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How do we build a more inclusive and diverse tech industry?

We’re committed to changing the gender ratio at our events and empowering women across the globe by fostering networking opportunities, building mentorship programs, and nurturing our online women in tech community.

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Our commitment to change

We are deeply committed to changing the gender balance at all of our events, and to empowering women across the world by fostering networking opportunities, building mentorship programs and nurturing our online women in tech community.

In 2024, we gathered at the Women in Tech Lounge, powered by Banco do Brasil.

Our community

In 2024, 47 percent of attendees at Web Summit Rio were women. We hope to grow this percentage every year.

Please note: As part of our commitment to change, and in accordance with part C of our terms and conditions, this program is only open to people who identify as women.

47% women attendees

39%women speakers

45%women-founded startups

Meet some of our Women in Tech ambassadors

In 2024, 47 percent of attendees at Web Summit Rio were women.

We hope to continue this trend next year.

A group of smiling and laughing people sit around a round table. They appear to be engaged in several conversations. In the space around them are people sitting at other tables, and a row of people sitting on high stools at a counter. This is the Women in Tech Lounge at Web Summit Rio 2023.

Growth

Get ready to network in the Women in Tech Lounge and beyond, connect with future customers and potential partners.

A row of smiling and waving people lean against a giant 3D Web Summit Rio sign. They are all looking in the same direction – apparently at someone taking a photo. The sign sits on grass and there are palm trees behind it. Beyond the palm tree is a structure made of metal bars. This is Riocentro, the Web Summit Rio venue.

Community

Every attendee who comes to Web Summit Rio should feel part of a community. We seed small communities at our events, and then help them thrive long after each event. Come meet other incredible women in your industry.

A smiling person hugs a backpack and gazes at something out of frame. Beyond this person are a row of other people who appear to be sitting down. This is the audience at a stage in the Web Summit Rio Women in Tech Lounge.

Learning

Learn from the women in tech community at Web Summit Rio. As Inc. Magazine put it, Web Summit Rio “attracts a diverse list of world-class speakers, and facilitates content that inspires and empowers attendees.”

A stage viewed from over the heads of a packed audience. There are four people sitting in chairs on the stage. The person on the right is holding a microphone, and appears to be speaking. Three rows of chairs face the stage, and each is full. To the right, stadium-style seating is similarly full. To the left, a number of people are standing. Behind the people on stage, a large screen reads 'Women in Tech Lounge, powered by Banco do Brasil'. This is Web Summit 2023.

Networking

From the Women in Tech Lounge to Night Summit, grow your network, go to meetups and set up meetings. Mingle with other women in tech, building your professional network. Meet new potential mentors – or mentees.