Events
Women in Tech events aim to provide fresh insights into the technology industry. We want the events to be a natural place for Networking, Learning and Inspiring.
Upcoming events:
WiT Breakfast Dates
Women in Tech Breakfast Dates are hosted by the member organizations of the Women in Tech network and are free and open for everyone.
When: May 19th, 2022 at 8 AM
Where: Hybrid event: Zalando Tech Hub, Helsinki or live steam
Registration: Register for free here
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Our morning event will be filled with sharing career stories, talking about the diverse opportunities working in tech can offer and how randomly one can end up in the tech world. Along with a Q&A and panel talk, we will – of course! – enjoy breakfast and network as well.
More good news?
This is a hybrid event! We have 70 available spots at Zalando Tech Hub in Helsinki and a quality live stream for anyone interested.
When: May 25th, 2022 at 8:30 AM
Where: Eteläesplanadi 8, Helsinki (Columbia Road Office)
Registration: Register for free here
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A community-led organisation needs no managers
Wednesday, May 25th 2022
08:30 Breakfast
09:00 – 10:00 Discussion
🔸 Karoliina JarenkoHandyMandy of Future Worklife, Organisational Consultant
🔸 Sirkka-Liisa Rotinen
Managing Partner, Columbia Road
🔸 Melissa Alasalmi
Software developer, Columbia Road
We’d like to warmly invite you to a discussion about community-led organisations where self-organising teams run the show and decisions happen locally.
Together with Karoliina Jarenko, a researcher of organisations and Sirkka-Liisa Rotinen from Columbia Road we dive deep into the topic to understand how these kinds of organisations work, and what kind of structures are needed and if it is possible to scale a community-led organisational model.
We’ll also hear from Melissa Alasalmi what it’s like to work in this kind of an organisation from the employee’s perspective. If you’re interested in hearing ways to bring self-organising and community-led approaches to your job, want to hear inspiring examples from organisations that have gone from hierarchical to community-led and get a chance to talk to Karoliina, a real global thought leader on this topic, this event is for you!
The event takes place at Columbia Road Helsinki office at Eteläesplanadi 8 where we can fit 50 of you comfortably.
We will send a confirmation of registration to all registrants personally to make sure there is enough room for everyone.
When: May 31st, 2022 at 8 AM
Where: Deloitte Siltasaari office, Salmisaarenaukio 10, 00180 Helsinki
Registration: Register for free here
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WiT x Deloitte: Live Breakfast Date
You are warmly welcome to join the Women in Tech Breakfast with Deloitte to discuss how technologies
enhance our organizations and lives – the future is human.
Live Event at Deloitte Salmisaari office: Tuesday May 31, at 8.30–9.30 am.
Breakfast will be served before the event at 8.00–8.30 am.
Address: Salmisaarenaukio 2, 00180 Helsinki
Deloitte’s annual Tech Trends report spotlights trends that are likely to disrupt businesses during the next
18 to 24 months across industries and geographies. We will deep dive into three Tech Trends 2022 themes
– join us for an interactive conversation.
Agenda:
– Welcome, Minna Kervinen
– Data, Lilli Saarinen
– Cloud, Katri Hietala
– IT, disrupt thyself: Automating at scale, Anne Belt
– Tech Trends 2022 wrap-up, Paula Murray
Register here.
While we’re waiting for the event, you can learn more about the Tech Trends 2022
https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/tech-trends.html and
learn more about our speakers: https://www2.deloitte.com/fi/fi/pages/technology/articles/wit-breakfast-
date-2022.html
The language of the event is English, and it is free for all. Welcome!
When: June 8th, 2022 at 8 AM
Where: Wolt Office, Arkadiankatu 6, Helsinki
Registration: Register for the physical event here
Register for the live stream here
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How to build world-class products on a global scale?
08:00 Doors open, breakfast is served
08:30 – 08:35 Welcoming words
08:35 – 9:35 Panel Discussion & QA
09:35 – 10:00 Mingling
Panelists:
- Kaisa Salakka
Director of Product, Wolt
- Annu-Maaria Nivala
Design Lead, Wolt
- Riikka Söderlund
VP, Marketing & Communications, Smartly.io
- Thea Chow
Clash Royale Game Lead, Supercell
Since launching in Helsinki just 7 years ago, Wolt has expanded its delivery platform to 23 countries and hundreds of cities. Wolt has also gone from restaurant food to retail and beyond. But how do you make sure that your once niche, local product can cater to users on a global level, across languages and cultures?
In this panel, we’ll discuss how to build products on a global scale: how to iterate until product-market fit, and then quickly scale, and also how to recognize when something is not working. We’ll also discuss mistakes made and even dive into even when to kill products if necessary. Joining Kaisa Salakka (Director of Product, Wolt) and Annu-Maaria Nivala (Design Lead, Wolt) will be Riikka Söderlund (VP, Marketing & Communications, Smartly.io) and Thea Chow (Clash Royale Game Lead, Supercell). The discussion will be facilitated by Heini Vesander (Wolt).
