Wrocław Tech Date – TechSHEroes
Woman in innovative and high-growth entrepreneurship
Date and place
07.12.2023, Wrocław
Short description of the event
Wrocław Tech Date – TechSHEroes was an open-access training for women. The main aim of the event was to link women in order to create a peer-learning network that seeks to strengthen woman in business, science, innovation and Deep Tech. TechSHEroes initiative aims at connecting women representing different groups of the knowledge triangle, so that they can share their experiences, problems, ideas and start new collaborations. The event included interactive module to raise questions, debate key issues and share knowledge and expertise.
The main topics discussed during the event:
- What are the main challenges for women carriers in technology-oriented science and business?
- How efficiently exchanging knowledge and broaden the perspective around deep technologies among women?
- How to enhance and support other women carriers in everyday life?
The event included workshop on Design Thinking in Deep Tech.
Key conclusions:
- Numerous studies show that diverse teams perform better. We need more female entrepreneurs who help to drive social change.
- To support women it is crucial to invest more venture capital in female founding teams.
- Women are needed in the tech start-up scene. Considering the societal challenges we’re facing, we can’t afford to do without women’s entrepreneurial power and creativity.
Wrocław Tech Date was organized by ITT, Adacemic Entrepreneurship Incubator at WUST, Innomanu team from WUST.
Agenda
15:15 Welcome to the TechSHEroes meeting participants
Dr. Anna Górecka (Poland); in-person
15:20 Challenges for women entrepreneurship and science career development – insights from Norway.
Dr. Patrycja Sosnowska-Buxton, Researcher at the University of Stavanger (Norway); online
15:35 Challenges for women entrepreneurship and science career development – insights from Korea.
Dr. Hyeriem Pak (Korea); in-person
15:50 Discussion with the speakers
16:00 TechSHEroes Design Thinking workshop
Patrycja Radek; in-person
List of participants
The participants represented various groups of Deep Tech ecosystem: scientists, startups, companies, VCs, organizations implementing programs targeted at deeptech and innovation. The event gathered XX participants in total.
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