What? Closing the DREAM GAP in tech - empowering the next generation of scientists and engineers

Who? Scilla Roncallo, Executive Director Little Scientists Switzerland & David Cleres, Co-Founder & President GirlsCodeToo

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What? Parenting in Tech: Protecting children from online harm

Who? Liz Lian, Co-Founder of Middle Road

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Facts over Fiction - Insights from Gender Equity and Allyship Research

Join the conversation at our event in Zurich where researchers share evidence-based insights to debunk gender equality and allyship myths to drive real change.

This event is brought to you by Hello 50:50 World in partnership with WeShapeTech, Advance, ETH Diversity and Impact Hub Zürich.  

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What? Tech needs You — even if you’re not an engineer

Who? Kateryna Portmann, Senior Product Manager – Robotics @ ANYbotics, Lead for Women in Robotics Swiss Chapter

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What? Inclusive Customer Experiences in Digital Fashion

Who? Hamedeh Jafari, Applied Scientist at Zalando Switzerland, Size & Fit team

Despite improvements on many fronts of women’s emancipation and gender equality, girls and women are still overwhelmingly affected by techno-facilitated violence compared to their male counterparts. Cyber harassment, impersonation, stalking, have all increased in intensity and scope with the rise of AI technologies. To date, responsibility for protecting women online has tended to fall on women themselves. But we want to ask: what about the responsibility of tech platforms themselves in this global phenomenon? How do leading AI companies address genAI abuse against women and girls?

We are going to talk about that at our March meetup in Basel together with Dr. Marie Poux-Berthe. She is a research assistant involved in the Intimate Tech Terror Project led by Prof. Veronica Barassi at the University of St.Gallen.

This event is for you if…

• you want to learn about the specificities of tech-facilitated gender-based violence

• you want to get some everyday life tips to improve your safety online

• you are just interested in the topic and want to learn more

We will discuss the following questions:

• What are the specificities of tech-facilitated gender-based violence?

• What are the main strategies currently deployed by organizations and institutions to fight against tech-facilitated gender-based violence?

• In your view, what kind of technological initiatives could contribute to fighting tech-facilitated gender-based violence ?

• What can we do on an individual level to protect ourselves?

Rethinking Inclusive Service Design

Inclusive design is often misunderstood. Many organizations treat accessibility as an afterthought—a box to check rather than a fundamental design principle. But true inclusion isn’t just about compliance—it’s about rethinking how we design services, systems, and experiences from the start.

This event will explore how exclusion happens by default when we design for the majority. We assume we know what people need, but what if our assumptions are the biggest barrier to real inclusion?

Join us for an insightful session with Selina Finsler, Graduate M.A. in Service Design HSLU. Selina’s journey shows how inclusive design is not just about disability—it’s about designing for human diversity.

What? Leaky Pipeline - Fix the wo/men?

Who? Denise Fichter, co-founder of RadicalInclusion, she left the tech industry a few years ago

• What unfair situations regarding gender have you noticed at work in the past? How did you react?

• What is in your opinion the best way to tackle gender inequality in tech?

• Has your opinion about gender equality at work changed over time?

What? Software vs. Hardware

Who? Rayan Armani, PhD Student in Computer Science at ETH Zurich, who works at the intersection of humans, hardware, and software, and organizes the Zurich Hardware Meetup.

We will discuss for example the following questions:

• What draws hardware experts to software careers—and what keeps them there?

• How can we make hardware careers the next big thing for diverse talent?

• Does workplace culture feel different in hardware vs. software? Why or why not?

• Who has shaped your journey in hardware or software, and how?

What? Social Media, Health and Democracy: Building a Healthier Online World

Who? Vardon Hamdiu, co-founder and head of Sparkable, a nonprofit dedicated to building the world’s first bridge-building social media platform

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Der Edit-a-thon «Für mehr Sichtbarkeit auf Wikipedia» geht mit Unterstützung von Ringier, der Initiative EqualVoice, Wikimedia CH, TX Group, ETH und Hello 50:50 World in die nächste Runde! Anlässlich der neuen Patronage mit Hello 50:50 World widmet sich die 12. Ausgabe des Edit-a-thons Frauen in der Technologiebranche.

Was? Burnout & Maskulinität

Wer? Elias Huber erzählt als Betroffener über seine Erfahrungen mit Burnout in der Tech-Branche. Danach spricht die Psychologin Lia Frei über die mentale Gesundheit von Männern.

Es werden unter anderem folgende Themen behandelt:

• Wie man betroffenen Arbeitskollegen, Freunden oder Partnern helfen kann

• Wie Männer aufgrund ihrer Sozialisierung mit mentaler Gesundheit umgehen

• Welche gesellschaftliche Normen erschweren es Männern, über ihre psychische Gesundheit zu sprechen - und wie können wir unser alltägliches Verhalten ändern, um ebendiese Normen zu durchbrechen

• Welche spezifischen Stressoren erhöhen bei Männern die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass sie mental erkranken

Removing inequalities and transforming systems through allyship - a panel discussion & networking event on November 5th at ETH Zurich.

Hello 50:50 World x Powercoders - verändere die Diversität in der Techbranche in Bern!

What? The Hello 50:50 World Movement

Who? Lisa Stähli, Founder & Co-Lead of Hello 50:50 World

What? From Paragliding to Coding & Parenting

Who? Hana Harencarova, Software Engineer @ GitHub, Founder @ Moms learn to code, coach @ Ruby Monstas Zürich

Join us on September 6th for a networking event where we will talk about how to enable women with a migration background in tech to thrive.

What? Design in the age of AI

Who? Patricia Reiners, Designer & Host of the Future of UX Podcast - expert for innovative design who collaborated with many Fortune 500 corporations

What? The Hello 50:50 World Vision

Who? Lisa Stähli, Creator of Hello 50:50 World

What? Salary Negotiations

Who? Daria Beknazariants, Talent Acquisition, former Technical Recruiter at Google

What? Beyond the Gender Binary

Who? Simo Krucker, Digital Business Models @ Siemens

What? Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Who? Marta Kondracka & Alex Kowalewska from On

Was? Wie Mikromomente im Berufsalltag unser Rollenverständnis zementieren - und wie du sie souverän übersteuerst

Who? Daniel Spahr, Gründerin Tess Marketing Consulting, und Stefan Koring, Informatik Koordinator Stadt Bern

Danke Impact Hub Bern fürs Hosten!

What? Designing and running inclusive events

Who? Luisa Contreras, CEO at women++

What? Generative AI & its implications on diversity

Who? Grit Wolany, Art Director & AI Scout at ZhdK, Generative AI artist of the first hours

Thank you Impact Hub Zurich for sponsoring this event!

What? Lessons learned from 5 years working for diversity in tech

Who? Priska Burkard, Co-founder of TechFace

Thank you Impact Hub Bern for sponsoring this event!

What? Male allyship in tech

Who? Santiago Erroz Ferrer, Data Scientist & Tech Lead at Swiss International Airlines

Thank you Impact Hub Zurich for sponsoring this event!