Disrupt or Be Disrupted: Embracing Change to Thrive in the New Frontiers of Technology

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Session Overview

In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing business world, companies are being forced to adapt to the latest technological advancements to remain competitive.The shift from traditional to tech-first companies is not only necessary, but also inevitable.

In this session, we will explore the challenges and opportunities that arise when embracing the new frontiers of technology. Through real-world examples, we will examine the benefits of becoming a tech-first company, including increased efficiency, enhanced customer experiences, and greater agility in responding to market demands.

Join us for an inspiring and informative session about the next frontiers of the technological advancements that help us shape the future.

The Why:

  • To acknowledge that technology advances at a very fast pace – to remain competitive there is no other option but to embrace change.
  • To be inspired about how new technologies can shape new value propositions for digital health.
  • To learn that technology is not the only component needed to succeed in the future; it’s equally important to find the value propositions that solve our customer needs and are compelling for our organizations.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • How to leverage frontier technologies to be at the forefront of change
  • How new technologies are accelerating our drug discovery processes today and providing new value propositions to customers.
  • How to leverage the power of data and usage of digital means to enhance products.

This session is for you if …

  • You are a new technology enthusiasts
  • You are a women in tech
  • You are a subject matter experts (software engineers, data scientists, researchers…)
  • You are a business leader

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In today’s economic climate, consumers are expecting more from less, and reassessing their relationship with products that don’t add significant value to their lives. It’s never been more important to make the resources you have go further to create and maintain world-class digital products. Lisa Pickett, Head of App at Deliciously Ella, shares her 5 top pieces of advice for creating world-class products with finite resources.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Get familiar with failure: When used correctly, failure can help you reach the right solution quickly for maximum growth
  • Speak up: Connect with your network and community as much as possible to uncover key insights and plug knowledge gaps
  • Grow smartly: Know when and where to streamline resources while still maintaining product excellence
  • Sweat the small stuff: How percentage point differences really can add up to big changes
  • Swot up: How to look to other industries to grow your knowledge and expertise, fast
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1:40pm
Presentation

From Legacy To Unified: Streamlining Data Operations For Modern Business

30 mins
  • Data
  • Software
  • Charlotte van der Scheun

    Ahold Delhaize

As data becomes increasingly important for businesses, it’s essential to have a flexible and efficient platform for managing it. Join us for an informative session where we’ll share our experience of creating a unified data platform to streamline operations and improve data quality.

Instead of relying on multiple legacy data platforms, we created one platform to rule them all. Our platform provides standardized protocols for data ingestion, transformation, and aggregation, making it a product-as-a-service that’s fast, self-service, and cost-effective. By taking this approach, we allow data engineers to focus on making data available and improving data quality, which is essential for any business.

During this session, you’ll gain insights into our self-sufficient approach to deploying a data platform, and the importance of speed and cost-effectiveness when working with streaming data sets. This talk is designed to provide a thought leadership perspective on how to create a unified data platform that meets the needs of modern businesses.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • How to remove Remove bottlenecks by enabling the data engineers to make data available faster with a self-service data platform.
  • Discover new approaches to deploying a data platform and pipelines using solely data configurations.
  • The speed and cost-effectiveness when working with streaming data sets.

This session is for you if…

  • You experience a bottleneck in making data available or trying to get access to data
  • Attendees who work closely with data
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2:15pm
Presentation

Embracing Platform Engineering

30 mins
  • Data
  • Software
  • Bukola Johnson

    Hello Fresh

Platform Engineering is the discipline of designing and building toolchains and workflows that enable self-service capabilities for software engineering organisations.

In this session, attendees can expect to learn about Platform Engineering, how to get started with Platform Engineering and how to improve the productivity of the development teams by providing tool and services that accelerate development and deployment cycles.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • How to get started with platform engineering
  • How to improve developer experience in your organisation
  • Discover why you should treat your platform as a product

This session is for you if…you are a devops engineer / platform engineer/ a developer / engineering manager

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3:45pm
Presentation

Building For Two Audiences: Artists & Fans

30 mins
  • Data
  • Non-Technical
  • Transformation
  • Agustina Sacerdote

    TIDAL

TIDAL is a global music platform that helps artists and fans fully immerse themselves in their love of music. Join TIDAL’s Global Head of Product, Agustina Sacerdote, to learn about how she navigates the challenges of leading innovative product development for two distinct audiences within a single platform.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Learn how to build products for two different audiences at the same time and within a single platform
  • Understand the complexities of introducing new technologies into an existing platform
  • Learn how to embed the customer’s voice at every step of building new products from the ground up

This session is for you if...you are interested in product development and how to navigate successfully building products for two distinct audiences within one platform.