The event takes place at the Wolt Helsinki office at Arkadiankatu 6 (50 first sign-ups) and you can also tune in through a live stream.
We will send a confirmation to registrants personally to make sure there is enough room in the event space. We will have space for 50 people in person.
When: June 9th, 2022 at 8 AM
Where: Live stream
Registration:
Register for the live stream here
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WiT Dinner Date: Vertical segregation and unconscious bias in engineering
We are inviting students and professionals to join and discuss experiences on June 9, 17:00-18:30 on zoom. Welcome!
CONTENT / PROGRAMME:
17:00 Programme starts
Welcoming words Dean Riina Salmimies
Vertical segregation and unconscious bias in engineering in Finland – Insights & results from the NOW!-project
Post-doctoral researcher Johanna Naukkarinen presents latest research results from NOW! project. Equal Career Paths for Women – NOW! project aims to support and promote equal employment and career development for women. The focus is on vertical equality.
LUT Mentoring Programme – Experiences and feedback
LUT Mentoring Programme for semester 2021 – 2022 has just ended. Career Counselor Anni-Elina Leinonen will share our experiences and the feedback we received from the programme.
Discussion in small groups – How can we make a difference?
Summary of group discussions
18:30 Programme ends
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| 15.12.2021 | Leading Fantastic Teams in VUCA World by Sandvik |
| 9.12.2021 | Talent in Engineering Academia by LUT University |
| 23.11.2021 | The crucial role of culture change enabling modern cyber security and data analytics by KONE |
| 11.11.2021 | How to measure sustainability by EY |
| 9.11.2021 | The DNA of winning teams by Salesforce |
| 3.11.2021 | AI & Ethics: AI in benefit of Children & Youth by Fujitsu |
| 29.10.2021 | Human & IA: Reinventing Better Customer Experience by Telia |
| 06.10.2021 | Hyper-Personalized Branding - The Future of Branding? by Hannes Snellman |
| 28.09.2021 | Women in Leadership - How to choose the right career path for you? by Zalando |
| 16.09.2021 | Empathy in Tech- The Designer's Perspective by Capgemini |
| 09.09.2021 | Resilient supply chain management in dynamic markets by ABB |
| 23.6.2021 | Managing and overcoming business transformation challenges by BearingPoint |
| 25.05.2021 | Being future ready – fostering sustainable digitalization by Eaton |
| 20.5.2021 | Everything you need to know about calculating your carbon footprint and how to do it – Case Sweco |
| 27.04.2021 | Redefined 21st century - Mapping out the new territory at Accenture |
| 29.03.2021 | How to turn the disruption of work into an opportunity - Building the future of work at VTT |
| 25.03.2021 | The Rise of a New B2B Customer Experience- How to Digitally Transform the B2B Customer Experience by Liferay |
| 28.01.2021 | How values drive customer success and technology acts as an enabler for change (Salesforce) |
| 09.03.2021 | How technologies enhance our organizations and lives by Deloitte |
| 10.03.2021 | Going beyond CX: silos, tech & channels by TietoEVRY |
| 12.03.2021 | Professional Development as an Enabler for Business Growth by Fraktio |
| 03.12.2020 | Digitalization in Sales & R&D (KONE) |
| 27.11.2020 | TV, Media and Telco in Revolution (Telia) |
| 19.11.2020 | Perspectives to leading agile teams (Frantic) |
| 12.11.2020 | Behind the scenes stories of people who enabled GE Healthcare's rapid COVID-19 response (GE) |
| 27.10.2020 | Virtual Women in Tech Forum 2020 |
| 22.10.2020 | Starting up your own tech startup (Tesi) |
| 15.10.2020 | Data-Driven Business Planning(BearingPoint) |
| 08.10.2020 | 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 | The Role of Technology in Sustainability(University of Turku) |
| 01.10.2020 | Product Development During COVID-19(Zalando) |
| 28.09.2020 | New Era of Innovate or Fall Behind (Accenture) |
| 23.09.2020 | Myyttejä teollisuudesta (SAMK) |
| 06.09.2020 | Psychological Sustainable Remote Work(Wunderdog) |
