Women Innovators Rise
Never before has there been such an important time to gather 300+ women innovators, champions and tech leaders together. We’re going forwards! We’re rising together. Two years on we’re back to raise the roof of the Round Room at the Mansion House. Now a global gathering TechFoundHer Summit 2025 is an all-day event bringing together trail blazing women innovators. It is a high energy mix of lightning talks, demos, insights on tech trends, and practical tips on how to harness the latest tech for product innovations. We believe you don’t have to be a coder to innovate with tech – let’s learn from and inspire each other.
Programme TechFoundHer Summit 2025
Registration
08:45 Door Opens and Registration (Tea/Coffee served)
09:30 Take your seat!
09.30 – 11.00 Morning Programme
Belong: Tech Rebels – Innovating without permission
Kelly Vero explores how women—past, present, and future—have harnessed technology as a powerful, progressive tool to shape the world on their own terms. Lesley Sackey shares her journey from surviving abuse to building Pillow.AI, a platform created to empower women through innovation and impact. Dr. Lollie Mancey challenges us to consider what it truly means to be human in an AI-powered future—and what it takes to build ethical AI that serves us all.
11:00- 11:15 Comfort Break (Time to refill your tea/coffee)
11.15 – 12:30 Morning Programme Continues
Build – The Time is Now –
- Aine Kerr
- Women Innovators Lightning talks
- A panel discussion chaired by Maryrose Lyons features women trailblazers (Marjia Siddick, Angelika Sharygina and Veronica Breene), who are engaging with AI and harnessing its power to create a new and better world.
- Babs McCarthy
Lunch 12:30 – 13:30
13:15 – 13:45 Lighting Panel – Funding and Investment
Founder and Investor Alison McMurtrie chairs this panel exploring what VC funders and Enterprise Ireland are looking and how to communicate you’re investor ready. Contributors include Anna-Marie Turley (Enterprise Ireland), Amy Neale (Delta Partners) and Ellen Pinschmidt (MiddleGame Ventures).
Meet TechFoundHer Champions and Network over Lunch (Pod tables available to meet and connect).
14:00 – 15:30 Afternoon Programme
- Breakthrough Panel: Áine Denn, Lata Setty, Laura McClean and Jenny Ervine
- Innovation Labs Showcase Emma Redmond shares the journey so far, ground breaking models, use cases of startup innovation and looks to the future.
- Closing Address by Dr Patricia Scanlon – Ireland’s AI ambassador on the opportunities for innovating with AI.
15:00 – 15.20 Comfort Break
15:30 – 17:30 Show Her The Money and Panel Discussion
* Slight variations in TimeTable are possible
Takeaways
- Become part of our women led startup ecosystem and a community of support and valuable connections with signposting to opportunities and funding.
- Join an inclusive event that aims to bust tech jargon, where attendees feel comfortable to ask anything and build business and tech know-how and confidence.
- Highly motivational – exploring tech trends in particular AI and use cases.
- Be part of or gathering of women in tech leaders, founders and supporters as speakers, panellists and champions to share insights and practical tips on how to create tech products.
- Network with other tech driven founders and future founders from a wide range of diverse backgrounds and demographics.
All women founders, students and women with an idea for a tech product or those simply curious about latest tech trends are invited to join our network.