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2:20pm
Presentation

Why Should You Scale Bottom-Up In Your Organization?

30 mins
  • Leadership
  • Transformation
  • Vânia Santos

    OLX

We all have been through company reorganisations, probably more than once. Some are understandable and produce good outcomes, others aren’t, creating insecurities, lack of confidence in leadership, unnecessary changes, and even more complex paths of communication or decision-making. What is the difference, then?

Team-first thinking and the importance of well-defined boundaries to balance cognitive load within the teams is an important matter to consider: it directly fosters teams’ independence and minimising the overhead of communication, enhancing faster decision-making and increasing the quality and throughput of delivery.

Is there a well-proven way of scaling or changing the current landscape of company organisations? In this session we’ll explore Conway’s Law and the importance of team landscape and interactions, supported by an actual study case in the industry, and how well-designed teams charts can improve independence, autonomy, and motivation of the teams, leading to a faster and better rate and quality of delivery.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • How to scale organisations based on the interactions patterns
  • Exploring the importance of a clear architectural strategy to a clear team topology landscape
  • How to improve productivity with “fast flow”

This session is for you if… you influence the scaling processes of your company at any level or if you are interested in understanding the importance of having effective and efficient teams within your company.

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4:00pm
Workshop

The Modern Mom’s Guide To Career Growth And Work-Life Balance

60 mins
  • Non-Technical
  • Premium Only
  • Shivany Powani

    HelloFresh SE

Returning to work after parental leave can be a challenging transition for any mother. It’s a time of mixed emotions: excitement, uncertainty, and a sense of feeling like an imposter in the workplace. But as one mother’s experience shows, this journey can also be an opportunity to gain new skills and perspectives.

In this session, we’ll explore how to navigate the transition back to work as a mother. Drawing on personal experience, we’ll discuss the challenges and opportunities that come with balancing motherhood and a career. We’ll also delve into the skills that mothers acquire through their experiences, and how to leverage those skills to succeed professionally.

Join us for this inspiring workshop and discover how to turn the challenges of motherhood and career growth into opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Takeaways from my experience that you can incorporate in your career
  • Personal stories from YOU about your motherhood and career journey
  • An interactive session where we highlight the accomplishments from our journeys
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11:30am
Workshop

Contract Testing Workshop With Pact

60 mins
  • Premium Only
  • Software
  • Raissa Machado

    bol.com

Explore the fundamentals of contract testing, delving into the use of Pact and examining a range of real-world examples. Equip yourself with the expertise needed to effectively apply contract testing in your projects, ensuring a more seamless and efficient development process.

In this engaging and interactive workshop, you’ll acquire valuable, practical skills for implementing contract testing in your microservices-based projects. Contract testing is a crucial practice for teams developing software with a microservices architecture, as it guarantees service compatibility, enhances quality, fosters collaboration, and conserves time and resources.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Understand the benefits of contract testing
  • Learn how to use Pact for contract testing
  • Learn how the Pact broker can improve collaboration

This session is for you if…you are a software developer or tester who wants to improve the quality and reliability of your software.

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5:20pm
Presentation

The Power Of Ikigai (生き甲斐) In IT Business

30 mins
  • Career
  • Non-Technical
  • Ekaterina Serban

    Robert Bosch GmbH

What is important today, when disruption and innovation are the result of
fostering an environment where individuals can come together, is the inspirational leadership and leading by purpose. Ikigai (生き甲斐,) is a Japanese term for “a reason for being” and having a sense of purpose in life, as well as being motivated.

We’ll talk about Ikigai in the IT area, and the feeling of accomplishment and fulfilment that follows when people pursue their passions working in the IT area.

