Women in Tech Network

Women in Tech Finland aims to encourage more women in technology and to promote the value of diversity, inclusion and equity in technology.

Women in Tech network include people across Finland and our community is growing all the time. Our activities and events are free and open for all individuals.

Women in Tech activities include events that have become very popular both in Helsinki and other cities in Finland. For example, Women in Tech Breakfast Dates have been organised on average 1-2 times a month since 2016.

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Upcoming Events

Women in Tech Breakfast Dates are hosted by member organizations of Women in Tech network and are free and open for everyone.

Virtual WiT Breakfast Date: Data-Driven Business Planning by (BearingPoint) - 15.10.2020

What: WiT Breakfast Date: Data-Driven Business Planning by BearingPoint

When: 15.10.2020 08:00-09:00

Where: Online Stream

We warmly welcome you to enjoy the virtual WiT webinar hosted by BearingPoint on the 15th of October!
Data is the buzz word of the 21st century and for a good reason. With great data come great possibilities. In an ever-increasing manner, organizations are looking to harness the untapped potential of their mass data. One concrete example where data can help them in business planning. By using the predictive planning methodology, organizations can create both operational and financial forecasts with less effort and more accuracy.
During this session, our Enterprise Performance Management consultants Heta Hartikainen and Minttu-Nelli Ulmanen will show you what are some key considerations in implementing a predictive planning model, how it is built, and share some real-life examples of organizations already doing this in practice.

The event is held in English.

Registration is closed now.

Virtual WIT Breakfast Date: Starting up your tech startup(Tesi) - 22.10.2020

What: WiT Breakfast Date: Starting up your tech startup by Tesi

When: 22.10.2020 08:00-09:00

Where: Online Stream

Ever thought about founding your own company and taking that great idea of yours global? If the answer is yes and you are wondering how to go about it, please join us for the Women in Tech breakfast date on 22 October 2020.

Our panelists Anna-Maria Henell, CEO at Disior Oy, Mari Luukkainen, Head of Marketing at Icebreaker.vc, and Heli Kerminen, Director at Tesi will lead us to the discussion around tech entrepreneurship, how to take your startup forward, build your dream team as well as how venture capital can help you on your way. The panel will be moderated by Anna Kjellberg, Communication Director at Tesi.

The event will be held in English.

Sign-up for the event at https://forms.gle/SuZhU7mRrdQeFHeQA

Virtual WiT Breakfast Date: Perspectives to leading agile teams (Frantic) - 19.11.2020

What: WiT Breakfast Date: Perspectives to leading agile teams(Frantic)

When: 19.11.2020 08:30

Where: Online Stream

Join us for a panel discussion on what it is to lead teams in an agile environment. Our Design Lead Liisa Benmergui, Tech Lead, and Scrum Master Hannu Räisänen, and Scrum Master Tytti Pöysti work in very different roles but have found plenty of parallels when it comes to wearing the hat of a team lead.

Coming into an organization from the outside, a skilled team leader builds and facilitates ways of working that bring the team and stakeholders together to focus on solving the right problems. They can bring fresh perspectives and industry experience from different fields, all the while steering the team towards a common vision and supporting the work of the organization’s subject matter experts.

Our panelists will be sharing their own experiences as well as answering questions from the audience during the session.

Speaker bio:
Hannu Räisänen is a senior developer and Solution Architect at Frantic. He has developed and helped others to develop software based on business needs for over 20 years in the roles of developer, Scrum Master, and a tech team lead. He has been working on top of Windows Desktop, few mobile operating systems, and on the web. Reusability and changeability are intrinsic characteristics of his solutions.

Liisa Benmergui is a strategic thinking interaction designer and Service Design Lead at Frantic. She has a passion for user research and engaging with stakeholders and agile product teams alike. Over the past 15 years, she has found herself helping bridge the gap between strategy, design and development within organizations, all while championing customers’ needs. Liisa applies a mix of system thinking with empathy and a dash of genuine enthusiasm to everything she works on.

