#wetechtogether conference 2023
29th – 30th of September 2023, Technopark Zurich
This conference brings together female tech communities to empower, engage and celebrate women in tech!
About #wetechtogether
Welcome to the 5th edition of the largest conference for more diversity and inclusion in tech in Switzerland! The conference serves as a guiding compass, helping everyone navigate the vast and exciting fields of STEM.
We believe that diversity is the key to unlocking limitless possibilities, and we are committed to providing a platform where everyone’s voices are heard and celebrated. Together, let’s ignite a spark of change and pave the way for a more inclusive tech world.

Keynote & Knowledge Sessions
Hear from exciting personalities from the tech industry and be inspired by them in keynotes and knowledge sessions.

Workshops
Attend one of the many workshops and learn hands-on about tech, trends or career building.

Networking
Discover exciting technologies, explore job opportunities, and forge connections with like-minded individuals.
#wetechtogether Program
Check out the program and get inspired by our speakers, workshops and networking opportunities! (Program will be updated on an ongoing basis)
Friday, 29th of September 2023
#wetechtogether conference ticket holders can attend the Hidden Figure Award Ceremony for free. Tickets for just the award night will be made available as of end August.
14:00 - 14:30
Technopark Exhibition Hall
Door Opening
Meet other participants and companies.
14:30 - 17:00
Technopark (Workshop Rooms)
Workshops
Get your hands-on experience at one of the many workshops.
Workshops are organized by our sponsors in collaboration with participating female tech communities.
Learn more and register here.
17:00 - 18:30
Technopark Exhibition Hall
Apéro & Networking
18:30 - 18:45
Hidden Figure Award Ceremony – Welcome
Join us in honoring the remarkable women who have made a significant impact in the world of tech.
Hidden Figures Award aims to make sure meaningful but less obvious contributions to STEM are never overlooked in the way the black women who played a key role in the moon landing at NASA were.
We are awarding women in the following categories:
- Empowered Woman
- Startup / Innovation
- Non-Profit Organisation
- Audience Award – Vote for your Hidden Figure here (until the 28th of September)
More information about the Hidden Figure Award can be found here.
19:20 - 19:40
Technopark Auditorium
Hidden Figures Award Announcements – Innovation / Start-up
Award Sponsor:
19:40 - 20:00
Technopark Auditorium
Hidden Figures Award Announcements – Empowered Women
Award Sponsor:
20:00 - 23:00
Technopark Exhibition Hall
Afterparty Apéro
Celebrate with us the winners of the Hidden Figure Awards 2023!
Network with exciting participants from the tech sector at the following afterparty apero!
Saturday, 30th of September 2023
08:30 - 09:30
Technopark Exhibition Hall
Door Opening & Networking
Start your day with a cup of coffee and networking.
9:30 - 9:45
Technopark Auditorium
Opening
Welcome and opening of the 5th #wetechtogether conference 2023 with Lea Grüter and Priska Burkard
9:45 - 10:15
Technopark Auditorium
Keynote by Swan Lu
Get inspired - learn more about Siwan's career in tech, her tips and her experiences.
Prepare to be captivated as Swan, a leading figure in the world of tech, shares her remarkable journey during her keynote address. She’ll reveal the pivotal decisions that shaped her career and sheds light on the pressing need for change to reach diversity and inclusion in today’s tech landscape.
But Swan’s mission extends far beyond her own success; she’s here to inspire and empower you to achieve your career goals. With her invaluable insights and advice, she’ll leave you energized and ready to pursue your best career in tech and beyond. Don’t miss this chance to embark on a transformative journey with Swan.
10:15 – 10:30
Technopark Auditorium
Keynote by Kim Fuchs
Get to know – learn more from a young aspiring leader about her journey in the tech industry
10:30 - 11:00
Technopark Exhibition Hall
Coffee Break & Exhibition
Meet our sponsors, mingle with like-minded participants and enjoy a cup of coffee!
11:00 - 13:00
Technopark (Workshop Rooms)
Workshops
Get your hands-on experience at one of the many workshops.
Workshops are organized by our sponsors in collaboration with participating female tech communities.
Learn more and register here.
11:00 - 13:00
Technopark
Talent Matching