The Why: To become a true leader in IT business nowadays you should have an inner drive and a deep hunger to create change. Inspirational leaders display earnest conviction in their beliefs and won’t bend to outside pressures no matter how difficult the road becomes.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Meaning of Ikigai for your life and career in IT business
  • How to lead by purpose and with a passion
  • How to feel accomplishment and fulfilment every day

This session is for you if…

  • You want to discover and embrace the the feeling of accomplishment and fulfilment
  • Every day in your job, to understand what makes you feel good about your work and how to lead by purpose
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1:45pm
Workshop

Neurodiversity In The Workplace: Building Inclusive Teams Beyond Noise Cancelling Headphones

60 mins
  • Non-Technical
  • Premium Only
  • Luisa Liesenberg

    MVPF Technologies GmbH (MVP Factory)

Each brain is unique and everyone has different ways to process and think, yet, roughly 20% of our population qualifies as neurodiverse. This means, chances are high that our teams are also built of people who battle diagnoses like ADHD, Autism, or Dyslexia. Especially women often go through life undiagnosed, in numbers – 75% of women with ADHD are unaware – having developed coping mechanisms without ever knowing. In this workshop we want to explore strategies to build environments for your teams or yourself that allow for “Neuro-Spiciness” to be the fuel of innovation, discuss what it takes for us and our colleagues to feel accepted and how to meet the needs of “unaware” neurodiverse colleagues.

Within DI&E departments, the awareness for mental health topics, including Neurodiversity, has luckily been increasing over the past decade. Yet, building habits that go beyond individual behaviour or offering access to helpful tools is something that most teams still have to learn. Most companies, most tech teams, and most organisations are structured, following neurotypical concepts, making it challenging for employees with ADHD, Autism or Dyslexia (amongst others) to navigate. A work culture that is accessible for neurodiverse people also always benefits those whose brains qualify as “neurotypical”, so why wait?

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Learn about the challenges and strengths of neurodiverse people in the workplace and how to use or combat them successfully
  • Discover how we can move beyond neurotypical standards and build a team that works for every brain
  • Connect with your own neuro-spiciness, celebrate the magic of “being the odd one” and explore how you can inspire the people around you

This session is for you if…

  • You are neuro-spicey. Join us and share your experience, connect with others to learn from them and build a foundation to bring back into your own team.
  • You lead teams. Neurodiversity is a topic that most people still don’t feel comfortable being very upfront about. The stigma and discrimination that comes with being openly autistic or dyslexic, etc. hold people back and increases their risk of burning out due to having to mask or suffering from related anxiety and depression. This also accounts for team members that are unaware or undiagnosed. Creating a neuro-inclusive environment as Lead can change your employees’ life and set you up for success.
  • You are curious about this buzzword, flying around more and more these days 😉
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12:10pm
Presentation

Empowering Agency & Community Through Web3 And NFTs

30 mins
  • Data
  • Non-Technical
  • Emily Loh

    MoonPay

Web3 and NFTs are often misunderstood as silly jpegs or in association with the so-called metaverse. This session aims to demystify the concepts of web3 and NFTs, particularly within the context of how web3 can enable a true democratisation of technology, and empower both organisations and individuals to engage in society on their own terms. For the first time in history, we have a viable infrastructure from which we can set the terms and conditions of how we’d like to interact with each other, and within which we can have total ownership over our own data.

What are web3 and NFTs exactly and why should I care? How do we reclaim technology to serve the needs of society? How do we break out of a world that’s been determined by only a handful of corporations or institutions? Although Web3 and NFTs are commonly associated with the crypto industry, which has primarily been exclusive to women and other marginalised identities, web3 ultimately opens up the possibilities for empowering individuals and organisers alike to determine their own terms of engagement with the world.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Understand the basics of web3 and NFTs, along with other key concepts such as decentralisation and blockchain technology
  • Why web3 and NFTs can be empowering to individuals, communities and organisations alike
  • Real world examples of applications of web3 and NFTs, how you can get started on thinking about how the technology can be applied in your situation, why it’s beneficial to everyone

This session is for you if…

  • You’re simply curious about the hype around web3 and NFTs
  • You want to understand how blockchain technology can be applied in the real world in a variety of contexts
  • You’re looking for alternatives to social media to engage with others that speak to your values and interests
  • You’re a creator, artist, or builder looking to create a loyal and involved fanbase without the interference of third parties
  • You’re a brand or organisation looking to have a more intimate connection with your community
  • You’re an activist looking for alternative ways to move your cause forward
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10:00am
Keynote

Product Led Transformation

30 mins
  • Career
  • Leadership
  • Maite Zubiaurre

    bol.com

Maite will share a story on the current product-led change and transformation at bol.com. It is a story about female leadership and developing strong, resilient teams in combination with elevating the power of tech to truly do a little better every day and make more impact.

