In
Deepthi H. M., Singhvi Dev & Unni LLP, Bangalore
Breaking barriers to women's tech careers by rethinking pathways
Rima Das, RMIT Online
How women can build influence in critical tech roles
Carlie Shooner, Sabey Data Centers
International Women's Day and the leadership gap shaping the future of data centers
Elena Winters, Elea Data Centers
How to design early tech careers women want to stay in
Mary Hartwell, Data Governance Syniti
Women in STEM: Unlocking Canada's innovation potential
Cinzia Bazzo, Sage
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
Progress in motion: Women, AI, and the future of inclusive innovation
Christine Meyers Callum, Liquibase
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
From practicing lawyer to legal engineer: Why the safe bet isn't always the best bet
Divija Kothari, iManage
Why fintech needs more women in the room where risk decisions are made
Kristina Nikipolska, xpate
Inspiring women: key lessons from my mentors
Aysha Thompson, Sabio
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