Diversity Tech Summit

Diversity UK has hosted two Diversity Tech Summits, the first on 13th June 2016 when US Ambassador to the UK, Matthew Barzun, spoke about about the changing paradigms in digital from traditional hierarchical systems to ‘wiki’ like networked structures and the second on 6th July 2022 in Central London, explored the widening funding gap for underrepresented founders, particularly women, with Lord Bilimoria requoting a panellist who observed that they “over-mentored and under-capitalised”.

Diversity Tech Summit 2016

Back in 2016, based on research conducted at the time, we discussed whether multinationals were the "Growth Hackers" for startups and whether the ‘Northern Powerhouse’ needed more than a train to strengthen the tech start-up ecosystem in the northern parts of Britain. We also pondered on how to achieve gender balance across the UK’s Technology sector at a time when women made up 17% of the tech workforce and if there were concrete ceilings in the tech sector beyond gender diversity. read more

Diversity Tech Summit 2022

Fast forward to 2022 and the panels discussed leadership and technology to tackle global challenges; how we can accelerate the process of investing in women founders; what supporting underrepresented founders involves and levelling-up opportunities across the UK as well as solving the skills gap. read more