April 15, 2023 @ Porto Business School
A one-day, free, in-person event for women in tech.
Meet like-minded tech professionals and access talks, workshops, career opportunities, mentorship and networking.
WHY ATTEND
We have a full in-person day of talks, workshops, career opportunities, mentorship and networking awaiting you. Meet like-minded tech professionals and unlock your full potential.
Geek Girls Conference will celebrate Girls in ICT Day and Geek Girls Portugal 13th anniversary. But most importantly?
We want to celebrate women working in IT. Join us and let us celebrate together!
We are looking for passionate speakers in tech who want to share their expertise with our audience and empower women to succeed in their technology careers.
Our conference is open to all kinds of talks and workshops from the world of IT. We are seeking volunteers who are eager to deliver in-person talks and workshops focused on real-world trends and practical insights into technology, career development, diversity, and inclusion in the field.
Go ahead and propose your talk or workshop! We want to hear from you – deadline for application is March 12, 2023.
At our conference you’ll learn something new, sharpen your skills, share your stories and grow your network of trailblazing women in the industry.
We are on a journey to close the gender gap and empower women’s careers in IT. And we need you here!
Listen to passionate speakers eager to update you on industry and career trends in tech.
1Choose what you want to learn about in our workshops and deep-dive into topics that matter to you.
2Grab the opportunity to connect with companies committed to driving change in technology, share your CV, and make valuable connections.
3With a multitude of networking opportunities, you will also have the chance to establish mentorship relationships.
4Engage in conversations and share ideas with like-minded women in tech that will inspire you on your journey.
5There’s a place for everyone at Geek Girls Portugal. Share your stories and form valuable connections.
6Choose what you want to learn about in our workshops and deep-dive into topics that matter to you.
2With a multitude of networking opportunities, you will also have the chance to establish mentorship relationships.
4There’s a place for everyone at Geek Girls Portugal. Share your stories and form valuable connections.
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Sonae Auditorium | Floor 0
Geek Girls Portugal
Sonae Auditorium | Floor 0
The typical concept of privacy is changing with the adoption of novel technologies. One example of such technology is smart environments. The objective of this talk is to bring awareness and provide some answers to the following questions. How can users control their personal data? How can users check what devices are enabled? Is it possible to check what personal data is collected and controlled by whom?
Catarina Silva
Sonae Auditorium | Floor 0
Managing geodistributed teams with diversity and inclusion awareness requires intentional effort, communication, and collaboration. By prioritizing diversity and inclusion and creating a supportive and inclusive environment, geodistributed teams can thrive and achieve their goals. In this talk you'll learn about setting clear expectations, team's goals and deadlines, as well as use technology as a resource to be connected and feel together.
Joana Almeida
Sonae Auditorium | Floor 0
This talk will explore how intersectionality shapes our lives and impacts our experiences in the workplace. We will discuss the barriers that exist for individuals with multiple identities and how we can work together to break them down. We will gain a deeper understanding of the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and learn practical tools for creating a more equitable and inclusive environment.
Vanessa de Oliveira
Sonae Auditorium | Floor 0
In this workshop you'll be invited to think and discuss about cybersecurity in different contexts and the impacts of a cyber attack. You'll be walked through concepts and experiences in cybersecurity and experience a cyber attack. You'll need your mobile phone for this workshop.
Ana Ferreira
Cristina Almeida
Room 2.2 | Floor 2
This workshop will give you the steps to transform charts into an empowered data-driven message. Transform charts to be more readable and still dazzle your audience. You'll need to bring a laptop and a spreadsheet program (Google Spreadsheet; Excel; Calc) to make charts.
Anabela Nogueira
Amphitheater 1.3 | Floor 1
The goal of this workshop is to empower women to take control of their careers and achieve their full potential. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on their career goals and will learn how to improve and tailor their CVs and cover letters to specific job applications and how to prepare for interviews. This workshop will also provide strategies for building self-esteem and self-worth.
Don't forget to bring your own CV.
Olga Kuvshinova
Deck & Corridors
Patrícia Duarte Mateus
Victoria Chekalina
Liliana Carvalho
Fernanda Dias
Sonae Auditorium | Floor 0
In business, a successful relationship runs on trust. Companies establish business connections with well-known partners or set up contracts with intermediaries that build a trustworthy environment. When partners are unknown and intermediaries are unaffordable, Blockchains and DLTs can ensure both transparency and trust, while bringing strategic business value to contexts such as Healthcare, Government, Supply Chains, Automotive, and Energy, among others.
