On 12th Nov, we kicked off with our flagship conference for woman and tech at She Loves Tech @ SWITCH! We were joined by an incredible audience, physical and virtual to watch our stellar lineup of speakers such as, Ahmed Mazhari, President of Microsoft Asia; Jacqueline Poh, Managing Director of the Economic Development Board, Chatri Sityodtong, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Group ONE and many more!
The excitement isn't over - we still have TWO MORE DAYS!
This December 3rd & 4th, we're bringing you the She Loves Tech Global Summit with globally-renowned speakers to be gathered on one virtual stage to inspire you, no matter where you are!
Reid Hoffman, CoFounder of LinkedIn & Partner at Greylock
Maria Ressa, Nobel Prize Winner 2021 & Co-founder-CEO of Rappler
Lindsay-Rae Mcintyre, Chief Diversity Officer at Microsoft
Esther Wojcicki, Godmother of Silicon Valley, Educator and Author to best-seller: How to Raise Successful People
Jessica Espinoza, Vice President, Investments, Private Equity & Venture Capital, DEG, co-chair, 2X
Jesse Draper, General Partner, Halogen Ventures
Kane Lim, Entrepreneur and Star of Netflix’s Bling Empire
Kelly Mi Li, Entrepreneur and Star of Netflix’s Bling Empire
and many, many more!
#SheTechsCharge
In the digital age, what does empowering women look like to you? And what are the implications of their leadership in technology and business in shaping the world we live in?
SHE LOVES TECH is the world's largest startup competition for women and technology.
In its 7th year, She Loves Tech 2021 will be 100% virtual once more, holding rounds across 30+ countries and 6 continents before culminating in our She Loves Tech Global Conference.
This year our theme for She Loves Tech 2021 is #SheTechsCharge, showcasing how women in technology and leadership are shaping the emergence of a new paradigm in a post covid world. Women entrepreneurs are driving a new generation of disruption and technology, and we are witnessing how the leadership of women is becoming more essential than ever in a post-covid world, particularly reflected in the innovative and ground-breaking technologies emerging in a time of corona.
Ultimately, #SheTechsCharge is a global movement calling out to the public to commit concrete actions to empower women in technology or championing technology which can change the lives of all. An annual thought leadership summit for women and technology, the She Loves Tech Global Conference will congregate thought leaders, changemakers and trailblazing entrepreneurs on an international stage to inspire action for current and future generations, and will also showcase our top 10 startups selected from a pool of more than 3000 startups from across 30 countries in 6 continents.
In this new decade, we want to take charge, and inspire the charge.
She Loves Tech 2021 Global Conference Agenda
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8:55 - 9:05am Opening Remarks with She Loves Tech Founders
Virginia Tan, Co-Founder at She Loves Tech
Rhea See, Co-Founder at She Loves Tech
Leanne Robers, Co-Founder at She Loves Tech
9:05 - 9:55am Opening Keynote: Supercharging the Ecosystem for Women in Tech
Ahmed Mazhari, President Microsoft Asia
Jacqueline Poh, Managing Director, EDB
Host: Leanne Robers, Co-Founder, She Loves Tech
10:00 - 10:30am Brave New World: How Asia’s NextGen are leading in wellness and sustainability
Ho Ren Hua, Chief Executive Officer, Thai Wah Public Company Limited
Ho Renyung, SVP-Brand, Banyan Tree Group
Moderator: Valerie Lau, Head of SE Asia & Singapore, APAC Sustainable Finance Office, UBS AG
10:30 - 11:10am Women in Leadership
Sophie Xue, Chief People Officer, Lazada Group
Eileen Chua, Managing Director, SAP Singapore
Ong Chen Hui, Cluster Director-Biz Tech Group, IMDA
Moderator: Charles Ferguson, General Manager, Asia Pacific, Globalisation Partners
BREAK
1:25 - 11:50am Bridging East & West: Making Waves in Sillicon Valley
