‘Women and girls use computers, men and boys love them.’ This 1986 New York Times quote was published 35 years ago, yet we are still facing a severe underrepresentation of women in technology. In the age of AI and further digitization of our societies, can we still afford to accept this gender gap? In this session we will explore the relationship between increasing gender diversity in tech and trustworthy AI.
- The women in AI right now and their stories. Eve Logunova WomenInAI NL
- Systemic difficulties that girls and women must overcome when pursuing a tech career. Esther van Schaik & Sahar Yadegari, VHTO
- What do we need for trustworthy AI? Professor Natali Helberger
- How to increase the participation of women in tech? Building a community to close the gender gap in Tech. Dr. Cara Antoine – WomenInTech NL
Moderators:
Zinat Farhang
VHTO and Women In Tech are both set up to promote gender diversity in the tech sector. We will continue to work on this topic with our long-standing partners and new MozFest partners.
- Women In Tech offers a Global platform (women-in-tech.net) to drive impact and close the gender gap by supporting local communities of girls and women working in technology. They use this platform to connect individuals and bring groups together through networking, mentoring, job offers, recruitment, role model masterclasses, pitch programmes, a Female Digital Lab, entrepreneurship opportunities, coding classes, news, events, and more.
- VHTO gathers knowledge and input from MozFest partners to further develop its advocacy agenda vis-à-vis the Dutch government.
- Limelight Foundation is a philanthropic foundation that promotes a strong and free information ecosystem in the digital age.
0-20 participants:
Informal conversation with 4 speakers and participants with several discussion rounds and active participation via polls.
20 or more participants:
- Plenary start and introduction of the session
- 4 rounds of break out rooms with one speaker per break out room (7 minutes per break out) and a minimum of 6 participants per break out room
- Plenary recap: connecting the 4 break-out sessions to one another and creating overview / additional insights through Q&A
The pandemic crisis has made us aware of the magnitude of the challenges that we are facing on a global level and we need radical collaboration and openness to move forward and come up with sustainable solutions. Yet we are missing out on crucial brain power due to severe underrepresentation of women in the tech sector.
Passion to change, improve & save people’s lives and the planet | Push the boundaries of technological, cultural & human performance | Empower people to achieve more | President, WomenInTech® NL | Member Topvrouwen.nl
Software developer, Diversity and Inclusion enthusiastic. Energetic and happy to meet new people and organizations active in making tech inclusive.
