Gender equality and equal opportunities are important for the internet of the future. This meetup discusses how to close the wide gender and pay gap in FinTech. How can companies work on gender equality? What steps should the government take? How can we engage girls and women to kickstart their curiosity for FinTech?
Join our first Disrupt meetup of the women in tech community in Frankfurt. It aims at bringing together tech enthusiastic enterprises and people that want to know how gender equality can be improved and understand how it can be done in their hiring and organizational processes.
TOPIC
How to Close the Gender Gap in FinTech
SPEAKERS
Here is the current line-up of the upcoming speakers (will be updated over time):
(1) Vidya Munde-Mueller, entrepreneur
Vidya is very passionate about new technologies like AI, Blockchain, AR/VR, Internet of Things etc. As an AI-Ambassador she wants to motivate more women to work in new technologies in order to level the playing field. In her previous roles at Deutsche Telekom as Product Manager and AI-Evangelist, she created awareness about AI and took part in numerous activities and projects to foster its acceptance within the company. Currently, she is working on “Givetastic.org” a non-profit organization that recommends charities, causes and initiatives relevant to the information using AI on your browser tab.
(2) Claire Zschiesche, Senior Developer, SAP
Claire Zschiesche has a state examination as teacher for English as Foreign Language and Physical Education from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. She also has an advanced diploma in Computing Science from the University of Oxford, Great Britain. Since 1998, she works for SAP and has undertaken various roles along the software development cycle including information developer and product manager. Currently she works as a software developer for Financial Services, implementing products for accounting. Claire is also a Design Thinking coach and has successfully coached several Design Thinking project over the past years. Besides that Claire is the chapter lead of the German chapter of Business Women’s Network at SAP.
AGENDA
19:00h – 19:30h: Entrance
19:30h – 19:40h: Introduction
19:40h – 20:00h: How Women Can Succeed in Corporate Environments
20:00h – 20:10h: Discussion and Q&A
20:10h – 20:30h: What can we do to Achieve Gender Equality in Tech Domains
