🎙️RAINBOW ROAD STAGE

WITH YOUR STAGE HOST LADY DINA

🎙️BYTE PLAZA STAGE

WITH YOUR STAGE HOST TONY ANDREWS

🛠️ LEVEL UP OASIS

MEET EACH WORKSHOP HOSTS BELOW

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD STAGE

WITH YOUR  HOST
LADY DINA

🎙️BYTE PLAZA STAGE

WITH YOUR  HOST
TONY ANDREWS

🛠️ LEVEL UP OASIS

MEET EACH WORKSHOP HOSTS BELOW

10:15

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD 

Welcoming Words

by Bertrand Duteil (he/him)
Head of Communities & Project Lead Unicorns in Tech – UHLALA Group

10:30

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD 

“How to thrive as a (queer) Software Engineer”

by Giacomo d’Antonio (he/him)
Lead Software Engineer – Synera

🎙️BYTE PLAZA

“Die Kraft der Netzwerke”

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Anne-Sophie Hoffmeister (Referentin Diversity Recruiting (HM.MA) – Deutsche Bahn AG), will replace Simone as Speaker for this Talk.

🛠️LEVEL UP OASIS

“How to surf the technical interview”

by Selma Hadzic (She / Her)
Senior data manager – Freelance

11:00

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD 

“Crypto UX: What’s Different and What’s The Same”

by Kristina Mayman (they/them)
Senior UX Researcher – Safe

🎙️BYTE PLAZA

“Gemeinwohl in der Datenökonomie: Konzepte & Beispiele”

by David Schönwerth (he/him)
Bereichsleiter Data Economy – Bitkom e.V.

🛠️LEVEL UP OASIS (ONGOING)

“How to surf the technical interview”

by Selma Hadzic (She / Her)
Senior data manager – Freelance

11:30

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD 

“Being unapologetically Queer is a superpower”

by Tiffany Giff (she/they)
Key Account Service Representative UK Pad – On Europe AG

by Katrin Rasenberger (she/her)
Key account Manager Denmark – On Europe AG

🎙️BYTE PLAZA

Unfortunately Julian Wiehl won’t be able to make it to the summit this year. Byte Plaza Stage will take a short break during this time. 

“Das KI-Medienhaus der Zukunft”

by Julian Wiehl (he/him)
CEO – Vangardist Media GmbH

🛠️LEVEL UP OASIS (ONGOING)

“How to surf the technical interview”

by Selma Hadzic (She / Her)
Senior data manager – Freelance

🛠️ MAIN HALL

Speed networking Activity

12:00

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD 

“Create and grow diverse Engineering teams”

by Jenny Warnke (she/her)
Director of Engineering – Delivery Hero

🎙️BYTE PLAZA

“Unicorns – wir verteidigen die Dinosaurier im Cyberspace”

by Florian Herder (he/him)
Cybersecurity Consultant

🛠️LEVEL UP OASIS

“Unleash your potential – positive emotions in everyday working life!”

by Britta Cornelißen (she/her)
Business Psychologist – COACHINGLAB745

12:30

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD 

“PEER + Empowering Voices, Combating Violence – A Solution to the Issue of Violence Against LGBTIQ+ People”

by Alexandru-Daniel Țanțu (he/him)
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst – Seven Senders GmbH

by Valeria Barsukov (she/her)
Junior Web Developer – Freeyou AG

🎙️BYTE PLAZA

Queere Praxis in UX 

by Nici Wertecki (they/them)
UX Designer and Researcher – Freelance

🛠️LEVEL UP OASIS (ONGOING)

“Unleash your potential – positive emotions in everyday working life!”

by Britta Cornelißen (she/her)
Business Psychologist – COACHINGLAB745

13:00

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD 

Understanding Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging in Tech

by Liam McNally (he/him)
Manager, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging – GitLab

🎙️BYTE PLAZA

Erfolgreiche Data Teams aufbauen und skalieren

by Olivia Höwing (she/her)
Data Analyst – Project A Ventures

🛠️LEVEL UP OASIS (ONGOING)

“Unleash your potential – positive emotions in everyday working life!”

by Britta Cornelißen (she/her)
Business Psychologist – COACHINGLAB745

13:30

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD 

How Mercedes-Benz incorporates user feedback into their UI/UX design – From “Customer Days” to “User Insights” at MBition

by Matthias Grotzke (he/him)
Expert UI/UX Designer – MBition (a Mercedes-Benz Subsidiary)

🎙️BYTE PLAZA

STAGE BREAK

🛠️LEVEL UP OASIS

Creating LGBTQAI+ Friendly AI Development & Deployment in the Workplace by looking through the Feminist Lense

by Yasemin Efiloglu (She / Her)
Digital Strategist & D&I Lead – tbd.