This session is for you if…

  • You are curious to learn about the major role that tech plays in retail tech platforms
  • You are passionate to learn and be inspired about how you can make a difference by being you
  • You want to be inspired by the journey of a (young) female leader and you are curious to learn how she leads change, now from a board position
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1:45pm
Workshop

Building Effective Mentoring Practices For Companies

60 mins
  • Career
  • Leadership
  • Non-Technical
  • Premium Only
  • Irina Veligan

    Gen

Corporate mentorship programs have been implemented by many companies to enhance recruitment efforts, improve employee engagement, foster leadership development, promote diversity and increase loyalty and retention rates. However, the effectiveness of such programs depends on the quality of their implementation. Creating a successful mentoring program can be much more challenging that it appears, and many programs fail to meet their objectives.

This workshop will represent insights and principles from interviews with companies of varying sizes that have effectively implemented mentoring programs. Participants will learn practical strategies to launch their own successful mentoring program within their organisations.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Discover best practices for launching and promoting a mentoring program
  • Learn how to pair mentees effectively
  • Learn what resources to provide to mentors and mentees and how to measure success of each relationship during the program
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11:30am
Workshop

Choose To Be Successful At Managing Change: Management Of Change De-Mystified

60 mins
  • Career
  • Non-Technical
  • Premium Only
  • Roberta Rossini

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Research shows that approximately 69% of projects fall short of their objectives, frequently due to inadequate management of change dynamics. This calls for proactive action, and indeed, it is possible to take such action! In this session, you’ll acquire the skills to master change management, steering your projects towards enduring and impactful transformations.

More often than not, management of change is considered some sort of intangible “magic”, delivering dubious value. In other cases management of change is used interchangeably with “training plan”, leading to pre-announced adoption failure. In this session you will be introduced to a few very practical tools that can be used to drive change and manage resistance successfully.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Learn how Management of change is systemic approach, that goes beyond trainings
  • Learn that resistance is a natural reaction to change and that it can and should be planned with and managed accordingly

This session is for you if…

  • You are or have been struggling with the adoption of a great tool or process
  • If your team is consistently not doing what you ask them to do
  • You think management of change is fluffy, hot air.
  • You think management of change = trainings calendar
  • You want a career in IT and you have no IT background
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12:40pm
Workshop

Responsible AI Or Ethical Leadership?

60 mins
  • Leadership
  • Premium Only
  • Ayse Duran

    ,

    FTI Consulting (Netherlands)

  • Stephanie Wagenaar

    FTI Consulting (Netherlands)

  • Sabine Clappaert

    ,

    FTI Consulting (Belgium)

Ethical leadership is the foundation that is needed to develop and use responsible AI. So what kind of leadership is needed to respond to the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence and big data, and what role might character play in guiding leaders?

AI is dominating news headlines and hallway conversations everywhere right now. And while what it can do to help businesses streamline operations and improve leadership decision-making is impressive, there are some things it can’t do. It can’t demonstrate character. It can’t show courage or empathy, at least not authentically. AI can’t make values-based decisions.

Few insights will be more valuable to your success as leader than knowing who you are and what you stand for.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • What is ethical leadership and how does it affect your career, team and your organisation?
  • How can you define your own unique leadership North Star?
  • How can you demonstrate ethical leadership in decision-making related to AI topics?

This session is for you if…

  • You are interested in developing your own leadership north star!
  • You lead projects or people and want to be able to speak from a strong sense of purpose
  • You have an interest in AI and the role that leaders play in ensuring it is used responsibly
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11:30am
Workshop

Let’s Talk About The Energy Trilemma

60 mins
  • Leadership
  • Premium Only
  • Marieke ten Houte de Lange

    Shell

Ever found yourself grappling with intricate problems, or in a position where you must collaborate with individuals you don’t necessarily see eye-to-eye with? Are you curious about the leadership traits required to facilitate transformative collaboration and generate unique outcomes?

Our world’s most urgent challenges demand a paradigm shift in our approach to collaborative thinking. But how can we pave the path for improved future outcomes when stakeholders have a lack of understanding, trust, or rapport with each other?

