WITECH | Entrepreneurship for Women in Tech
Ott
25
2022
Inizio: Ott 25 | 05:00 pm
Fine : Ott 25 | 08:00 pm
Categoria: Tag:Via Durando, 10 20158 Milano MI
Evento in presenza e online streaming
Politecnico di Milano (Campus Durando)
Aula Magna Carlo De Carli – Edificio B9
Via Durando 10
The WITECH conference is organized by Politecnico di Milano and PoliHub, the startup accelerator of PoliMI. The event, part of a project funded by the European Union, is dedicated to women, entrepreneurship and technology.
The conference, held in English, will host keynotes and panels, which will see as protagonists men and women from different fields, such as startups, universities, public administration, education. Various issues will be addressed, such as STEM education programs dedicated to girls, how Diversity & Inclusion is addressed in large corporations, the experience of female startup founders, policies and actions conducted by institutions to promote female empowerment.
Agenda
Moderator: Barbara Gasperini
16.30 Check-in & Welcome coffee
17.00 Introduction and presentation of Witech Program
Enrico Deluchi, CEO, PoliHub
Cristina Rossi Lamastra, President of the “Comitato Unico di Garanzia”, Politecnico di Milano
17.15 Plans, actions and policies to empower women to study and pursue a STEM career
Alessia Cappello, Councilor for Economic Development and Labor Policies, Comune di Milano
17.35 Diversity e inclusion in Politecnico
Cristina Rossi Lamastra, President of the “Comitato Unico di Garanzia”, Politecnico di Milano
17.45 STEM & Entrepreneurship
Alessandra Accogli, CEO & Founder, Sinergy
Vincenzo Butticè, Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurial Finance, Politecnico di Milano
18.10 Break
18.25 Soft skills and entrepreneurship
18.40 The Importance of Network
Alessandra Lomonaco, La carica delle 101
Stefania Quaini, Angels4Women
19.00 Conversation – Women as a Growth Driver
Claudia Manzi, Professor of Social Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Monica Poggio, CEO, Bayer Italia and Vice-President of Assolombarda
17.45 STEM Education
Ulrike Sauerwald, Research & Knowledge Management, Valore D
Roberta Russo, responsible for the Industry 4.0 Enabling Technologies commission, Associazione Donne 4.0
19.45 Keynote speech
Valeria Cagnina, Co-Founder e Mentor, OFpassiON