14:00

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD 

PANEL

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with Rita Kerbaj (she/her)
Co-founder & CCO – Torg
Lucie Le Naour (any pronouns)
Co-founder – Yourequal
Marcela Mogilska (she/her)
Managing Director – Girls in Tech Germany
Ndimofor Aretas (he/him)
Web Development Educator & Fullstack MERN Developer – Digital Career Institute (DCI) Germany

Moderated by Marcus McDowell (he/him)
Marketing & Community – BlackInTech Berlin

🎙️BYTE PLAZA

Beyond traditional marketing: Incorporating Intersectionality for Growth

by Simon Burkhardt (he/him)
(Digital) Growth Consultant – Simon Burkhardt Growth Consulting (SBGC)

🛠️LEVEL UP OASIS (ONGOING)

TO UPDATE

🛠️MAIN HALL

Speed networking activity

14:30

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD (ONGOING) 

PANEL

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with Rita Kerbaj (she/her)
Co-founder & CCO – Torg
Lucie Le Naour (any pronouns)
Co-founder – Yourequal
Marcela Mogilska (she/her)
Managing Director – Girls in Tech Germany
Ndimofor Aretas (he/him)
Web Development Educator & Fullstack MERN Developer – Digital Career Institute (DCI) Germany

Moderated by Marcus McDowell (he/him)
Marketing & Community – BlackInTech Berlin

🎙️BYTE PLAZA

Product Inclusivity: How to bring Accessibility & Inclusion at the core of product development

by Damien Senger (they/them)
Senior Group Product Manager, Product Experience & Inclusivity – Just Eat Takeaway.com

🛠️LEVEL UP OASIS

Scaling Tech Organizations – Skills You Need to Thrive

by Chris Philipps (He/Him – They/Them)
Managing Director – Philipps & Byrne

15:00

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD 

Harnessing the Power of Materialised Views in Cosmos DB

by Olena Borzenko-Turianska (she/her)
IT Consultant – Xpirit German

🎙️BYTE PLAZA

How we became Quouch – Queer Couchsurfing

by Nora Von Breitenbach (she/her)
Founder, CEO – Quouch

🛠️LEVEL UP OASIS (ONGOING)

Scaling Tech Organizations – Skills You Need to Thrive

by Chris Philipps (He/Him – They/Them)
Managing Director – Philipps & Byrne

15:30

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD 

Owning a Purposeful “No”: How to Achieve Success in Tech

by Adeola Ogunwole (she/her)
Founder – AO Consulting

🎙️BYTE PLAZA

5 ways to level up your accessibility game

by Andreas Klumpp (he/him)
Senior Consultant Developer – Thoughtworks

🛠️LEVEL UP OASIS

Bridging gaps in tech with gamified tech education

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Pritika Raj, will replace Magdalena as Workshop Host.

16:00

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD 

Why elected politics needs more techies like you

by Chris Ward (he/him)
Engineering Manager – Babbel

🎙️BYTE PLAZA

Negotiating for success: how tech and strategy can help overcome negotiation biases

by Rita Kerbaj (she/her)
Co-founder & CCO – Torg

🛠️LEVEL UP OASIS (ONGOING)

Bridging gaps in tech with gamified tech education

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Pritika Raj, will replace Magdalena as Workshop Host.

16:30

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD 

Between Convenience & Consequence: Navigating the Ethics of Quick Wins

by Melinda Jacobs (she/her)
Chief Product Officer – Mindstone

🎙️BYTE PLAZA

Embracing Diversity in Remote Teams: Unconscious Bias, Microaggressions and Allyship

by Dr. Sasha Göbbels (she/her)
Engineering Manager – Overleaf

🛠️LEVEL UP OASIS (ONGOING)

Bridging gaps in tech with gamified tech education

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Pritika Raj, will replace Magdalena as Workshop Host.

17:00

🎙️RAINBOW ROAD 

Closing Words

by Bertrand Duteil (he/him)
Head of Communities & Project Lead Unicorns in Tech – UHLALA Group

Music performance

by Lady Dina

VENUE PLAN

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