Catarina Reis
Sonae Auditorium | Floor 0
This talk will address what is Software QA, its purpose and job role. You'll learn about the career path of a QA, its importance and responsibility in a SDLC, interactions with other teams and roles and a brief insight into the huge number of testing possibilities.
Patrícia Duarte Mateus
Sonae Auditorium | Floor 0
Are you thinking of moving to technology but you don't know where to start? Or maybe you are already in tech but there are days that you just feel so tired and want to quit? Then this talk is for you. And truth to be said, this is also a reminder for all of us.
Mónica Fidalgo
Room 2.2 | Floor 2
During the workshop, you will learn the importance of self-promotion in your personal and professional life and be equipped with tools to develop this skill. Participants will be invited to challenge the social perception around self-promotion.
Elizaveta Osmak
Room 2.7 | Floor 2
Working as a Business Analyst, you are going to have to manage a room (in person and virtually) to gather requirements, review new processes, walk through demos, and explain concepts to the companies you are consulting for. In this workshop you'll learn about the different BA activities and get ready for success when working as a business analyst.
Amanda Perkins
Room 2.8 | Floor 2
Story Mapping enables us to break down work and create shared understanding. In this workshop a hands-on activity will be conducted where you'll learn about the different phases in creating a story map and ultimately prioritize stories to deliver value and meet your customer's needs. Tips and tricks will be discussed so you can start facilitating story mapping in your team.
Carla Silva
Bárbara Amorim
Amphitheater 1.3 | Floor 1
In this workshop you will learn that Low-code software development offers a simple, more accessible way for non-technical users or “citizen developers”, to reach capabilities that were once only reserved for high-end development tools. Power Apps is a low-code application development software built to create custom mobile and web apps with a user-friendly interface. If you are aiming for the hands-on experience you will need to bring your laptop and access to Power Apps.
Catarina Silva
Deck & Corridors
Patrícia Duarte Mateus
Inês Santos
Margarida Afonso
Mariana Costa
Fernanda Dias
Sonae Auditorium | Floor 0
In an era that is changing constantly, the quote “one job for life” doesn’t make sense anymore. People aim to have a more fulfilling life, doing what makes them truly happy and sometimes that means a career shift.
This can also mean that we want more and better in terms of job role, we want to evolve.
But how should we give that extra step to a more fulfilling job?
How should we choose another career?
How can we evolve in our role within a company?
During this discussion with our invited speakers, we want to share with you some career paths and some tips on how you can evaluate and build your own path.
Marisa Mercês
Teresa Carreiro
Beatriz Oliveira
Filipa Ferreira
Sonae Auditorium | Floor 0
Geek Girls Portugal
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Software QA Engineer at MotorK
After leaving university with a Master Degree in Computer Science, Patrícia Mateus was quite unaware of which area she would like to pursue and develop a career in it. Kind of by accident, Software Quality Assurance appears in her path and she reviewed herself in that area. As such, that she's already working as QA for 10 years. She participated in different projects, with different teams and cultures, languages and ways of working, That's why she likes to talk about this area, present them to the ones that don't know that it exists and deconstruct the idea hat QA is just testing and randomly clicking buttons.
Mentorship Area: Software QA
Researcher and PhD Candidate at Instituto de Telecomunicações
Catarina Silva is a Ph.D candidate in Instituto de Telecomunicações (Aveiro). Her main research area focuses on Digital Privacy and Privacy Engineering approaches. She works on privacy-enhancing technologies development and proposes techniques to evaluate privacy in dynamic scenarios. Her work was already applied in several international and national projects in the context of smart environments, eHealth applications, and network scenarios. Additionally, she teaches programming courses in the Informatics department at the University of Aveiro. Finally, she is a member of the IEEE Digital Privacy Group which is focused on the framework and foundations for digital privacy in the current technological society.
Frontend Product Engineer at Cloudflare
Mónica Fidalgo works as a Frontend Product Engineer at Cloudflare after a career switch to tech. She's also a teacher and a mentor for women in a tech community. She likes to spend as much time as possible making open source projects, creating blog content, and helping the dev community. Away from the computer we can also find her lost in the nature.
DE&I Inclusive Hiring Regional Lead at Cisco
As a Brazilian psychologist with a Scientific Master's degree in Psychology of Intercultural Relations, Vanessa de Oliveira has developed a deep understanding of the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion in all aspects of her life. Having worked and studied in many different countries, she brings a wealth of global perspective to her current role as a DE&I Inclusive Hiring Regional Lead for the EMEA region at Cisco. Vanessa is also a lead in Conexion, a community for LatinX-identifying employees and allies, where she helps facilitate personal and professional growth through inspirational leadership, coaching and giving back. With her passion for problem-solving and public speaking, she has become an expert in DE&I, intersectionality, and the importance of creating a more inclusive workplace. Her dedication to this cause is evident in her work and her ability to inspire others to take action.
