Accelerating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in European Tech – a roundtable and networking event, coinciding with Web Summit 2024.

For this roundtable and networking event TNW (a Financial Times company) is teaming up with Colorintech. Join us at the beautiful Palacio Conde D’Obidos for insightful discussions and networking opportunities to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the European Tech industry.

Program

4:00 – 4:30 PM – Walk-in (free shuttle service from Web Summit available)

4:30 -4:45 PM- Welcome by TNW: the status quo of DEI in European Tech

4:45-5:30 PM – Roundtable discussions, led by industry experts:

Catherine Park, Community & Events Lead at Colorintech
Colorintech is a non-profit organisation that aims to make the tech industry fair and accessible – we do this by supporting underrepresented founders, students and working professionals to excel in their journey through the tech industry. We achieve this through events, programmes, opportunities, and more, PLUS we also run BTF – Europe’s Largest Diverse Tech Event.

Yeni Joseph, Head of Public Policy and Ecosystems at TNW (a Financial Times company)
TNW is the heart of tech. We are global super connectors for startups, scale-ups, corporations, governments and funding providers. In 2022, TNW launched the DEI Coalition, a dedicated initiative with DEI programming, showcasing, celebrating and discussing initiatives to accelerate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in the tech industry.

5:30-6:00PM – Closing words and networking

Optional: starting 6:00 PM – opportunity to join the Dutch networking event (please note: required to sign up for this separately)