In this dynamic session, we’ll use the energy transition scenario as a business case, examining how transformative collaboration among diverse stakeholders can lead to groundbreaking solutions. This is an opportunity to explore the potential of collaborative strategies in overcoming barriers and fostering innovation.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Understanding why collaboration is both difficult and necessary to solve complex challenges
  • Understanding the leadership qualities required to enable transformative collaboration
  • Engage in dialogue on business case “energy transition” what it takes to move forward and the role each and every one of us can play?

This session is for you if…

  • You are curious about collaboration and building bridges
  • You are keen to break down barriers for collaboration
  • You are prepared to get active and lean into the dialogue. And learn about energy transition at same time
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4:00pm
Workshop

Change Management: Empowering Software Development Teams

60 mins
  • Leadership
  • Premium Only
  • Renu Yadav

    Grab

Have you ever attempted to implement a necessary shift in your team, only for it to fall short despite its potential benefits? Do you find certain team processes being consistently overlooked or ignored?

If you’ve responded affirmatively to any of these queries, this discussion is for you. We’ll guide you through the process of change management, spotlighting its inherent challenges. Learn how you, either as a leader or team member, can drive changes that lead to a more productive and empowered team.

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11:35am
Presentation

Debunking Myths On Software Quality Engineering

30 mins
  • Software
  • Renka Pooja

    Admiral Group plc

Software testing is an essential part of the software development process, but there are many myths about testing that can create confusion and hinder progress. Whether you are looking to learn more about Quality Engineering or want to be involved in an unfiltered group therapy session about the topic, then this session is for you!

This talk will explore and challenge the misconceptions around being a Software Quality Engineer and more importantly, I aim to debunk these myths using examples from my personal experience. I will focus on some common stereotypes as well as some more challenging concepts on automation.

The Why: Anything that has a consumer, will have been tested in one way or another. The question is, was it done in the most effective and efficient way? This talk gives you an opportunity to do things differently at your organisation and understand why Quality Engineering is so powerful.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Reimagine and challenge your views and assumptions on what it means to work in the Software Quality Engineering field
  • You will walk away with an insight into the life of a Software Quality Engineer and Manager as well as understand some of the challenges faced
  • Learn about unconventional routes to enter the technology industry and why it could benefit yourself or your team
  • Have a great understanding of the difference between ‘Testing’ and ‘Quality Engineering’ and why this is important

This session is for you if…you are interested in what Quality Engineering means in practice or to gauge what skills are required to enter this field or even if you are looking to assemble a team of QE superheroes, then look no further!

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12:45pm
Presentation

ChatGPT, OpenAI, Bard…Could An Artificial General Intelligence Be Created? Should We Be Worried, Excited Or Both?

30 mins
  • Skills
  • Software
  • Vanessa Araújo

    Microsoft

  • Adelina Balasa

    Microsoft

We will present an overview of the latest uses of GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) models and we’ll discuss the fears and excitement created by artificial general intelligence (AGI) – an emerging field of AI research that aims to create machines capable of human-like intelligence . We’ll discuss how the technology is used in various industries, and we will clarify both the capabilities and limitations of this technology. In addition, we will delve into the potential impact of this emerging trend on society and ethics, and its implications for the future of humanity. All sparkled with some demos!

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Good understanding of what do we mean by AGI? Where does ChatGPT and Large Language Models fit in AGI?
  • Awareness of what are the capabilities and limitations of such AI models. What are the ethical implications on bias, privacy, and accountability?
  • Spark your creative side, making you think how can this AI be used in your world?

This session is for you if…you are curious/interested on future tech trends.

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11:30am
Workshop

Demystifying Generative AI On AWS

60 mins
  • Software
  • Laura Kennett

    Amazon Web Services

  • May Mohamed

    Amazon Web Services

In this session, you can explore the exciting world of generative AI and how it has the potential to revolutionise many industries. In this session the speakers starts by reviewing the basic concepts of generative AI. It then explores how generative AI models can be used for various modalities, highlighting the AWS AI/ML tools and infrastructure available to those interested in generative AI. Explore the potential of generative AI and what AWS tools are available to build and deploy these models in production.

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12:40pm
Workshop

Navigating Career Paths: How To Build A Sustainable Career

60 mins
  • Career
  • Non-Technical
  • Premium Only

Research findings highlight that women often hesitate to apply for new positions if they do not fullfill all the criteria. This is particularly noticeable in the tech industry, where female representation is markedly low and declines further at higher organisational levels. To counter this, it is critical to disrupt the norms and craft inventive strategies to promote women’s growth and development.