Meet your next employer at the Talent Matching Event.
Joining our Talent Matching Event can offer you great benefits:
- Meet companies committed to diversity up close and personal
- Learn more about their company culture and find out if you have a purpose match
- Expand your network with like-minded women in tech and learn about job opportunities
Please indicate your interest in participating during the ticket check out process.
Participating companies will be announced soon.
13:00 - 14:30
Technopark Exhibition Hall
Lunch & Networking
Enjoy a healthy lunch and connect with sponsors in the exhibtion hall and network with participants.
14:30 - 14:50
Technopark Auditorium
Knowledge Session I: Learn more about Smart Clothing
Learn more
One of the first thing you think about in the morning is… what am I going to wear today? Now imagine that your clothes – on top of making you look and feel good – would do something else for you. Smart clothing is the future of wearables. Monitoring physiological parameters, from simple movement to respiration or heart rate, just by wearing your usual, but smarter clothes. You will have the opportunity to know how you sit, how you walk, or how you work out all day long, just by wearing your usual, but smarter clothes. We strive to develop smart garments for health and sport applications that are unobtrusive, natural feeling and accessible to everyone.
14:50 - 15:10
Technopark Auditorium
Knowledge Session II: The first solar modules for greenhouses
Learn more
Discover the concept of spectral filtering sunlight to enable electricity production on already exploited surfaces. The Voltiris’ solar modules enable efficient electricity production without impacting crop yield. Learn more about the concept, the past and ongoing research results conducted by leading partners such as Agroscope in Switzerland, Wageningen University in the Netherlands, and other research institutes in France and the US.
15:10 - 15:30
Technopark Auditorium
Knowledge Session III: AI in Art and Design
Learn more
Grit gives an overview of how AI can also be used creatively, away from efficiency pressures and performance discussions.
15:30 - 16:00
Technopark Exhibition Hall
Coffee Break & Networking
Meet our sponsors, mingle with like-minded participants and enjoy a cup of coffee!
16:00 - 16:45
Technopark Auditorium
Panel
Topic: Inclusion
Participants from different sectors and roles share their experiences and tips for an inclusive tech environment. Hear from experts what inclusion means form them and how they experiece it in their life. Listne to their advice and recommendations on how to build an inclusive work environment.
16:45 - 17:00
Technopark Auditorium
Closing & Good-bye
#wetechtogether Workshops
The workshop registration is open now. You can only register for the workshops if you have a ticket for the #wetechtogether conference 2023 – get it here.
Workshop places are limited and given away on a first register basis. The available spaces will be updated on a regular basis.
#wetechtogether conference 2023 Speakers
Be inspired by a lineup of exceptional speakers who are shaping the future of technology with their innovative ideas. List of speakers will be updated on an ongoing basis.
Get your Ticket
Tickets are limited, don’t miss out and get early access to workshop sign ups with an early bird ticket!
We offer tickets for Friday, Saturday, as well as a combined ticket for both days. Please note that the prices vary depending on the selected ticket type, providing attendees with flexibility to choose the option that suits them best.
Standart Tickets
Early bird ticket
- Sales ended
Regular ticket
- Sales ended
Last minute ticket
- 19th Sep – 29th Sep 2023
Student Tickets
Early bird ticket
- Sales ended
Regular ticket
- Sales ended
Last minute ticket
- 19th Sep – 29th Sep 2023
Become a sponsor of #wetechtogether!
If you want to get exposed to different female tech communities, interact with their members during workshops or networking and show your commitment to diversity and inclusion in tech, then this is your opportunity.
Email us for more information.
Partner Communities
These are the female tech communities that help us shape this years #wetechtogether conference!
Learn more about the participating tech communities and their activities.
What Attendees say
The #wetechtogether conference held in 2022 has received a lot of reviews from past attendees. Here’s a glimpse of what they had to say about their experience:

Many inspiring & role model women! A lot to learn in the workshops! Nice networking & conversations & good food 🙂
I liked relevance (such an event is so much needed), attendees, attractive workshops & companies, diversity of formats, talent matching, no goodie bag (waste), food, and much more.
The networking was great and the knowledge sessions very informative. Also the food was great for a conference, well done.
I love the atmosphere, never do I feel so welcomed in tech as at this conference.
I really enjoyed the knowledge sessions and workshops sessions. These sessions allowed me to discover new things.
I liked that presenters were from different fields and with different backgrounds, the workshops were hands-on and the lunch was delicious and super healthy.
Lots of time for networking and super friendly, open atmosphere.
Look at pictures from last year.
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Anna Stando
Co-Lead LeanIn Network Switzerland & Entrepreneur

Anna Stando is a DEI workshop facilitator, specializing in inclusive leadership, unconscious bias, allyship at work, gender equality and intersectionality.
Anna is also a Co-Leader of Lean In Network Switzerland, where she focuses on closing the gender gap.
She worked previously as Relations Manager for Advance – an association of 140+ companies – helping members to reach gender equality in their business. She also served as a Board Member at Capacity, a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting refugees and migrants in Switzerland with finding an employment or starting their own business.
Her corporate career includes working for ECCO, where she first held the responsibility for sales of accessories in Europe (12 countries), and then Asia and the US (16 markets).
Born and raised in Poland, over the years she has lived in the Netherlands, Guatemala, Mexico, Denmark and Thailand, learning the practical way about inclusion, intercultural communication, unconscious bias, and more. She is now based in Switzerland, a melting pot of cultures and languages.
Find out more about Anna here.
Yvonne Apiyo Brändle-Amolo
President Swiss Diversity & United Nations Certified Human Rights Expert

Yvonne has a Bachelor’s in International Business Administration and a Master in Intercultural Communication. She is currently the president of Swiss Diversity and holds different Executive Member positions and chairs at national and international organizations.
Valentina Coco
Team Culture and Engagement Consultant, Coco Consulting

Valentina is an intersectional, neurodivergent leader who has been on a mission to make companies more inclusive for the last 20 years. As an Italian/Chinese woman living and working in Switzerland since 2003 and working in typically male-dominated areas until recently, she has experienced almost all forms of bias and exclusion. Believing in taking action for the change I want, in my eclectic career, across companies, functions and countries, she has always tried to shape her teams and (and occasionally her leaders’) behaviours, creating cultures that are inclusive in an intersectional way. She’s also a mom, avid reader, musical theatre lover and marathon runner (in her free time).
David Luyet
Head Sourcing & Attraction, Swisscom

David is a trained business IT specialist, has a degree in human capital management and made the switch from IT to HR over 16 years ago. At Swisscom, he is responsible for talent attraction with three teams in the areas of employer branding, recruitment marketing and recruiting/talent acquisition. As a member of the HR management team, he actively works on the further development of strategic HR priorities. His heart beats for new trends and developments in HR, HR Tech and football.
Kim Fuchs
Lead Transport IT – Group Supply Chain IT, MGB

At 26, Kim leads a team of seven at MGB, which is responsible for transport management systems. Kim is an ambitious leader who started her career at Raiffeisen Switzerland in the commercial sector. The world behind the screens captivated her so much that she made the decision to expand her skills in the commercial area with IT knowledge. She began a Bachelor’s degree in Business Information Systems at the ZHAW School of Management and Law, which she successfully completed in summer 2020.
After graduating, she was able to gain valuable experience in the interface between technology and business as a service delivery manager for transport and logistics applications at MGB. This experience paved the way for her current role as Head of the Transport IT team at MGB.
Kim not only wants to develop her expertise in IT, but also strives to build her leadership skills. In summer 2022, she started an MAS programme in Business Psychology at the Fernfachhochschule Schweiz (FFHS).
Valeria Galli
PhD candidate – Biomedical and Mobile Health Technology Lab

Valeria Galli, 29, is from a small town in the north of Italy. She pursued her studies in biomedical engineering in Milan and gained international experience through her academic endeavors. After two years as an early-stage researcher in a European consortium, Valeria embarked on a PhD at ETH Zurich. Currently, she is a dedicated researcher (doctoral student) specializing in the field of smart clothing for health and sports at ETH Zurich.
Valeria’s passion lies in developing technology that has the potential to make a real-life impact and benefit people. Her vision revolves around creating smart clothing that seamlessly integrates into standard textile manufacturing techniques, making it accessible to individuals beyond the realms of tech or sports enthusiasts.
Beyond her work in the lab, Valeria finds great joy in playing the piano and indulging in classical music. She cherishes spending time in nature and has formed many close friendships through sports activities. Valeria’s love for travel fuels her excitement to encounter diverse individuals and learn new languages along the way. Her hunger for knowledge and experience drives her active contribution to the future of smart clothing in a vibrant field of research.
Dominik Blaser
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Voltiris

Dominik is a mechanical engineer with a strong energy and sustainable solution’s development background. Voltiris develops color-optimized solar modules for
greenhouses, which filter sunlight and fully let pass the colors of the light the plants need to grow and thus enable the energy transition of greenhouse vegetable production without
impacting crop growth. Alongside his studies, he founded the Zero Emission Group and worked in the energy field at Romande Energie and Jenni Energietechnik.
Gabriela Mennel

