Women’s Economic Empowerment TechSprint Conference – Virtual

Prior experience shows that pandemics have far-reaching gendered implications which exploit and entrench pre-existing norms and inequalities. These range from violence against women to disproportionately impacting women’s finances and restricting women’s engagement in the workplace.

Our research is showing that the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is no different as it continues to create economic uncertainty and harm to those already in vulnerable circumstances.

This conference is running in parallel to our Women’s Economic Empowerment TechSprint. Over four days, we are bringing together experts from around the world to discuss the challenges that women face and share ideas on how technology and innovation can improve inclusion, access and resilience for millions of women as well as vulnerable consumers.

Each day will focus on a different theme:

• Global impact of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on women
• Open finance, alternative data and digital identity
• Building a career as a woman in fintech, data and innovation
• TechSprint demos and winner announcement

Session details can be found on the Agenda page.

The conference will showcase the female talent throughout the technology, data and financial services sectors, as well as the leaders and champions who advocate for vulnerable women every day.

Find out more about our international speaker line-up on the Speakers page.

Who should attend?

The wide-ranging topics discussed will be relevant to a diverse, global audience, including those from the parallel TechSprint in the US led by the Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR).

Key topics will particularly interest those working with vulnerable consumers, within financial services, technology and innovation and policy makers.

Find out more about attending the conference on the Attendees page.