| 3.09.2020 | Using Technology to Better Customer Support (ABB) |
| 27.08.2020 | Date Digitalization of commercial buildings (Schneider Electric) |
| 25.08.2020 | Digital Learning Opportunities(Aalto & FiTech) |
| 10.06.2020 | Science-based Innovations (Vaisala) |
| 23.06.2020 | Enabling Affordable Energy Transition (Eaton) |
| 05.06.2020 | Unleashing the magic of data (TietoEVRY) |
| 19.03.2020 | Salaries and Career Advancement in Tech – Equal or Not? (TEK) |
| 06.03.2020 | Deloitte Tech Trends |
| 05.03.2020 | Konsultointitaitoja ja samppanjaa! Naistenpäivän tapahtuma |
| 21.1.19 | Artificial Intelligence: Human Talent meets Machine's Efficiency (Reaktor), Turku |
| 1.2.2019 | Urban Insight – Mitä tekniseltä turvallisuudelta vaaditaan, jotta kaupungit ovat turvallisia? (Sweco), Helsinki |
| 14.2.19 | Data, technology and customer experience (Salomaa Yhtiöt), Helsinki |
| 6.3.19 | Shorter time to market - Smart supply chains in New Product Development projects (Wärtsilä), Turku |
| 7.3.19 | Eettinen tekoäly (Digia), Helsinki |
| 8.4.19 | Cyber Security (Tieto), Espoo |
| 10.4.19 | Digitalisaatio energia-alalla (Empower), Oulu |
| 3.5.19 | Change Management in Cloud Transformation Journey (BearingPoint), Helsinki |
| 14.5.19 | Basecamp-tapahtumassa (Salesforce), Helsinki |
| 29.5.19 | Exponential World (Telia), Helsinki |
| 14.6.19 | Business productivity (Hilti), Espoo |
| 19.6.19 | Data and Analytics (Gofore), Tampere |
| 29.8.19 | How to ensure quality in large scale (Sogeti), Espoo |
| 3.9.19 | Humanizing Technology (ABB), Helsinki |
| 19.9.19 | Energy disruption and climate change (Fingrid) |
| 05.11.19 | Tulevaisuuden Energiayhteisöt (Empower) |
| 07.11.19 | How 5G is enabling digitalization (Messukeskus) |
| 26.11.19 | Employee Experience = Customer Experience (Digitalist) |
| 04.12.19 | Digitalization – the new services (KONE) |
| 25.01.2018 | AI in healthcare (GE Healthcare), Helsinki |
| 28.2.2018 | Miten Watson voi auttaa Sinua? (IBM), Helsinki |
| 9.3.18 | IoT ja tekoäly bisneksessä (Turku) |
| 27.3.18 | Palvelurobotit (Fujitsu Finland), Helsinki |
| 26.4.18 | Palvelumuotoilu IT-alalla (HiQ), Helsinki |
| 26.4.18 | Security in everyday life (Accenture), Tampere |
| 5.6.18 | Making Yourself Visible (Sogeti), Espoo |
| 30.8.18 | Virtuaalivoimala (Siemens), Espoo |
| 13.9.18 | Teknologia tukemaan asiakaskokemusta (Frantic), Helsinki |
| 25.9.18 | Tukiäly asiakaskokemuksen kumppanina(Qentinel), Helsinki |
| 12.10.18 | Service design hands-on (Gofore), Tampere |
| 17.10.18 | 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 | Culture of Innovation (Salesforce), Helsinki |
| 22.11.18 | eSports ja 5G - mistä on kyse? (Telia), Helsinki |
| 12.12.18 | Service design hands-on: rapid idea prototyping (Gofore), Helsinki |
| 14.03.2017 | Sales and marketing in tech (Schneider Electric), Espoo |
| 26.04.2017 | Diversity and Inclusion (Accenture), Helsinki |
| 09.05.2017 | Henkilöbrändäys (Dell EMC), Espoo |
| 16.05.2017 | Hoivarobotiikka ja älykaupunki, Turku |
| 31.08.2017 | Opportunities of 5G (Nokia), Espoo |
| 12.09.2017 | Technological disruption (KONE), Helsinki |
| 27.09.2017 | Smart Energy Cluster (Schneider Electric & Wärtsilä), Vaasa |
| 12.10.2017 | Teknologia17, Helsinki |
| 13.10.2017 | Case ZenRobotics, Turku |
| 16.11.2017 | Shaping the history of technology together (Metso), Helsinki |
| 05.12.2017 | Itseohjautuva organisaatio (Reaktor), Helsinki |
| 06.04.2016 | Laatu kuuluu kaikille (ABB), Helsinki |
| 13.05.2016 | Brändi rakentuu arjen tekemisistä (Ensto), Helsinki |
| 14.09.2016 | Accelerating Digitalization (Microsoft), Helsinki |
| 13.10.2016 | Towards better services experience (Valmet), Tampere |
| 27.10.2016 | eollinen muotoilu (Valmet), Jyväskylä |
| 28.10.2016 | Kyberturvallisempi työ ja vapaa-aika (CGI), Helsinki |
| 08.11.2016 | Sustainability (Valmet), Helsinki |
| 25.11.2016 | The Future of Work in Tech (Tieto), Espoo |
| Workshops | |
| 25.10.18 | Digital Transformation Now and in the Future(ABB, Accenture,Schneider Electric), Helsinki and Vaasa |
| 22.5.19 | Towards a future of 100% renewable energy (Frantic & Wärtsilä), Helsinki |