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Building Australia's quantum future: Three shifts to strengthen women's participation
Petra Andrén, Quantum Australia
It's not a gender gap, it's a confidence gap: Rethinking women's participation in the AI era
Quinny Lei, StarHub
The next frontier for gender equity is digital power at the board table
Iyari Cevallos, Women in Technology
Building in public: Why women entrepreneurs need visibility as much as capital
Kavitha Ramaswamy, Mercurius Media Capital
Architecting inclusion: Industrial corridor design and the risk of structural lock-In
Deepthi H. M., Singhvi Dev & Unni LLP, Bangalore
Women in STEM: Unlocking Canada's innovation potential
Cinzia Bazzo, Sage
Leadership, transformation, and designing what's next for women
Ramak Salamat, Staffbase
Give to gain: How sponsoring women strengthens national security
Misti Landtroop, Palo Alto Networks
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
Give to Gain: Why investing in others is the best career decision you'll make
Axelle Thory, MINT Square
Pet tech leader on women in innovation & GPS safety
Weenect, TechDay
If women do not build it, it will be built without us
Leah Garrett, Dawn Intelligence
From global engineer to data leader in Australia’s tech
Jessica Molina Calabrese, TechDay
From photographer to full-stack dev: a bold career pivot
Livia Gu, Notitia
International Women's Day 2026: Death by a thousand qualifications
Swati Deshpande, Paynt
Debiasing the digital future: Why AI needs healthy friction
Rachel Hughes, Assurity Consulting
Trust, transformation and the women leading modern client partnerships
Laura Fox, APS Group
International Women's Day and the leadership gap shaping the future of data centers
Elena Winters, Elea Data Centers
AI at Goddiva, a woman's perspective
Amber Domenech, Goddiva
5 ways women in tech can negotiate a pay rise
Lucy Kemp, La Fosse
Breaking barriers to women's tech careers by rethinking pathways
Rima Das, RMIT Online
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
Balancing AI's gold rush with rest, humanity & pace
Jaime Miller Witherill, Legrand
The outlier in the data: Leading in tech beyond the model minority
Fiona Rada Hernandez, 365 Data Centers
This International Women's Day, lean on proof (of skill, of impact and of potential)
Sarah Noe-Danzl, Skillable
What women actually want from the future of work (Hint: It's not ping-pong tables)
Emily Parker-Woodland, Ridepanda
Designing a digital high street that truly fits us
Vicki Blenkinsop, Visualsoft
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
This International Women's Day, let's stop hoarding power
Ingrid Curtis, Sparq
The role of technology in rebalancing performance and wellbeing
Elle Brown, MHR
Why "Give to Gain" needs to stop being a women's virtue and start being a business model
Lizi Sprague, Songue PR
How to design early tech careers women want to stay in
Mary Hartwell, Data Governance Syniti
The hidden support gaps holding women back at work
Kim Rowbottom, Pluxee UK
How to navigate a career change into tech. As a woman. In your 40s
Mandy Bath, Merkle UK
The next generation of women in tech doesn't need inspiration. They need infrastructure
Kristina Kaganer, Navigator
Why women can be leaders when it comes to AI
Heather Barnhart, SANS Institute
Progress in motion: Women, AI, and the future of inclusive innovation
Christine Meyers Callum, Liquibase
What a stressed market taught me about marketing
Cynthia Gumbert, Litera
Women in cybersecurity, what it really looks like, and where you can fit
Michaella Masters, Codific
Building trust & confidence in hybrid work for women
Alison Morris, Worldpay, now Global Payments
It's time to make a genuine effort to retain experienced and capable women
Emma Mani, GumGum
Building while balancing: What I've learned about performance, endurance and modern leadership
Merline McGregor, Pattern Australia
AI won't reduce construction disputes unless documentation improves
Gillian Laging, Scopey Onsite
How women can build influence in critical tech roles
Carlie Shooner, Sabey Data Centers
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
How CMTG Is rewriting the rules on women in tech and why the industry can't afford to wait
Mia Filpo, CMTG
The data centre industry is cutting-edge. Its talent model must be its next innovation
Eva Sóley Guðbjörnsdóttir, atNorth
Don't rule yourself out of a career in STEM
Lauren Reid, Aquark Technologies
Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR
Aleesha Naxakis, SS COMMS
IWD 2026 - Give to Gain: A personal journey
Tereza Knoxova, Onetag
Why cybersecurity needs better storytelling; and more women telling It
Hannah Perez, Suzu Labs
Australia's CAIOs must harness AI‑native talent wave
Sharryn Napier, GitHub
Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence
Marlene Wolfgruber, ABBYY
How can the tech industry sustain gender equality momentum?