Tytti Pöysti is a Scrum Master and team leader at Frantic with a passion for team dynamics and psychology. She has led teams of different sizes, in different situations and in multifaceted agile environments with one common thought in mind “There is no I in team”. She helps organisations to build learning, transparency, togetherness and communication. Tytti’s background is in business economics in the field of International Business.

The event will be held in English.

We will keep you updated on the registration link to the event on October 29th.

Virtual WiT Breakfast Date: TV, Media and Telco in Revolution by Telia) - 27.11.2020

What: WiT Breakfast Date: TV, Media and Telco in Revolution by Telia

When: 27.11.2020 08:00-09:00

Where: Online Stream

Hop on a bus or train and you'll quickly notice how everyone around you is consuming content. Be it watching videos, listening to music, or connecting to their loved ones – everything and everyone is one swipe away.

The acquisition of Bonnier Broadcasting has made Telia one of the biggest media houses in Nordics almost overnight. During the Breakfast event, we will give you an overview on the TV, Media, and Telco Revolution through the eyes of Telia and MTV. Our daring and insightful female leaders will share their thoughts and experiences from the industry.

Speakers:
Heli Partanen, the CEO of Telia Finland will give us an introduction on how the telecom industry has changed during the past two decades and where it is heading at in the future.

Saara Pekkonen, Head of C More streaming service, has seen multiple industry revolutions in the gaming, music, and media businesses during her thriving career. Saara will share her insights, reflections, and highlights along her journey.

Kati Riikonen, Head of Marketing and Analytics at Telia Finland, will tell us how to build the story and deliver the message about traditional teleoperator becoming a media house.

We'll keep you posted on the registration date of the event.

Past events

Women in Tech Forums
Women in Tech Forums have been organized in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019.

Breakfast Dates:

2020

07.10.2020 Co-hosted Women in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital with Aaltoes.

06.10.2020 Virtual Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Business, Technology and Regulation(Hannes Snellman)

01.10.2020 Virtual Women in Tech Breakfast Date: The Role of Technology in Sustainability(University of Turku)

01.10.2020: Product Development During COVID-19(Zalando)

28.09.2020 Virtual Women in Tech Breakfast Date: New Era of Innovate or Fall Behind (Accenture)

23.09.2020 Virtual Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Myyttejä teollisuudesta (SAMK)

06.09.2020 Virtual Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Psychological Sustainable Remote Work(Wunderdog)

3.09.2020 Virtual Women in Tech Breakfast Date Using Technology to Better Customer Support (ABB)

27.08.2020 Virtual Women in Tech Breakfast Date Digitalization of commercial buildings (Schneider Electric)

25.08.2020 Virtual Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Digital Learning Opportunities(Aalto & FiTech)

10.06.2020 Virtual Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Science-based Innovations (Vaisala)
23.06.2020 Virtual Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Enabling Affordable Energy Transition (Eaton)
05.06.2020 Virtual Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Unleashing the magic of data (TietoEVRY)
19.03.2020 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Salaries and Career Advancement in Tech – Equal or Not? (TEK)
06.03.2020 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Deloitte Tech Trends
05.03.2020 Konsultointitaitoja ja samppanjaa! Naistenpäivän tapahtuma

2019

21.1.19 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Artificial Intelligence: Human Talent meets Machine's Efficiency (Reaktor), Turku
1.2.2019 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Urban Insight – Mitä tekniseltä turvallisuudelta vaaditaan, jotta kaupungit ovat turvallisia? (Sweco), Helsinki
14.2.19 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Data, technology and customer experience (Salomaa Yhtiöt), Helsinki
6.3.19 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Shorter time to market - Smart supply chains in New Product Development projects (Wärtsilä), Turku
7.3.19 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Eettinen tekoäly (Digia), Helsinki
4.4.19 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Making a Sustainable Difference (Metso), Tampere
8.4.19 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Cyber Security (Tieto), Espoo
10.4.19 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Digitalisaatio energia-alalla (Empower), Oulu
3.5.19 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Change Management in Cloud Transformation Journey (BearingPoint), Helsinki
14.5.19 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Basecamp-tapahtumassa (Salesforce), Helsinki
23.5.19 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Digitalization in Healthcare (GE Healthcare), Helsinki
29.5.19 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Exponential World (Telia), Helsinki
14.6.19 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Business productivity (Hilti), Espoo
19.6.19 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Data and Analytics (Gofore), Tampere
29.8.19 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: How to ensure quality in large scale (Sogeti), Espoo
3.9.19 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Humanizing Technology (ABB), Helsinki
19.9.19 WiT Breakfast Date: Energy disruption and climate change (Fingrid)
05.11.19 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Tulevaisuuden Energiayhteisöt (Empower)
07.11.19 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: How 5G is enabling digitalization (Messukeskus)
26.11.19 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Employee Experience = Customer Experience (Digitalist)
04.12.19 Digitalization – the new services (KONE)

