About us
Do you identify as a woman and are you learning to code? Then come join us for Women's Coding Club!
We get together once a month to practice coding and work on projects together. Everyone from all levels is welcome! We'd especially like to encourage you to join if you're just starting out and are insecure about your skills. Our aim is to make you more confident in your coding skills by lots of practice, pep talks and snacks.
Are you interested in coding but haven't started yet? Feel free to join us to find out if it's for you!
There is no set programme for the sessions, you can work on any project or course you're currently working on, or you can use the time to meet other women interested in coding and expand your network (or both!). If you're looking for a project our course, we have plenty of suggestions for you and also the option to sign up for the occasional volunteer project we run. We have projects suited for all levels and work together to build real applications that you can add to your portfolio once you start applying for jobs, or just want to show off to friends and family.
We have three session locations: Rotterdam, Tilburg and Amsterdam.
The Rotterdam group is run by Maaike Wachters, who works as a Software Engineer and has a passion for getting more women into programming.
The Tilburg group is run by Lotte Govers, who works as a Lead Data Platform Engineer and is excited to meet more women with an interest in coding.
The Amsterdam group is run by Sofia Enriquez, who works as a DevOps Engineer, and who loves encouraging other women to get into coding.
Upcoming events
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Women @ Data Expo - Day 1
Jaarbeurs Utrecht, Utrecht, NL## Women @ Data Expo 2026 — Day 1 | Women's Coding Club
Wednesday, 9 September 2026
10:00–17:00
Jaarbeurs Utrecht, Hall 12
Jaarbeursplein 6, 3521 AL Utrecht
Women @ Data Expo: Stand #5CLAIM YOUR FREE TICKET: https://www.data-expo.nl/en/free-ticket/women-at-data-expo
Women’s Coding Club is joining Women @ Data Expo 2026!
For the first time, ten communities supporting women in data, AI and technology are coming together at Data Expo. Women @ Data Expo creates a central place to meet other professionals, discover communities, exchange experiences, find role models and mentors, and learn from women working across data, AI, analytics, cloud and tech.
Women’s Coding Club is one of the participating communities, so come and find us at Stand #5 throughout the day.### What is Data Expo?
Data Expo is one of the Netherlands’ leading events for data and AI. Thousands of data, AI, technology and business professionals come together at Jaarbeurs Utrecht for talks, practical case studies, demonstrations, exhibitors and networking.
Alongside the main Data Expo program, the Women @ Data Expo pavilion has its own stage, featuring short talks from women across the participating communities.### Women @ Data Expo program — Wednesday
10:20–10:40 — Gabriela Plucinska-Hoosemans
Are Dashboards Dead? What Neuroscience Says About the Future of Analytics
A look at why visual analytics still matters in an age of conversational AI — and how dashboards and AI can work together.
10:40–11:00 — Gessell Wolitski
Governance That Gets Used
Why AI governance should be designed around the people who actually have to use it, rather than becoming another compliance document nobody reads.
11:00–11:20 — Maria Brosi
The Unique Value of Human Insight
What remains uniquely human as AI transforms the workplace? Think critical thinking, curiosity, emotional intelligence and professional judgement.
11:20–11:40 — Selina Thompson
Beyond AI Usage: How Do You Know Whether Work Has Actually Changed?
Move beyond licences and usage statistics to understand whether AI is genuinely changing behaviour, workflows and business outcomes.
11:40–12:00 — Amanda Patist
Building Data Communities for Global Growth
Practical ideas for building data communities, developing champions and advocates, and creating learning opportunities from data literacy programs to global hackathons.
12:00–12:20 — Timea Toltszeki
Headless BI and Vibe Coding in the New Era of Analytics
Discover how semantic layers, APIs and AI-assisted coding can enable analysts to build custom data products without becoming traditional software engineers.
12:20–12:40 — Rianne van der Loo
The Data We Don’t Measure
A reflection on leadership, trust, listening, disagreement, decision-making and the important things that do not easily fit into a dashboard.
12:40–13:00 — Vuyo Gwayi
So Your System Passed the Audit — Why Is It Still a Fraud Risk?
Explore where AI-related fraud risk really lives and what we should be asking about data, decisions, oversight and accountability.
13:00–13:20 — Anindita Misra
Who Owns Business Decisions in the Age of AI Agents?
As AI agents increasingly make or execute decisions, who remains accountable? A practical look at decision ownership, human oversight and business value.
13:20–13:40 — Melissa Ablett-Jordan & Oliviana Bailey
404: Women's Health Not Found (So She Built It Herself)
A fireside conversation about the data gap in women’s health, building AI health solutions and why more women should become builders rather than waiting for the market to catch up.
13:40–14:00 — Oliviana Bailey
Assessing and Redesigning Tasks for AI-Ready Workflows
How to assess whether a task is ready for AI automation — and how to redesign tasks that are not ready yet.
14:00–14:20 — Ingrid Pino
How to Fine-Tune Global Strategies Without Drowning in Local Data
How organisations can use cultural nuance and structured frameworks to make global strategies more relevant to local audiences.
14:20–14:40 — Mona Daylamian
From Community Conversations to Community Intelligence
See how AI, Python and Power BI can transform conversations from platforms such as WhatsApp and Meetup into privacy-conscious insights about community engagement and needs.
