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Building while balancing: What I've learned about performance, endurance and modern leadership
Merline McGregor, Pattern Australia
International Women's Day and the leadership gap shaping the future of data centers
Elena Winters, Elea Data Centers
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
Debugging your operating system: Why gut health is the missing link in human performance
Dr Corin Storkey PhD., Seleno Health
What women actually want from the future of work (Hint: It's not ping-pong tables)
Emily Parker-Woodland, Ridepanda
The visibility gap: Why women's expertise in technology must be seen
Denise Boswell-Buck, Boswell-Buck Creative Consulting
Beyond the 2%: Turning a gender problem into a founder-alignment problem
Leigh Sevin, Endear
Why fintech needs more women in the room where risk decisions are made
Kristina Nikipolska, xpate
From global engineer to data leader in Australia’s tech
Jessica Molina Calabrese, TechDay
The next frontier for gender equity is digital power at the board table
Iyari Cevallos, Women in Technology
This International Women's Day, let's stop hoarding power
Ingrid Curtis, Sparq
The courage to lead: Women, technology, and the work that remains
Sarah Franklin, Lattice
Pet tech leader on women in innovation & GPS safety
Weenect, TechDay
35 years of marketing in technology: A front-row seat to change
Jeannie Zaemes, Vanillasoft
When bandwidth Is capped but ambition Isn't
Afrida Tabassum, Software@Scale
Women in STEM: Unlocking Canada's innovation potential
Cinzia Bazzo, Sage
From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like
Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, Tapoly
Building trust & confidence in hybrid work for women
Alison Morris, Worldpay, now Global Payments
From practicing lawyer to legal engineer: Why the safe bet isn't always the best bet
Divija Kothari, iManage
Confidence counts: Why representation matters in energy infrastructure
Libby Owen, APR Energy
Don't rule yourself out of a career in STEM
Lauren Reid, Aquark Technologies
The outlier in the data: Leading in tech beyond the model minority
Fiona Rada Hernandez, 365 Data Centers
Allyship is the missing piece to the leadership puzzle
Susie Amos, Finity Consulting
The skills that shaped my unusual route to tech
Barbara Schulz, GoTo
From photographer to full-stack dev: a bold career pivot
Livia Gu, Notitia
International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap
Natalie Ip, Valiant Finance
5 ways women in tech can negotiate a pay rise
Lucy Kemp, La Fosse
Inspiring women: key lessons from my mentors
Aysha Thompson, Sabio
The next generation of women in tech doesn't need inspiration. They need infrastructure
Kristina Kaganer, Navigator
Hiding in plain sight? The revenue advantage of female founders
Marisa Scullion, https://www.angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk/
Women in cybersecurity, what it really looks like, and where you can fit
Michaella Masters, Codific
Lessons from IIIT-B: Building an ecosystem where women thrive, not just survive
Meenakshi D'Souza, IIIT-Bangalore
The data centre industry is cutting-edge. Its talent model must be its next innovation
Eva Sóley Guðbjörnsdóttir, atNorth
Leadership, transformation, and designing what's next for women
Ramak Salamat, Staffbase
International Women's Day: From fixing women to fixing systems
Sarah Barslund Lauridsen, Nexi Group
Balancing AI's gold rush with rest, humanity & pace
Jaime Miller Witherill, Legrand
How can the tech industry sustain gender equality momentum?