Her commitment to more women’s power is also reflected again and again in her music, be it in lyrics or interviews as the Zurich artist.
In 2021, in addition to a musical performance, she also held a Ted Talk for TedxZurich in which the young radio presenter asked herself the big question: “Who am I?” and dealt with the advantages and disadvantages of being bilingual and of different nationalities.
Since April 2022, she can be heard as the youngest SRF radio presenter on SRF Virus. She presented the rebranding of the station and the new radio programme as a speaker at Swiss Radio Day 2022. In her broadcasts, she packs her love of music but also demonstrates her moderation skills.
Michelle Tschumi
Lead Start-Up Finance, Zürcher Kantonalbank

Michelle, MA HSG, is an energetic and passionate leader who drives the start-up ecosystem at Zürcher Kantonalbank and aims to further establish the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship within and outside ZKB. Her team “ZKB Start-up Finance” has been investing CHF 215 million of venture capital in 260 start-ups for 18 years as one of the largest and most active investors in Switzerland. In previous roles, Michelle was co-lead of the innovation lab at Zürcher Kantonalbank and has also implemented various strategy and digitalization projects.
Martin Hirni
Lead Application Engineering, Zürcher Kantonalbank & Member of the board of HSG EMBA Alumni

Martin, who holds a doctorate in business administration, has a broad range of expertise and many years of management experience at Zürcher Kantonalbank, which he gained, among other things, as team leader in application development from 2002 to 2011, then as team leader in facility management and, from 2012, as head of real estate. Since 2020, he has been back in IT as Head of Application Engineering.
Jessie Lim
Regional Director (Europe), Network and Partnership Development, Singapore Global Network

Jessie is Regional Director (Europe) at the Singapore Global Network, a division under the Singapore Economic Development Board. The Singapore Global Network is a diverse community of professionals, entrepreneurs, youths and thought leaders who share common interests and an affinity to Singapore. Her work at SGN involves connecting with local communities to inspire cross-border collaborations as well as building meaningful partnerships.
Grit Wolany
Freelance Art Director ratatat & AI Scout at ZHdK

Grit began her creative career as an art director and designer in Hamburg. Her curiosity led her first to Switzerland and then back to university after more than 15 years in practice. In the ZHdK Master Design, Trends & Identity she dealt with the topics of artificial intelligence and the future of creativity and AI. What began as trend and design research developed over time more and more into an explorative artistic engagement with generative algorithms. Grit lives in Zurich and works as a freelance art director and AI scout at the ZHdK.
Michèle Kalberer
Team Lead Web Data Audio – SRF

Michèle started her professional career as a journalist for the local newspaper when she was 18 years old. Passionate about the media sector, she continued working for various media companies in a wide range of roles, from editorial work to content distribution to assistant director. After completing her master’s degree in management at the University of St. Gallen, she worked in Innovation Consulting, where she first encountered digital product development. Combining human-centered design, management and journalism eventually led her to SRF into digital product management, where she now leads a team of 8 Product Managers and Product Owners. Her team combines highly specialized domain expertise in the field of web, data, and audio. Together, they develop technical solutions and implement features for SRF’s digital platforms with a data-driven focus to provide the Swiss public with high-quality content.
Swan Lu
Tech Leader Zurich Insurance

Swan is an entrepreneurial and global-minded business leader. She is also particularly keen in creating social impact.
Her experience focuses on meaningful growth, digital transformation, and venture investment. The growth spans over the field of business building through new distribution channel, product expansion, internationalisation, M&A, with people and P&L responsibilities. In addition, she drives enterprise-level transformation, with a focus on technology, digitalisation and distribution.
Some of the recent highlight includes setting up global business units, leading large scale digital agreement, build/ buy/ integrate / restructure / exit digital companies across entire lifecycle and portfolio with board positions.
She has extensive international experience in the US, Switzerland, Germany, Hong Kong and mainland China in the last 10 years; and speaks English, German, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Swan cares about social wellness and education. She participated in the Harvard China Education conference and is a board member of Harvard alumni for Women in Switzerland. She is a supporter of the iamtheCODE foundation to enable woman and girl coders and build STEAMD skills. She is also a certified yoga teacher where she conducts free, after-work yoga classes with her colleagues.
She is a Young Global Leader from the World Economic Forum. Her long term dream is to build a primary school in rural China.
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