Sandra Aldi, Datadobi
IWD 2026 - Creating a durable tech career in the age of AI
Yulia Kuchina, Software@Scale
Why influence matters this International Women's Day
Jo Stewart-Rattray, ISACA
Hiding in plain sight? The revenue advantage of female founders
Marisa Scullion, https://www.angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk/
From practicing lawyer to legal engineer: Why the safe bet isn't always the best bet
Divija Kothari, iManage
International Women's Day: Why security operations centres need women
Vicki Beynon, Securitas UK
When bandwidth Is capped but ambition Isn't
Afrida Tabassum, Software@Scale
Why women must be seen in AI's hidden enablement layer
Dolores Saiz, The Server Labs
The transformation of leadership: Building what's next in construction
Amanda Amos, Rosendin Electric
How the universal adoption of AI can help women in insurance balance the scales
Laura Drabik, Guidewire
The hidden tax on women in tech: Masking, nervous systems, and sustainable performance
Gemma Rose, Breathwork
Building our own table: Lessons for women entering tech in the age of AI
Chrystal Taylor, SolarWinds
International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap
Natalie Ip, Valiant Finance
From listening to leading: Why the best customer strategies close the loop
Maureen Plowman, Litera
Women in transport tech: How diverse teams keep freight moving
Sarah Macdonald, MyTrucking
Safe AI needs all voices: Celebrating the women who help drive CSA's AI safety initiative
Illena Armstrong, Cloud Security Alliance
From atoms to organizations: A new way to think about leadership
Karen Cheng, Kyndryl Canada
Customer success is not support, it is stewardship
Nidhi Suresh, IBS Software
Why women must be at the agentic AI table
Violet Chung, McKinsey
The visibility gap: Why women's expertise in technology must be seen
Denise Boswell-Buck, Boswell-Buck Creative Consulting
Lessons from IIIT-B: Building an ecosystem where women thrive, not just survive
Meenakshi D'Souza, IIIT-Bangalore
Balancing the scales: Women's authority and risk-taking still judged differently in marketing and tech
Fabrizia Roberto, www.fabriziaroberto.com
Start training for a job that doesn't exist yet
Jo-Ann Foo, Analytic Partners
From side hustles to scalable brands: How marketplaces are paving the way for female entrepreneurs
Temu App, TechDay
Diverse perspectives driving innovation for the real world
Jade Tang, Tineco
How audiobooks help rewire your brain in ten seconds
Venita Dimos, TechDay
Why fintech needs more women in the room where risk decisions are made
Kristina Nikipolska, xpate
Why workplaces must adapt to unlock women’s leadership
Yasmine Amani, Banking Circle Australia
Where are the godmothers of AI in the tech industry?
Elaine Mullan, Corlytics
35 years of marketing in technology: A front-row seat to change
Jeannie Zaemes, Vanillasoft
The courage to lead: Women, technology, and the work that remains
Sarah Franklin, Lattice
Sustainability as soft power: How women are re-engineering the future through green education
Usha Iyer, The Green School Bangalore, Bengaluru
Breaking in without a blueprint: Lessons learned from my nontraditional path to cybersecurity
Tammy Harper, Flare
Women in tech: revealing diverse careers beyond code
Beth Harwood, Prismatic
Wit, grit and a whole heap of bullsh1t
Vic Peppiatt and Sarah Daniel, Hey Savi
How a strong professional network gifts its members the support they need to stretch and grow
Nicola Gerber, Fastly
You have to give to gain: Why I view mentorship as a force multiplier
Lisa Marie Maxson, 10x People
Women own the most underrated skill in tech: Translation
Lauren Malhoit, IP Fabric
The skills that shaped my unusual route to tech
Barbara Schulz, GoTo
Why female voices are essential in shaping our tech
Kylie Mason, Samsung Electronics Australia
Balancing the scales for women’s leadership in tech
Paige Gordon, Nexxen
Beyond the 2%: Turning a gender problem into a founder-alignment problem
Leigh Sevin, Endear
Why legal literacy is the ultimate empowerment for women in tech
Renee Roumanos, Renee Roumanos Legal
Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion
Georgia Hanias, Ecology Media
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