WiT Belfast x Belfast Tech Week - Lightning Talks Event - Sep 2025

Women in Tech Lightning Talks @ Belfast Tech Week: "What I Wish I'd Known" - in collaboration with Innovation Factory and Payroc

As part of Belfast Tech Week, Women in Tech are holding our ever popular Lightning Talks event, this time with the theme “What I Wish I'd Known" on Monday 22nd September 2025 at 5.30pm.

The event is kindly hosted at Innovation Factory and sponsored by Payroc who are generously supporting the refreshments on the evening. There is extensive parking at the Innovation Factory, plus the Metro 10 and 11 buses are nearby and go into the City Centre!

We have been holding Workshops and Lightning Talks events for many years now, with the aim of encouraging more women to give technical talks. Female speaker representation in tech events and meetups have increased as a result.

Doors 17.30 for 18.00 start. Food and drink (alcoholic and soft drinks, teas and coffees) will be provided. Gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan options will be available.

The Plan for the evening is:
5.30pm – 6.00pm – Food & drinks, Networking
6-00pm – 8.00pm – Lightning Talks
8.00pm – 9.00pm – Networking

We have some wonderful talks coming up:

Grace Smith - Vulnerability is a Superpower

Elaine Atkinson - Why career success is an inside job

Swapnali De - There is light in the darkness

Katie Willioughby - I wish I’d known that soft skills would take me further than my tech stack ever could

Kerri Smyth - What I wish I'd known before moving to France

Remi Teal - Red Flags your project lacks buy-in

Kateryna Kozlova - How my biggest opportunities come from Networking

Eve Brennan - Making Websites Lightning Fast With CDNs

Sylvia Ombati - What I wish I’d known about failure

Bianca Poole - You don’t need to know everything to belong

Heather Carr - The One thing I wish I’d known was that I already knew

Can't wait to see you there!