Connie Chan, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Interviewer: Christopher M Shroeder, Co-founder, Next Billion Ventures & Author of Startup Rising
11:50 - 12:30pm Building Environments for Creativity and Innovation to Thrive
Karin Nilsdotter, CEO & Future Astronaut, Spaceport Sweden
Dr. Ayesha Khanna, CEO, ADDO AI
Xanne Leo, CEO & Founder, Gorilla Mobile
Moderator: Virginia Tan, Co-Founder, She Loves Tech
12:30 - 13:00pm ONE’S FIGHT FOR FOR GENDER EQUALITY
Chatri Sityodtong, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Group ONE
Interviewer: Maria Li, COO, Tech in Asia
13:00 - 13:50pm Lunch & Networking
13:50 - 14:30pm Women Entrepreneurs Diaries
Goh Yiping, Partner, Quest Ventures
Huang Shaoning, Chief Angel & Partner, Angel Central
Alexis Chan Yiwen, Co-founder, Hire Digital
Sabrina Tan, Founder of Skin Inc
Moderator: Jane Lim, Deputy Secretary (Trade), Ministry of Trade & Industry
14:30 - 15:00pm Food for Thought: Finding Purpose in a Tech-enabled Economy
Melissa Kwee, CEO, National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre
Lee Han Shih, Publisher & Editor, Potato Productions
15:00pm She Loves Tech Global Virtual Conference: What to Expect
15:00-19.30pm She Loves Tech 2021 Global Startup Competition Semi Finals
She Loves Tech Summit
Friday 3 Dec
All times listed in GMT+8
9:00 - 9:10am Opening Remarks by She Loves Tech
9:10 - 10:00am UNFILTERED: Shaping a Fearless Future
10:00 - 10:30am Rise of an Asian Female-led Unicorn: Founder vs Funder
10:30 - 11:00am Hear Her Roar: Investing in Women Isn’t Charity
11:00 - 11:30am Taking Actions with DEI
11:30 - 12:00pm The Different Sides of Reid Hoffman: Investor-Humanitarian-Feminist
12:00 - 1:00pm Roundtable: The Insider Network of Indonesian Women Entrepreneurs
LUNCH BREAK & NETWORKING ROUNDTABLES
3:00 - 3:45pm Women in Investing: The Rise of Women-Led Funds
3:45 - 4:30pm How Women Have Braved Covid: 2x Challenge to Rebuild More Inclusive Economies
16:30 - 17:15pm Shaping a #BraveNewWorld: Staging a Sustainable Recovery
5:15 - 6:00pm Classroom: From Seed to Series A
6:00 - 6:45pm Spotlight on Afghanistan: Through Gender Lens
Saturday 4 Dec
All times listed in GMT+8
9:30 - 10:10am Creator Economy: what does it mean exactly?
10:10 - 10:40am Keynote conversation: Educating the Next Generation in Tech
10:40 - 11:25am Digital Healthcare: Taking the Temperature & Finding Solutions
11:30 - 12:10pm You Are What You Eat: the future of Food
12:10 - 12:15pm She Loves Tech Summary & Preview of FINALS
LUNCH BREAK
3:00 - 5:00pm She Loves Tech 2021 Global Startup Competition Grand Finals
5:00 - 5:40pm Showcase of She Loves Tech Founders’ Journey
5:40 - 6:00pm Competition Finals Result Announcement & Close of SLT Summit 2021
Community Partners
2021 Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Maria Ressa has been a journalist in Asia for nearly 35 years. As Rappler's co-founder, executive editor and CEO, she has endured constant political harassment and arrests by the Duterte government. For her courage and work on disinformation and 'fake news,' Maria was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, named Time Magazine’s 2018 Person of the Year, was among its 100 Most Influential People of 2019, and has also been named one of Time's Most Influential Women of the Century. She’s a nominee for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize and is a co-founder of The Real Facebook Oversight Board. She was also part of BBC's 100 most inspiring and influential women of 2019 and Prospect magazine's world's top 50 thinkers, and has won many awards for her contributions to journalism and human rights. Before founding Rappler, Maria focused on investigating terrorism in Southeast Asia. She opened and ran CNN's Manila Bureau for nearly a decade before opening the network's Jakarta Bureau, which she ran from 1995 to 2005. She wrote Seeds of Terror: An Eyewitness Account of al-Qaeda’s Newest Center of Operations in Southeast Asia and From Bin Laden to Facebook: 10 Days of Abduction, 10 Years of Terrorism.