Employee Experience Manager at Intellias
Joana Almeida is a full-stack human resources manager and experienced project manager, passionate about people motivation, collective intelligence, startups, technology and building communities.
Professor || Researcher || Head of R&D at VOID Software
Catarina Reis holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and a postgraduation in Strategic Management from the Universidade de Coimbra. She has been a Professor at the Polytechnic of Leiria since 2002, where she lectures on advanced topics in software engineering, agile methodologies, software quality and object-oriented programming. She is currently the Head of Research and Development at VOID Software to increase the outreach of scientific advancements in several areas. Her research topics include mHealth, Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies, Mobile Development (Android e iOS) and Agile Software Development Practices. She is a Senior Member of IEEE, Counselor of the IEEE Student Branch from the Polytechnic of Leiria. Vice-Chair of the IEEE Portugal Section and the Co-Chair for the Community Dev/Outreach of the IEEE Blockchain Initiative. She is also a frequent contributor as a reviewer and author of publications in conferences and journals.
Head of Learning and Development (Devexperts)
Elizaveta Osmak is an SHRM-SCP certified HR professional with a Master’s in Social Psychology and 10+ years of experience in talent development across IT, finance, and other sectors. An advocate for people empowerment and development, leading the #IAmRemarkable initiative for more than 5 years.
Owner of Amanda Perkins Consulting Inc.
Amanda Perkins is a 8x Salesforce Certified consultant and owns Amanda Perkins Consulting Inc. Her business focuses on helping companies transform their operations through business process enhancements and digital transformations. Working across industries and size of businesses, Amanda can help you explore how you can become a strong BA and technology consultant. Amanda has previously worked at Salesforce and Deloitte.
Success Manager at Saucal || Career Coach at CareersOG
Olga is a Success Manager and a Career Coach.
She strives to help her clients identify their strengths and goals, create actionable plans for achieving their career aspirations, and provide support and guidance as they navigate the job market and advance in their careers.
Olga has always been greatly motivated by helping people achieve their goals, teaching and tutoring.
Despite having an education in the natural sciences field, Olga was able to switch her career 180 degrees and started working remotely in IT in 2016. She worked as a project and account manager. After working with a coach herself, she started her brand new position: Success Manager. Success Manager can mean a lot or nothing to different people, but for this particular role, it is a combination of recruiting, HR, and staff coaching. Olga found a calling in this field and is happy as ever to help people find their job and become better at it. Olga keeps constantly educating herself in career coaching and coaching in general. IT is an ever-changing industry that requires constant learning and adaptation.
Olga works remotely with everyone regardless of their location. However, her home base is Lisbon, Portugal, where she lives with her dog and cat.
Business Analyst at Emergn
Carla has worked for over 15 years in the IT software solutions industry and is currently a Business Analyst at Emergn. Her experience in diverse areas, such as Operations, Pre-Sales, Business Development, and Product Certifications, has shaped her comprehensive view and adaptability in software development.
Information Security & Health Senior Researcher at CINTESIS@RISE/FMUP || Co-Founder at Women4Cyber Portugal
Ana Ferreira, PhD, CISSP, HCISPP (Portugal), is an Information Security specialist, teacher and researcher at CINTESIS@RISE, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal, for the past 20 years, where she leads various research projects in the areas of access control, privacy and usable security as well as risk assessment, regulations and social engineering, applied to the healthcare domain.
She is the author of more than 110 scientific publications, with about 900 citations and frequently participates as a Cybersecurity Expert Evaluator for the European Commission. Ana is currently an Ad Personam member of ENISA’s (European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) Advisory Group and was selected as one of the Top 100 most influential women in Cybersecurity in Europe,
the Top 20 Most Inspiring Women in Cyber in 2022 and won the Cybersecurity Woman of the Year Awards 2022, in the category “Barrier Breaker”. Ana is also the Co-Founder of Women4Cyber Portugal, where she leads the team for Research and Innovation and the Co-Founder and Vice-President of the Portugal (ISC)2 Chapter.
Co-Founder at Women4Cyber Portugal
Cristina Almeida is leading Women4Cyber Portugal, a non-profit association whose mission is to promote and support the participation of women in cybersecurity. She holds a degree in Tourism, and a master's degree in International Management from ISCTE Business School. It was during her master's degree that she discovered the world of tech start-ups, where she started working as a Technical Support specialist and became interested in cybersecurity. Currently, Cristina is a Lead Program Manager and UX Consultant for Cybersecurity at Siemens.