In this interactive session, we will delve into the intricacies of career progression, examining both conventional and unconventional pathways. We will also engage in fruitful discussions on the challenges and prospects of career development in an ever-evolving world. This will provide a roadmap on how to make audacious choices regarding your career trajectory and devise a plan for continuous professional growth.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Explore both mainstream and alternative career pathways.
  • Design a bold career plan for you next move
  • Master different approaches to steer your career development journey.

This session is for you if…

  • You are enthusiastic about confronting new challenges
  • You are intrigued by the idea of charting their career growth in an unorthodox manner
  • You are eager to experience an enjoyable and inspiring session
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11:35am
Presentation

Did I Just Make Myself Obsolete?!

30 mins
  • Premium Only
  • Software
  • Danielle Twaalfhoven

    Adyen

Process automation to the point of self reliance. This is often our goal when we code. So how do we do this AND still remain essential to our company?

The Why: Software is ever-evolving, duh. This means we get to be more efficient in our work, resulting in projects going live faster. As great as this is, it also sparks a fear in many of us that we are actively working towards making ourselves and our coworkers unnecessary to the job. The goal is to figure out how to remain relevant, while still having fun.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Automation benefits all who keep up
  • Make yourself indispensable
  • Don’t fret about the unknown

This session is for you if…

  • You are a dev and want to hear about Adyen and get some insights into how we work/think
  • You are not a dev but you worry occasionally about whether dev’s might automate your job
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3:10pm
Presentation

Cultivating Authenticity: The Journey To True Diversity And Inclusion In Tech

30 mins
  • Leadership
  • Non-Technical
  • Workforce
  • Tanja Antonijevic

    Miele X

Sometimes tech is too much about doing techie things and not enough about being human. Same goes for Diversity & Inclusion, where we often we fall in the trap of doing diverse and inclusive things, rather than being diverse and inclusive. This presentation gives you concrete steps on how to build a better, more authentic, and inclusive company culture in tech.

As a global digital hub, Miele X is here to support the Miele Group in creating and growing their digital heritage. Founded as a start-up within a large organisation, Miele X quickly grew to a large, gender-balanced team of diverse experts, with over 40 nationalities on board. HR Director Tanja Antonijevic was there from the start and will explain why her mantra ‘Don’t dream it, be it’ was crucial for building this truly diverse and inclusive team. She will do this through sharing successes, failures, and concrete actions that can help you create a better, more diverse, and inclusive tech culture.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Understand the impact of a diverse and inclusive culture on team performance and the creation of solutions fit for all
  • Recognise that fostering a truly diverse and inclusive culture transcends mere activities, emphasising the essence of being diverse and inclusive.
  • Gain insights into ten practical strategies to incorporate greater diversity and inclusivity within your organisation.

This session is for you if…you are interested or involved in building and leading tech teams and/or creating an innovative culture within scale-ups and larger organisations.

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4:00pm
Workshop

The Art Of Failing Successfully

60 mins
  • Career
  • Non-Technical
  • Jennifer Bower

    Persistent Systems

When you’re not afraid to fail, you become brave enough to step out of your comfort zone and go after big goals. Ultimately, mastering the art of failing successfully gives you the skills and mindset to tackle challenges in a rapidly changing world, solve problems like a boss, and achieve long-term success.

Delve into the untapped potential of failure and how it can become a catalyst for personal and professional development. Through a series of stories, hands-on exercises, and group discussions, we’ll explore strategies for reframing failure, building resilience, and leveraging lessons learned from outside experiences for workplace success.

During the workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to share your own stories of failure and learn from others in a supportive environment. We’ll discuss techniques to help you navigate through setbacks, overcome challenges, and turn failures into stepping-stones towards achieving your goals. Whether you’re a team leader, an aspiring entrepreneur, or an individual seeking personal growth, this workshop is designed to empower you with the mindset and skills necessary to fail successfully.

Walk away from this workshop equipped with a fresh perspective on failure, a newfound sense of resilience, and a plan to use your past experiences to fuel future success. Join us and unlock the power of embracing failure as a transformative force on your journey to personal and professional excellence.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Reframe failure as a learning opportunity.
  • Build resilience and embrace challenges.
  • Leverage personal experiences for professional growth.

This session is for you if…you are a tech industry professional, a manager or team leader, an entrepreneur or founder, or an individual seeking personal growth and development.

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