Awards & Events
The international network that seeks to promote and empower women in tech and entrepreneurship, Girls in Tech, has just announced that it will be launching in London in June.
Founded in 2007 in San Francisco by Adriana Gascoigne, the network counts numerous chapters around the globe – in China, France, Greece, Singapore, Taiwan, the US and more – and over 8,500 members worldwide.
Girls in Tech UK seeks to empower women in technology by simply providing them with more visibility through hosting mini tech conferences and meet-ups where a majority of the speakers – unlike other tech conferences – are women.
Sponsored by Google and Criteo, and with The NextWomen as media partner, the London launch of Girls in Tech will take place on June 1st at Google Campus with speakers from companies and organisations including :
In
advance of the G20 Leaders’ summit scheduled for June in Mexico, 21 young women
representing the G20 nations and the African Union will gather in Mexico City from May 23rd to
31st, for the third annual G(irls)20 Summit.
Launched in 2010 at the Clinton Global Initiative, the G(irls)20 Summit highlights ways in which girls and women can play a leading role in global economic development and progress and generates tangible, practical recommendations for the G20 leaders to act upon.
“If G20 leaders are serious about economic growth, political stability and social innovation, they have in the G(irls)20 Summit, a unique source for finding solutions to global challenges. There are 3.5 billion girls and women in the world and therefore 3.5 billion ways to change the world,” said Farah Mohamed, President & CEO of the G(irls)20 Summit.
The Next Conference
in Berlin kicked off with a keynote by sponsor Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene
Obermann, who announced that Deutsche Telekom would be launching an
Incubator in Berlin later in the year.
He was also keen to
stress that they would in future be looking to partner more intensely,
in particular with small companies and there were a number of Deutsche
Telekom representatives at the conference looking to connect with
start-ups attending.
Simon Conway and Edwin Groenendaal are behind a new Small Business Software Accelerator that will help 4 companies to have bespoke software with no upfront costs. The Next Women looked into it and talked to the initiators. Entrepreneurs can apply via www.condaal.com/sbsa
Join The NextWomen partner The BLN in central London on 31st May, 6-9pm for an evening with Ken
Segall, previous Creative Director at Apple. The brains behind the ‘Think
Different’ campaign which revolutionised Apple, he was also responsible for adding to the world’s vocabulary that powerful little ‘i’ which stands unabashedly before thousands of Apple products. Ken was the marketing Svengali bought
back to Apple by Steve Jobs when he himself returned to the company in 1997 as
interim CEO.
As well as Apple, Ken has been involved in some of the most successful brands of the past 20 years including IBM, BMW and Intel. He also runs the Scoopertino blog.
The BLN CEO Tales with Ken Segall offers participants the chance to hear Ken talk about his experiences within Apple and witness the UK launch of his much anticipated book ‘Insanely Simple: the obsession that drives Apple’s success’ followed by a lively Q&A and networking.
Cultural differences and different
languages can be challenging when leading a team remotely. Whether your team is
based over different continents or all over the world, your communication
skills will help you to keep your people motivated at all times.
As a manager of a multi-cultural and international team of people your understanding of their culture, their clients and the way of doing business in their part of the world is your key to success.
Small Business Sunday,
shortened to the hashtag #SBS on Twitter, was created by Theo Paphitis
in October 2010. Theo is best known for his star role in UK TV's Dragons' Den. He
is Chairman of Ryman Stationery and Boux Avenue lingerie and joint owner of Red Letter Days. He is also a mentor and investor to many other businesses
Each Sunday Theo rewards small businesses that tweet him @TheoPaphitis and describe their business in one tweet including the all-important hashtag #SBS. Only tweets made in the time slot between 5.00 PM and 7.30 PM GMT count.
Each week Theo reviews and chooses his favourite lucky six who are then re-tweeted. As he has over 230,000 followers, this provides a massive boost to the chosen lucky businesses.
Recently, Pablo Ambram said he wanted me to apply to the Founder
Institute (FI) in Chile, one of the 9 Latin American
Accelerator Programs you should know about. Actually, it’s not
that personal, Pablo, the Co-Director of FI’s Chile Chapter, wants all
women startup entrepreneurs to apply to Founder Institutes everywhere.
On 29th April, GeekGirlMeetup, the un-conference
for girls interested in web, code and start ups will hold its first UK event at the newly opened Google Campus in Shoreditch, London.
The event aims to lift more female role-models, create new networks and
facilitate active knowledge exchange.
Co-Founder Heidi Harman explains:
"I started GeekGirlMeetup with a friend in Sweden after going to multiple conferences where I was one of the only women. We felt the great need for a forum where we could hang out with other brilliant women and talk about tech - we can see that there is a clear need for it here as well".
Vin Murria, recently named Woman of the Year in the 2012 Cisco everywoman in Technology Awards, launched Advanced Computer Software Group, a leading provider of patient management software
solutions,
in 2008 and has since grown the company to £200
million market capitalisation and almost 1000 staff.
Vin has over 20 years’ experience of publicly listed companies and private equity experience focusing on the software sector. She is a partner at Elderstreet Capital and a non-executive director of Greenco plc.
Throughout her career Vin has been passionate about the advancement of women – setting up academies for employees to develop themselves and fulfil their full potential. She is also committed to various charitable projects as a Trustee for the Princes Trust and the Founder of the PS Foundation – helping to get young girls from disadvantaged backgrounds in India into education.
Upcoming Events
21 May 2012 - 09:00 - 23 May 2012 - 19:30New York, US
22 May 2012 - 09:30 - 24 May 2012 - 19:00Astana, Kazakhstan
