Diversity Tech Summit

Diversity UK has hosted three 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; 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” and the third on 25 June 2025, when the Summit shone a light on the global gender health gap ensuring that women’s health is finally gaining the attention it has long been denied.

Diversity Tech Summit 2025 focuses on Women’s Health

At the third Diversity Tech Summit, held on 25th June 2025 in London, equality charity Diversity UK brought together leading investors, innovators, academics, and founders for a powerful evening focused on one of the most overlooked areas in healthcare and technology: the gender health gap. read more

Diversity Tech Summit 2022

In 2022 and the Diversity Tech Summit 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

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