Progress, Impact & The Future of Inclusive Tech
Launch of the 2025 State of DEI in European Tech report. Executive leaders share how DEI metrics are driving product strategy, talent retention, and board-level decisions. Inclusion is no longer a “nice to have”—it’s a business differentiator.
Empathy at Scale: How VR Is Reshaping Leadership and Culture
What if you could walk in someone else’s shoes—literally? Enliven is using VR to train empathy, challenge bias, and transform workplace culture from the inside out. In this session, Enliven’s team explores how immersive technology is helping leaders and teams build deeper understanding, navigate tension, and design more emotionally intelligent organizations.
Building Inclusive Cultures in the AI Era
Join us as we examine the cultural shifts needed to thrive in an AI-driven future: from creating environments where all voices are heard in technical decisions, to fostering learning cultures where everyone can develop AI literacy, regardless of their technical background.
Adopting AI Across the Org: Mindset, Momentum & the Human Factor
Expect a candid conversation about shifting mindsets, levelling the playing field, and building a culture where learning and experimentation are the norm. With insights from both the people and product side of the business, this session explores what it takes to move from fear to fluency - together.
Culture at Speed: Scaling Performance Without Losing People
Helloprint built one of Europe’s most exciting e-commerce scale-ups by betting big on culture. In this session, Maarten Lelijveld (COO, Helloprint) and Robin van Driel Vis (Director Customer Experience, Helloprint; Founder and CEO weWow) share how they grew a high-performing, international business by putting people at the centre, through chaos, growth hacks, and expansion sprints. They’ll be joined by Wouter van den Berg, PhD, the Netherlands’ first neuro-economist and founder of BrainCompass, who will offer a unique perspective on the neuroscience behind leadership, motivation, and team performance. Expect real talk on what it takes to lead with heart, build motivated teams, and scale without breaking your culture, with a brain-based edge.
Scaling with Soul: How Culture Powers Growth in Climate Tech
What happens when you mix rapid growth, deep purpose, and a commitment to people-first leadership? Gorilla is showing how climate tech companies can scale without losing their soul. Vanessa Monsequeira—People & Culture leader, business psychologist, and self-described “corporate hippy”—joins fellow leaders to share how Gorilla is designing a culture that fuels performance, resilience, and belonging inside a fast-moving Series B company
Queer Capital: Betting on Identity to Build the Future
What happens when you stop pattern-matching and start backing boldness? In this provocative session, Sam Eshrati—Venture Partner of Identity.VC, Europe’s first VC dedicated to LGBTQ+ founders—makes the case for queer capital as an engine of innovation. From fashion to fintech, queer entrepreneurs have always challenged the status quo. Now, investors are waking up to the value of lived experience, inclusive leadership, and culture-first strategies in building high-growth ventures. This conversation redefines risk, reframes talent, and reveals how investing in identity isn’t just inclusive—it’s smart business.
Designing Workplaces for Women’s Health: Inclusion That Changes Lives
Periods. Fertility. Menopause. What was once taboo is now a tech frontier. Flouria is building the infrastructure for women’s health at work—and helping companies finally design policies, platforms, and cultures that support women across every life stage. Join this honest conversation on inclusion, innovation, and what workplaces must do next.
Investing with Purpose: Scaling Startups that Shape the Future
In a time when sustainability, social impact, and responsible tech are under the spotlight, how are leading VCs adapting their investment strategies? Join to explore how mission-driven startups are catching investors' attention — and what "impact" really means in a venture capital context.