14:40–15:00 — Rachel Costa
The Missing Layer in Your Data Stack and AI Strategy: The Human
Why successful data and AI adoption requires designing for people with different backgrounds, ages, experiences and levels of digital confidence.### Meet the communities
The pavilion brings together ten communities working to increase the visibility, participation and retention of women in technology:
Women’s Coding Club, Dutch Women in Tech, Women In Eindhoven, Women in Tech Netherlands, Women in AI Benelux, AI4ALL, Data+Women Netherlands, WE Make Trouble, Rotterdam Women in Tech and Black Women for Technology (ZVVT).
Come by the pavilion between sessions to meet the communities, make new connections and find out what they are working on.
The day will conclude with a Women @ Data Expo networking reception.### Important: register for your Data Expo ticket
Joining this Meetup does not replace your registration for Data Expo.
Data Expo offers a free visitor ticket, so please make sure you register through the official Women @ Data Expo page before attending.
We hope to see lots of Women’s Coding Club members in Utrecht! 💻✨16 attendeesWomen @ Data Expo - Day 2
Jaarbeurs Utrecht, Utrecht, NL## Women @ Data Expo 2026 — Day 2 | Women's Coding Club
Thursday, 10 September 2026
10:00–17:00
Jaarbeurs Utrecht, Hall 12
Jaarbeursplein 6, 3521 AL Utrecht
Women @ Data Expo: Stand #5REGISTER FOR YOUR FREE TICKET HERE: https://www.data-expo.nl/en/free-ticket/women-at-data-expo
Join Women’s Coding Club for the second day of Women @ Data Expo 2026!
Women @ Data Expo brings ten communities together in one pavilion dedicated to connecting and supporting women working in data, AI and technology.
Whether you are already working in tech, learning new technical skills, exploring a career change or simply want to meet more women in the Dutch data and AI ecosystem, come and find us at Stand #5.### What is Data Expo?
Data Expo brings together thousands of data, AI, technology and business professionals at Jaarbeurs Utrecht for two days of talks, case studies, demonstrations, exhibitors and networking.
Within the expo, Women @ Data Expo has its own community pavilion and stage with short sessions covering everything from data engineering and AI governance to UX, data literacy, leadership and responsible technology.### Women @ Data Expo program — Thursday
10:40–11:00 — Caroline Williams
Principles of Data Feminism — Making Data Work for Everyone
Seven practical principles inspired by Data Feminism for thinking differently about power, representation and inclusivity when working with data.
11:00–11:20 — Negin Nafissi
Why Fabric as the Foundation? From Excel to CI/CD
A practical look at Microsoft Fabric and how data engineering, analytics, BI, code-first workflows and low-code tools can come together within one platform.
11:20–11:40 — Aleksandra Atanasova
Shadow AI Is Not the Problem, It's a Governance Signal
Instead of simply restricting unsanctioned AI use, what can Shadow AI tell organisations about missing tools, processes, governance and AI readiness?
11:40–12:00 — Nosi September
Measuring Business Value for AI & Data Initiatives
How do we move from measuring models and AI usage to measuring actual business impact such as productivity, revenue, cost reduction, customer outcomes and risk?
12:00–12:20 — Femke Cornelissen
Not the Tool, but the Work: Why AI Transformation Is an HR Question
AI transformation does not happen simply by introducing a new tool. Roles, skills, routines and ways of working need to change too — making successful AI adoption as much an HR question as an IT question.
12:20–12:40 — Evi Van der Velden
From AI Policy on Paper to Policy That Works
A practical session about turning questions around AI, data, privacy and acceptable risk into policies that actually guide everyday decisions.
12:40–13:00 — Marjolein Opsteegh
Why the Same Data Can Lead to Different Conclusions
How dashboard design, data literacy, context and human interpretation influence decisions — even when everyone is looking at exactly the same data.
13:00–13:20 — Mai Nguyen
Data Laundering: How AI Turns Small Errors Into Confident Lies
Why AI can amplify rather than fix poor data, what separates clean data from AI-ready data, and why automated decisions make data quality even more important.
13:20–13:40 — Melissa Pruijn
Your Psychological Blueprint for Conversational Design Between Humans and AI
Explore the cognitive principles behind good conversational AI design and how interfaces can empower users instead of overwhelming them.
13:40–14:00 — Monique Telgt
From Contact Request to Structured Follow-Up: CRM for the Partner Process
A live look at building a practical CRM workflow that turns incoming requests into structured ownership, follow-up and management insight.
14:00–14:20 — Lotte Govers - van Koolwijk
From Zero to Platform: Building a Modular Multi-Tenant Data Platform
How solving repetitive engineering problems step by step evolved into a reusable, scalable multi-tenant data platform and a platform-engineering way of working.
14:20–14:40 — Iris Ficker Younge
My Voice Is Not Going to America: Building a Sovereign Dutch Speech App Without Being a Programmer
A first-person story about building a local Dutch speech-to-text application, data sovereignty, technical trade-offs and what becomes possible even without a traditional programming background.### Meet Women’s Coding Club and the other communities
Women’s Coding Club is part of the Women @ Data Expo pavilion together with Dutch Women in Tech, Women In Eindhoven, Women in Tech Netherlands, Women in AI Benelux, AI4ALL, Data+Women Netherlands, WE Make Trouble, Rotterdam Women in Tech and Black Women for Technology (ZVVT).
Between the talks, visit the pavilion to meet members of these communities, exchange experiences, discover new initiatives and grow your network.
Women @ Data Expo will once again conclude the day with a networking reception.### Important: register for your Data Expo ticket
A Meetup RSVP is not your entrance ticket to Data Expo.
Please also claim your free Data Expo visitor ticket through the official Women @ Data Expo registration page.
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Past events
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