Jesse Draper is a mother of 3 boys, founding partner of Halogen Ventures as well as creator and host of Emmy nominated television series, The Valley Girl Show. Draper is a 4th generation venture capitalist focused on early stage investing in consumer technology companies led by female and co-ed teams. Among her 65 portfolio companies are the Skimm, Carbon38, HopSkipDrive, The Flex Company, Squad (acquired by Twitter), Eloquii (sold to Walmart) and This is L (sold to P&G). She stars on SET's television series Meet the Draper's currently in it's fourth season. Draper was listed by Marie Claire magazine as one of the ‘50 Most Connected Women in America’. Draper has been a contributor to Marie Claire, Mashable, Forbes, and is a regular investor and tech personality on shows including TLC’s Girl Starter, The Katie Couric Show, Fox’s Good Day LA, CNBC’s Who Wants to Be the Next Millionaire Inventor? & Freeform’s Startup U.
She proudly sits on the board of directors of Carbon38, Trust & Will, Preemadonna (creator of the Nailbot) and the non-profit boards Bizworld and Project Glimmer. Draper supports the Parkinson’s Institute and is very involved with growing UCLA’s female entrepreneurship community.
Esther Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They are the result of TRICK, Esther’s secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Esther Wojcicki is a leading American educator and journalist. Mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Fulbright scholar Janet Wojcicki, and 23&Me founder Anne Wojcicki, as well as a teacher and mentor to James Franco and Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Esther is widely heralded as the most successful parent and educator in the United States. She is the Co-Founder of Tract.app with her former student Ari Memar, who is the CEO. She is the author of bestseller, How to Raise Successful People (2019) translated into 24 languages and Moonshots in Education (2015)
Kane Lim is one of the hottest and most in demand breakout stars of Netflix series ‘Bling Empire’ and is the only cast member from Singapore. With an appetite for high fashion brands, his Instagram feed is flooded with photos of extravagant clothes, bags, and watches.
As real estate developer, investor, and philanthropist, and has keen interest in all things beauty, fashion and skincare- even having partnered with the hottest celebrity brands like Fenty and Gentle Monster. His flamboyant yet edgy style earns him a spot as one of the up and coming stylish figures to watch.
Jessica Espinoza is Vice President for Private Equity & Venture Capital Investments at DEG, the German Development Finance Institution (KfW Group) and the Chair of the 2X Challenge, a global initiative that has mobilized over $11 billion of gender lens investments since its launch at the G7 Summit in 2018. She is founding member and Co-Chair of the 2X Collaborative, a global industry body for gender lens investing convening the entire spectrum of capital providers.
Jessica serves on the Board of Directors of AlphaMundi Foundation and of the Mexican financial institution Mega as well as on the Advisory Board of several private equity funds. As a mentor for Endeavor, she supports high impact companies as they scale up. Jessica is the Founder of XOCO, an edtech venture empowering adolescent girls in the Global South and a fellow at Columbia eLab. She is a PhD candidate at University of Siegen, researching the transformative potential of gender lens investing.
Kelly Mi Li is a Chinese American serial entrepreneur, film producer, and investor. She is notably known as the executive producer and star of Bling Empire on Netflix and executive producer of Cypher, an FBI decoding series available on Roku, as well as Michael Shannon's crime drama, Echo Boomers. Currently, Kelly has five more projects in the pipeline to be shot in 2021 under her new production company, Wet Paws Media. Kelly is a devoted philanthropist and has sat on the board of many non-profit organizations, such as Prince Harry's Well Child and UNICEF CCI.
12 Nov Speakers
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