Join us in Amsterdam as we assemble 5,000+ tech industry visionaries, pioneers and innovators from major global corporations and innovative start-ups, all in one place to explore resilience in your tech, career and business.
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Discover in demand skills, the latest tech insight and trends through dedicated deep-dive sessions, masterclasses and keynotes.
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Learn how to springboard your way back to a better, stronger, more dynamic career path.
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Connect with like-minded female professionals, make connections that matter and embrace the value of meeting face-to-face.
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The leading voices in tech will be sharing their experiences, challenges and advice to inspire you on your journey.
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Vicky Bunyard is the IBM CTO for Northern Europe. She has a background in Systems Engineering and Enterprise Architecture and has spent time in primarily technical transformations ranging from software engineering process and methodology redesign through data and analytics, to Enterprise Architecture and Technology strategy. The result is that she truly understands that technology is only one part of the equation and technology in context is the way to success.
She firmly believes that technology can be 'the answer', but only when we truly understand 'the question' - and that it is not about how great the tech is, but about how great we can be when we are backed by great tech.
As General Manager for Microsoft Netherlands, Anke den Ouden is responsible for bringing Microsoft's mission to life – to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more – for all Microsoft customers and partners in the Netherlands. Den Ouden has been part of the Microsoft family for 25 years, where she started her career at Microsoft Germany in various roles in the fields of marketing, sales and business management. She then held leadership roles within the business and consumer markets at Microsoft Russia and Poland and in the Central and Eastern Europe office. Den Ouden's in-depth knowledge of the Microsoft organization, its culture, customers and partners, gives her a strong position to further orient the organization towards what customers and partners need in their digital transformation.
Anke gets her energy out of sports, travelling, cooking, reading and whatever feeds her appetite to discover and create, together with her team, great stories that positively impact our countries and communities.
Divya Kumar is Global Digital CFO at Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer. She leads digital business steering, acquisitions, partnerships, information security, data privacy and decision analytics globally. She was earlier part of the exciting journey to open the first IKEA store and ecommerce in India. Currently an India Board member, she steers the expansion of the digital hub in Bangalore. Divya has 23 years of experience in Strategy, Finance, Digital & Analytics, is a certified Independent Board Director and has worked in various industries across US, Europe and India.
Yi He leads business, marketing and branding strategy at Binance. Yi led the business strategy of Binance’s growth from zero to one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges and pivoted the company to a global blockchain ecosystem from a China-based crypto trading platform. Before co-founding Binance, Yi served as Vice President at Yixia Technology, the leading mobile video tech company behind popular mobile apps like Miaopai, Xiaokaxiu and Yizhibo, where she led branding strategy and marketing operations and was a fundamental part of the fundraising strategy that drove the firm’s valuation to USD$3+ billion. Yi was also co-founder of the digital asset exchange, OKCoin between 2014 and 2015. Under her leadership at OKCoin, the company’s market share in China increased 60 percent during a bear market and became the dominant digital asset exchange in Asia. Earlier in her career, Yi was the host of a travel show for a major Asian television network. Yi is recognized as one of the most influential entrepreneurs in the Chinese blockchain and Internet industry. She is passionate about providing transparency and empowering communities in the cryptocurrency industry and championing economic freedom through her personal experience of breaking socioeconomic barriers. Throughout her successful leadership in crypto companies, Yi helped to create a trend of hiring female executives in the male-dominant tech industry and gained the crypto market’s trust in women leaders.
Carol Parillon became Chief Data Architect in January 2020. Professionally her passion lies in enabling data-driven organisations, to help drive the energy transition and digital agenda. During her 17 years in Shell, Carol has worked across a variety of businesses where she has used her skills to build data architecture foundations. This has accelerated the data-driven journey that Shell is on today. What contributed to this was her delivery of the latest refresh of Shells' Enterprise Data Model coupled with the data product delivery. She currently manages the functional excellence agenda for around 200 data architects in Shell.
Carol holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics and a Master’s Degree in Business Information Systems. Her purpose is to champion Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to create an inclusive environment, empowering teams to challenge the status quo, and bringing about innovation.
