WeAreTechWomen "Level Up” Women in Tech Summit

Over the past seven years, WeAreTechWomen’s Women in Tech conference and summit events have helped over 11,000 female technologists upskill and grow their networks.

We are now delighted to introduce our latest offering - the “Level Up” Women in Tech summit bringing together best practices for career progression. The summit will take place at the QEII Centre in Westminster, London on 06 December 2022 for over 400 in-person attendees, as well as through our live stream for thousands of participants.

Why “Level Up”?

Just 17% of tech workers in the UK are female, with even fewer in senior leadership - and our recent research with Tech Talent Charter and Ipsos Mori showed that one in five women are thinking of leaving the tech industry! We need to think fast and act innovately if we are to keep women engaged in the industry and to accelerate their rise to the top. At WeAreTechWomen, we want to ensure that Women in Tech and the UK tech industry are successful today, tomorrow, and long into the future.

About “Level Up”

The “Level Up” summit will bring together awesome industry speakers, panels, and personal stories to provoke your thinking, answer your questions and share sustainable solutions to help change representation outcomes in the tech industry. Time will be built into every session for lively facilitated table discussions so you and your colleagues can build executable ideas to progress back at the office from what you’ve learned at the summit.

Summit content will deep dive into a number of the findings from our recent research, “What is Holding Back Women in Tech?” Mid-level women in tech, male allies and tech change makers will join us to highlight ways to:

• Hack the traditional pathways to progression
• Improve male allyship for women in tech
• Open up more access to role models and senior networks for sponsorship and career opportunities

Both in-person and streaming participants will also be able to pursue additional soft skills or industry knowledge training in two additional summit breakout spaces dedicated to Career and Tech Innovation, powered by EY.

Throughout informative keynotes, highly interactive panels with top leaders within the tech industry, engaging table discussion opportunities and breakout sessions, summit participants can refresh their own views and commitments to career progression as well as get equipped with more actions to help drive systemic change for Women in Tech.

We will be leveraging the diversity of thought in the room to produce a “Level Up” summit report with EY that will capture the ideas and views across summit participants. This will be shared after the event to ensure everyone can benefit from the wealth of insights at the “Level Up” summit.

Who should attend

• Mid-level Women in Tech e.g. 10 years+ experience expecting to move into decision-making roles or seeking their next promotion
• Male allies
• HR/Tech business partners driving change
• Senior tech leaders
• EDI leaders
• ERG leaders supporting Women in Tech

Also at the “Level Up" summit

In-person attendees will have access to an entire exhibition floor where you can:

• Meet our sponsor organisations and learn about their career opportunities in tech
• Connect with other attendees to share ideas and practice your networking skills
• Benefit from access to mentors
• Speak with our on-site career coaches about achieving your ambitions and addressing any concerns
• Have professional headshots for your social media channels

Worried about the kids or the cost of childcare?

The “Level Up” summit have an on-site creche to support participating parents (limited spaces apply)! These areas will be open throughout the day.

How you can get involved

We encourage companies to sponsor a table of 10 at the summit, with a recommended participant mix of 50% women in tech, 30% male allies and 20% change makers from your organisation. The “Level Up” summit will provide each table with a coach/facilitator who will ensure that conversations are kept on point and action areas are identified.

What’s included in a single physical ticket

• Access to the conference all areas
• Access to exhibition lounge
• Copy of “What is Holding Back Women in Tech?” report
• Playback links to re-watch sessions
• Breakfast, lunch and snacks
• Access to our conference app
• Opportunity to book in for a headshot (first come, first served)
• Access to mentors and coaches

What's included in your livestream ticket

• Access to livestream
• Playback links to re-watch sessions
• Access to our conference app

What’s included in your table

• Space for 10 attendees
• Access to table coach
• Access to the conference all areas
• Access to exhibition lounge
• Copy of “What is Holding Back Women in Tech?” report
• Playback links to re-watch sessions
• Breakfast, lunch and snacks
• Access to our conference app
• Opportunity to book in for a headshot (first come, first served)
• Access to mentors

Exhibition Village Ticket*

• Access between 10am & 4pm to the Exhibition Village
• A chance to network & meet our sponsors
• Perfect for job seekers, returners and students

*Please note: this ticket does not give you access to the physical event or the livestream