Sandra Aldi, Datadobi
Giving trust to gain impact: What I've learned as a woman in tech
Corinne Ferrie, Adverity
What a stressed market taught me about marketing
Cynthia Gumbert, Litera
Give to Gain: Creating pathways for women in fraud prevention
Mira Sidhu, SEON
Why talent systems, not ambition, are holding women back in tech
Cia Kouparitsas, Greenbeam
International Women's Day: Why security operations centres need women
Vicki Beynon, Securitas UK
The beautiful chaos of parenthood is SEO's secret sauce
Samantha Edwards, NP Digital
Why women must be seen in AI's hidden enablement layer
Dolores Saiz, The Server Labs
The hidden support gaps holding women back at work
Kim Rowbottom, Pluxee UK
Why 'Give to Gain' needs to stop being a women's virtue and start being a business model
Lizi Sprague, Songue PR
Safe AI needs all voices: Celebrating the women who help drive CSA's AI safety initiative
Illena Armstrong, Cloud Security Alliance
The hidden tax on women in tech: Masking, nervous systems, and sustainable performance
Gemma Rose, Breathwork
You have to give to gain: Why I view mentorship as a force multiplier
Lisa Marie Maxson, 10x People
Balancing the scales for women’s leadership in tech
Paige Gordon, Nexxen
Why cybersecurity needs better storytelling; and more women telling It
Hannah Perez, Suzu Labs
Give to Gain: Why investing in others is the best career decision you'll make
Axelle Thory, MINT Square
Customer success is not support, it is stewardship
Nidhi Suresh, IBS Software
Women own the most underrated skill in tech: Translation
Lauren Malhoit, IP Fabric
Invisible labour in a digital world
Simran Kaur, Pounce
Women in transport tech: How diverse teams keep freight moving
Sarah Macdonald, MyTrucking
Why women can be leaders when it comes to AI
Heather Barnhart, SANS Institute
Building Australia's quantum future: Three shifts to strengthen women's participation
Petra Andrén, Quantum Australia
IWD 2026 - Creating a durable tech career in the age of AI
Yulia Kuchina, Software@Scale
Why legal literacy is the ultimate empowerment for women in tech
Renee Roumanos, Renee Roumanos Legal
How the universal adoption of AI can help women in insurance balance the scales
Laura Drabik, Guidewire
Designing a digital high street that truly fits us
Vicki Blenkinsop, Visualsoft
Gender bias in AI - how to spot it, and how to prevent it
Ruth Bucknell, Merkle UK
Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence
Marlene Wolfgruber, ABBYY
Debiasing the digital future: Why AI needs healthy friction
Rachel Hughes, Assurity Consulting
Why women must be at the agentic AI table
Violet Chung, McKinsey
The strategy of story: Why vision and authenticity are the future of digital design
Charis Yap, AIIMS Group
If women do not build it, it will be built without us
Leah Garrett, Dawn Intelligence
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
Why gender diversity is imperative in shaping ethical AI
Tamsin Crossland, Icon Solutions
Start training for a job that doesn't exist yet
Jo-Ann Foo, Analytic Partners
Breaking barriers to women's tech careers by rethinking pathways
Rima Das, RMIT Online
Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion
Georgia Hanias, Ecology Media
Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR
Aleesha Naxakis, SS COMMS
International Women's Day 2026: Death by a thousand qualifications
Swati Deshpande, Paynt
Balancing tech, humanity & leadership in insurance
Liz Latter, Qlaims Limited
Architecting inclusion: Industrial corridor design and the risk of structural lock-In
Deepthi H. M., Singhvi Dev & Unni LLP, Bangalore
IWD 2026 - Give to Gain: A personal journey
Tereza Knoxova, Onetag
Celebrating the value of diverse perspectives on International Women's Day
Laura Laltrello, Applied Digital
From side hustles to scalable brands: How marketplaces are paving the way for female entrepreneurs
Temu App, TechDay
Women in tech: revealing diverse careers beyond code
Beth Harwood, Prismatic
Why female voices are essential in shaping our tech
Kylie Mason, Samsung Electronics Australia
Why influence matters this International Women's Day
Jo Stewart-Rattray, ISACA
International Women's Day: The Australian entrepreneur proving you don't have to scale fast to succeed
Nakisah Williams, Craft Club
From listening to leading: Why the best customer strategies close the loop
Maureen Plowman, Litera
It's time to make a genuine effort to retain experienced and capable women
Emma Mani, GumGum
Building our own table: Lessons for women entering tech in the age of AI
Chrystal Taylor, SolarWinds
Cyber safety for women: Tackling stalking, deepfakes and online harassment
Uma Pendyala, SecurEyes
How audiobooks help rewire your brain in ten seconds
Venita Dimos, TechDay
The future of financial literacy for women
Monisha Sharma, Fig Financial
How to navigate a career change into tech. As a woman. In your 40s
Mandy Bath, Merkle UK
The role of technology in rebalancing performance and wellbeing
Elle Brown, MHR
Give to gain: How sponsoring women strengthens national security
Misti Landtroop, Palo Alto Networks
How a strong professional network gifts its members the support they need to stretch and grow
Nicola Gerber, Fastly
Trust, transformation and the women leading modern client partnerships
Laura Fox, APS Group
Progress in motion: Women, AI, and the future of inclusive innovation
Christine Meyers Callum, Liquibase
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
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
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