Stay in Tech! will take place in Berlin on 14 May 2024. This free one-day event, held in English, will be the first conference in Europe bringing people together to address the fact that despite significant investment and prioritisation in EU policies, the percentage of women working in ICT professions has only grown from 17% to 18.5% in the last seven years. The conference is a part of the EU Diversity Month.
On behalf of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Ruth Asan, Deputy Equal Opportunities Officer, and Alexander Nouak, Managing Director of the Fraunhofer ICT Group, are represented in the high-ranking panel of speakers.
Governments, companies, and non-profits across Europe have invested large sums of time and money into increasing the number of women working in tech. Initiatives such as the EU’s Gender Equality Strategy, Women4IT, and more, have made a huge impact in helping more women enter the tech sector.
Nevertheless, women remain underrepresented in the tech workforce. With a large focus on getting women and girls into tech, there also needs to be investment in retaining them. Challenges such as outdated stereotypes, lack of mentorship opportunities, isolation, and ‘bro culture’ in some organizations, boil down to a simple truth: if the workplace is bad, women will leave.
These tech-specific challenges only add on to the obstacles women face in other sectors, including balancing caring responsibilities, the gender pay gap, and biases around motherhood.
The speakers, the agenda and the registration form can be found on the CEPIS website.
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