Women @ Data Expo - Day 1

## 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 #5

CLAIM 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! 💻✨