Empower Women In Tech Conference
In September 2025 we will welcome more than 300 attendees to Empower Women in Tech Conference, Manchester 2025.
The event is a one day conference comprising of keynote speeches, panels and break out stages from a speaker line up who have all been selected via application.
The day will also include action learning workshops and the opportunity for networking and collaboration in our informal exhibition space before closing the event with a celebratory drinks reception.
Agenda
The Morning Session
Welcome from Beckie Taylor,
Co-Founder, Empower
A Very Special Performance
Empowering Vulnerability -
Keynote: Marie Stringer
Panel: sponsored by BBC
Coffee and Networking
Powerful Together
Keynote: Gemma Cameron
Panel: sponsored by Roku
Poetry: Maria Angotti
Lunch and Networking
The Afternoon Session
Keynote: Embracing The Unknown
Time for your next session!
Your Choice
Community Empowerment Stage
Empower What’s Next Sessions
Workshop: The AI Gender Gap
in partnership with Equal Experts
Workshop: CyberSecurity
in partnership with Sage
Some things you may not know about our event...
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We actively champion first-time and early-stage speakers, never launching with a speaker lineup,
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All of our speakers are selected via application process and benefit from speaker support from our experienced team
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We keep ticket prices as low as possible
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Accessible childcare for everyone
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Our event is not for profit, anything we make above covering our costs is donated to our chosen charity.
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Our sponsorship options are accessible with a range of different packages covering elements of the event - there's something for everyone.
Explore Our 2025 Theme
Empower What's Next?
This is about stepping into the future with confidence, courage and collective strength. For women and underrepresented voices in tech and addressing that future is uncertain, the diversity which is needed in the industry is still lacking and organisations are stepping back from their promises.
This event is about pushing for change and empowering each other to influence and lead what comes next, whether that’s challenging the barriers and biases in leadership, embracing emerging technology and the roles within it or building inclusive communities, bonds and allyship.
We must move forward together, even when we feel vulnerable and especially when it feels imperfect, the future doesn’t wait but together we can create it.
Charity
Our chosen charity for 2025 is Smart Works
Empower Women in Tech Conference is a not-for-profit event which means every penny we make above covering our costs enables us to make a donation to charity.
This gives us the huge task every year of selecting a charity to benefit from our charitable donation.
Throughout our marketing campaigns, we actively fundraise for our chosen charity and create fundraising opportunities and brand presence for our charities through speaking opportunities and on-the-day activity at our events.
Since 2019 (as Reframe Women in Tech) we have supported charities including Pave The Way, Sunflower for Ukraine and Autistica.