2018

25.01.2018 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: AI in healthcare (GE Healthcare), Helsinki
28.2.2018 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Miten Watson voi auttaa Sinua? (IBM), Helsinki
9.3.18 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: IoT ja tekoäly bisneksessä (Turku)
27.3.18 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: palvelurobotit (Fujitsu Finland), Helsinki
26.4.18 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: palvelumuotoilu IT-alalla (HiQ), Helsinki
26.4.18 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Security in everyday life (Accenture), Tampere
5.6.18 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Making Yourself Visible (Sogeti), Espoo
30.8.18 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: virtuaalivoimala (Siemens), Espoo
13.9.18 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Teknologia tukemaan asiakaskokemusta (Frantic), Helsinki
25.9.18 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Tukiäly asiakaskokemuksen kumppanina(Qentinel), Helsinki
12.10.18 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Service design hands-on (Gofore), Tampere
17.10.18 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Finanssiäly asiakkaiden hyödyksi (OP), Helsinki
8.11.18 Daddies in Tech -aamutreffit: isät tyttärien tukena avaamassa teknologia-alan mahdollisuuksia (Teknologiateollisuus ry, Microsoft), Helsinki
16.11.18 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Culture of Innovation (Salesforce), Helsinki
22.11.18 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: eSports ja 5G - mistä on kyse? (Telia), Helsinki
12.12.18 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Service design hands-on: rapid idea prototyping (Gofore), Helsinki

2017

14.03.2017 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Sales and marketing in tech (Schneider Electric), Espoo
26.04.2017 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Diversity and Inclusion (Accenture), Helsinki
09.05.2017 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Henkilöbrändäys (Dell EMC), Espoo
16.05.2017 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Hoivarobotiikka ja älykaupunki, Turku
31.08.2017 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Opportunities of 5G (Nokia), Espoo
12.09.2017 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Technological disruption (KONE), Helsinki
27.09.2017 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Smart Energy Cluster (Schneider Electric & Wärtsilä), Vaasa
12.10.2017 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Teknologia17, Helsinki
13.10.2017 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Case ZenRobotics, Turku
16.11.2017 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Shaping the history of technology together (Metso), Helsinki
05.12.2017 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Itseohjautuva organisaatio (Reaktor), Helsinki

2016

06.04.2016 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Laatu kuuluu kaikille (ABB), Helsinki
13.05.2016 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Brändi rakentuu arjen tekemisistä (Ensto), Helsinki
14.09.2016 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Accelerating Digitalization (Microsoft), Helsinki
13.10.2016 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Towards better services experience (Valmet), Tampere
27.10.2016 Women in Tech -aamuteffit: Teollinen muotoilu (Valmet), Jyväskylä
28.10.2016 Women in Tech -aamutreffit: Kyberturvallisempi työ ja vapaa-aika (CGI), Helsinki
08.11.2016 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: Sustainability (Valmet), Helsinki
25.11.2016 Women in Tech Breakfast Date: The Future of Work in Tech (Tieto), Espoo

Workshops:

25.10.18 Women in Tech Workshop: Digital Transformation Now and in the Future(ABB, Accenture,Schneider Electric), Helsinki and Vaasa

22.5.19 Women in Tech Workshop: Towards a future of 100% renewable energy (Frantic & Wärtsilä), Helsinki