What is the International Women’s Day?
The global International Women’s Day (IWD) occurs on March 8th every year. It marks a moment to celebrate and provide visibility for the incredible contributions of women around the world and is a call to action for accelerating gender parity.
What are we going to do and what's the Theme of #IWD25?
In honor of the global International Women’s Day, on March 8, the Women Techmakers Salzburg Community will host a IWD Salzburg Meet-up in April.
The event will bring together thriving women in tech and allies for an evening of keynote speakers, inspirational talks, and technical content.
We invite you to join us on 10th of April 2025 to hear about AI, Tech career Stories and Web technologies and more.
Our IWD theme for 2025 is "Redefine Possible"
"Redefine Possible" is a bold declaration that challenges the boundaries of what technology can achieve and reimagines who shapes its future.
We stand at a pivotal moment where AI is transforming our world—bringing unprecedented opportunities but also risking the amplification of gender biases and systemic barriers. As artificial intelligence becomes woven into society, we believe that women are not just participating in its development—they're revolutionizing it, breaking conventions, and expanding the horizons of what technology can and should be.
The future of technology isn't predetermined— it is something we actively shape. What seems impossible today becomes tomorrow’s reality when we dare to challenge it.
Get prepared for an evening full of talks, workshops, sessions, panel discussions etc. to celebrate the International Women's Day together!
Agenda
5:30 PM: Get together
Let's meet and warm up for an amazing evening together
5:45 PM: Welcome Keynote
What is this year's Women Techmakers International Women's Days Theme "Redefine possible" about?
6:00 PM: Peak Prompting: Advanced prompting strategies and optimisations with Vertex AI
Akshata Mohanty - Effective prompt engineering is key to optimizing performance of AI models. In this session, we will explore advanced prompting strategies and demonstrate how Vertex AI enhances accuracy, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness with tools like Model Garden, Prompt Gallery and the Prompt Optimizer. We explore different prompting strategies via live demos of using Vertex AI to refind prompts, improving LLM responses, and automating optimization. Whether you are developing AI-powered applications or fine-tuning enterprise LLMs, you will gain actionable techniques to enhance your AI model performance and drive more effective outcomes.
6:30 PM: Building AI Agents with GCP
Ilya Kaznacheev - Learn how to build and deploy AI agents on Google Cloud quickly.
This session provides a demo of setting up, training, and integrating AI agents—no deep ML expertise required. Walk away with the skills to automate workflows, enhance customer interactions, and scale AI solutions in the cloud.
7:00 PM: Break
Let's have a short break to get refreshed
7:15 PM: Making the Web Inclusive by default
Talia Asghar - Join Talia for a great session on the importance of accessibility in web development. Discover how accessibility can transform the online experience for people with disabilities and learn about the various types of disabilities that can affect web users. Talia will provide practical insights and actionable steps that developers can take to make the web more inclusive and accessible to everyone, whether they face temporary or permanent challenges.
By the end of this talk, you'll be equipped with the knowledge to create your own accessibility checklist, aligned with web standards, to ensure that accessibility becomes a seamless part of your development process.
7:45 PM: Beyond Coding: 10 Lessons You Won't Learn in School
Dajana Stojchevska - The talk includes mindset points that Dajana has learned on her journey. These things are not technical, they are related to culture, and leadership skills. Those are things that she realized with experience. Example: why everyday leadership is actually about empowering those around you.
8:15 PM: Networking