Her non-working time is spent with her husband, Neil, her son and 2 daughters. Next to that she enjoys volunteering in the community and school/university engagements where she teaches young students about the value of pursuing and exploring your passion beyond your current circumstance. She believes it is important for young people to recognise there is no limit to their ability to achieve.
Monique is an energetic IT leader, with bundles of positivity and a strong passion for human dynamics and organizational change. Her desire for fast-pace and transformational environments, with interpersonal communication as a critical success factor, has defined her career so far. She started her career working in large programmes focused on business and IT redesign, ranging from HR transformations to IT & process implementations and Merger & Acquisition deals. In 2017 she made the transition into IT Management, increasing her focus on strategy, leadership, and talent management.
She is currently working as Chief IT Operating Officer @Shell, where she is leading a team of ~100 IT professionals delivering secure and reliable IT operations within key conventional oil and gas locations across 10+ countries, including some of Shell's largest and most remote assets.
Monique is a strong advocate of intent-based leadership. She firmly believes that bringing people together around a common purpose and making the love for what you do infectious, are key catalysts for empowerment in the workspace.
Fun fact: Monique loves to explore different countries and cultures. She temporarily lived in Mississippi, Guatemala, and the UK and spent a year travelling through Latin-America. Her last trip was a 2-month campervan trip through Scandinavia during a family sabbatical with her husband and 2 young kids in 2021.
Naina Bhattacharya is the global Chief Information Security Officer at Danone, in charge of cybersecurity strategy and transformation. Naina is an advocate of diversity and inclusion in technology with a focus on increasing the representation of women in cybersecurity. She is the co-sponsor of Inclusive Diversity for the IT & Data teams globally at Danone. She is featured in the top 100 CISOs worldwide for the last two years, is recognised on the top 100 HERoes role model list of women leading by example and contributing to diversity in the workplace, and is the winner of the 2020 Women in Leadership award from Financial Times, the 30% Club and Henley Business School.
Belinda is Chief Information Officer Three, having previously been CIO at Centrica Group PLC and also Transformation and Digital Director at Vodafone, she is passionate on dispelling the myth there are significant barriers to entry for women in technology, and is an advocate of using exercise to increase productivity, efficiency and peace of mind. She was the only girl COBOL programmer in her company in the mid-nineties trying to fix various millennium bug issues, so is a closet geek. She is originally from Cardiff in South Wales but currently lives near Newbury, Berkshire with her husband and 10 year old daughter, Scarlett. In her spare time, Belinda is a running freak and regularly runs ultra-marathons, recently completing a 32 Mile non-stop run around a 400m track….and yes, she did get very dizzy and very bored!!
Patricia Walsh is Global Head Technology Transformation. In this capacity Patricia will partner with our global Commercial colleagues to design, develop and deliver digital and technology solutions in support of healthcare professionals, patients and other key stakeholders.
Prior to joining Novartis in July 2021, Patricia was with Pfizer, Inc. for approximately 17 years. Most recently she served as Vice President, Pfizer Digital Global Commercial and Chief Business Office Client Partners.
During her tenure with Pfizer, she held several positions of increasing responsibility in the areas of digital and technology with both US and global remits. Her time with the company provided the opportunity to enrichen her career through a variety of key roles, such as Global Technology lead for the Capsugel business, Global Technology lead for Pfizer Consumer Healthcare and her last position leading Commercial engagement with the pharmaceutical businesses. These roles afforded the opportunity to work alongside her business counterparts to develop and execute business aligned digital strategies.
Before joining Pfizer, she was with AT&T where she held various positions also of increasing responsibility. There she gained experience in areas such as Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, External Affairs and Commercial Business and Program Management.
Patricia holds a Master of Science in Business Management from the College of St. Elizabeth and Bachelor of Arts in English from Montclair State University. She also completed an Executive Leadership development program with the London Business School. Patricia enjoys spending time with her husband, Chris, and two children, Courtney and Connor, and their Cavapoo, Sally. Additionally, in her spare time, she likes playing golf, skiing, and spending time at the Jersey shore.
Fun Fact: I love baseball.It's my favorite sport. The reason is that it's the long game, and you can come back and win. I see it as a great motivator in your career or when working in a difficult situation or on a difficult project
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