Conferences for women in STEM or women in tech are gaining popularity year over year, especially in North America. In a male-dominated industry, they answer a need for networking with like-minded women and for exchanging work experience with them.
We’ve tried to put together the most important conferences for women in STEM around the world in 2019. We’ve also tried to find conferences that are considered female-friendly among industry experts and participants.
Europe
Czech Republic
Forum on Women in Tech, Brno, May
Ireland
Inspire Fest, Dublin, May
France
JUMP, Paris, June
Poland
Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit, Warsaw, November
Sweden
Women In Tech, Stockholm, March
Switzerland
Women in Digital Switzerland Annual Conference, TBA
The Netherlands
European Women in Tech, Amsterdam, November
UK
Rosalind Franklin Women in STEM Conference, Cambridge, March
Women in STEM Conference, London, May
Wonder Women Tech, London, June
Women of Silicon Roundabout, London, June
WeAreTechWomen Conference, London, TBC
North America
USA
#blogHER, Los Angeles, January
Women in Cloud Annual Summit, Redmond, January
NEXT: The women’s mortgage technology summit, Dallas, February
WeCode, Harvard, February
Be Women of Power Summit, Las Vegas, February
Lesbians who Tech Summit, San Francisco, February-March
Social Media Marketing World, Washington DC, February-March
Johnson Women in Technology Conference, New York, March
The Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference, Stanford, March
SXSW, Austin, March
SXSW Edu, Austin, March
Tech Fashion Week, San Francisco, March
Women in CyberSecurity, Pittsburgh, March
Women in Tech Summit MidAtlantic, Washington DC, March
Scientista Symposium, Boston, March
Wonder Women Tech, Washington DC, April
Simmons Leadership Conference, Boston, April
Women in the World Summit, New York, April
Women in Tech Summit, Dallas, April
PBWC, San Francisco, April
Women Transforming Technology, Palo Alto, April
Women of Silicon Valley, San Francisco, May
VerveCon, Santa Clara, May
Women in Tech Festival, Mountain View, May
Women in Tech Summit: Midwest, Chicago, May
Women of the Channel Leadership Summit: West, Palm Springs, May
Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference (IEEE WIE ILC), Austin, May
Forbes Women’s Summit, New York, June
Tech Women Rising, Seattle, June
Women in Technology Summit, San Jose, June
She Summit, New York, October
HR Technology Conference, Las Vegas, October
Grace Hopper Celebration, Orlando, October
Women in Tech Summit: West, Denver, October
Tech Up for Women, New York, November
Canada
WNorth Conference, Whistler, April
Women Deliver 2019 Conference, Vancouver, June
Women in Physics Canada Conference, Montréal
Asia
Thailand
Annual Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference, Bangkok, March
Singapore
Africa
Egypt
International Conference of Women in Science without Borders (WISWB), Egypt, March
South Africa
Women in Tech Africa Summit, Cape Town, March
Do you find a conference that you want to attend? Do you know a conference that is not on this list? Leave us a comment and let us know!