Data Scientist at COCUS
Anabela Nogueira has a background in Mathematics and she loves to work with data. Data can lead us to a better path. Moreover, data visualisation fascinates her, because it requires you to be more creative and empathic towards how your audience would perceive your message.
Business Analyst at Emergn
Bárbara Amorim is a business analyst with 5+ years of experience designing and optimizing business processes. Bárbara is well-versed in responding to shifting business needs and priorities and conducting functional requirements analysis for businesses of all sizes. She encourages empathy to understand the team’s communication and working styles and gets genuine fulfillment by supporting others and their successes.
Software Engineer at Philip Morris International
Catarina works for Philip Morris as a Software Engineer, where she specializes in designing and implementing Power Platform solutions.
She began working on Power Platform as soon as it emerged and she's amazed by experiencing firsthand the tremendous growth it has been having over a few recent years. Being able to create flexible solutions that affect every layer of a company from a field employee up to the CEO is what she loves about the Power Platform.
Senior People Partner at Coverflex | Personal Growth & Career Mentor at APMENTOR
Marisa Mercês is a strategic human resources manager with expertise in multiple disciplines and industries. She first studied clinical psychology, then she explored marketing, project management, and product development (in HR). She is a strong supporter of women in tech and actively mentors both career and personal development initiatives. Marisa’s curiosity-driven approach to her work takes her to constantly seek growth opportunities that allow her, and others, to reach their highest potential.
Co-founder of Critical Manufacturing
Teresa Carreiro started as a software developer in 1994. She is one of the co-founders of Critical Manufacturing, which started in 2009. There, she started as a Scrum Master for the Product team and gradually moved on to creating and managing new teams and areas (including Quality, People Operations, and Operations). She is now heading the newly-created area of Subscription Business that will expand Critical Manufacturing’s products. An absolute fan of agile and self-regulated organizations, she does not miss an opportunity to be involved in organizational and social challenges. She was part of the organization of the Agile Portugal Conference for 6 years, she's been a supporter of Geek Girls Portugal since 2010, was the Vice-President of Porto Tech Hub for 3 years, and she's actively involved in national and international mentoring programs since last year. Last year she co-cofounded the NGO EstouContigo! which is dedicated to creating synergies and improving the well-being of those around us.
Senior Director of People Portugal & Global Head of EX at Talkdesk. Advisor, Consultant & Professor | MBA
Filipa Ferreira is a Senior Director at Talkdesk, holding responsibilities as the Global Head of Employee Experience and overseeing Portugal’s People Strategy and Operations. Filipa combines practical experience in a technology and international company with research and teaching. She actively collaborates with the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto, as an external researcher and with Porto Business School, teaching in Executive Education Programs and working with MBA students in Career Design. With more than 15 years of experience in People Management, Filipa has developed her career in several areas and types of companies. Filipa has a master’s degree in Psychology, holds a post-graduation in People Management, and recently concluded her MBA at Porto Business School.
BindTuning CEO & Founder | Speaker | Microsoft RD | Former President IAMCP Portugal
An entrepreneur, speaker, and visionary in the web design industry, Beatriz Oliveira is the founder and CEO of BindTuning, one of the leading platforms for building modern workplaces for Office 365, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams.
After a serious accident in 2008, she used her recovery to do what she loved best, developing web themes. A sudden success led her to create the concept of "skin tuning", which later evolved into a multi-platform theme customization framework. BindTuning was born in 2011.
Prior to BindTuning, Beatriz was a co-founder of CentralBiz, a successful development company where she spent 4 years as Creative Director.
Beatriz graduated top of her class in IT Engineering and completed her master's in Design and Communication.
She is currently the President of IAMCP Portugal. Actively involved in STEM education for youth and an ardent supporter of diversity in technology, she is a Microsoft Regional Director and Office Development MVP.
Software QA Engineer at MotorK
After leaving university with a Master Degree in Computer Science, Patrícia Mateus was quite unaware of which area she would like to pursue and develop a career in it. Kind of by accident, Software Quality Assurance appears in her path and she reviewed herself in that area. As such, that she's already working as QA for 10 years. She participated in different projects, with different teams and cultures, languages and ways of working, That's why she likes to talk about this area, present them to the ones that don't know that it exists and deconstruct the idea hat QA is just testing and randomly clicking buttons.
Mentorship Area: Software QA
Agile Coach at Talkdesk
Inês Santos purpose is to impact people's life. As a coach she is focused in facilitating discovery processes that lead people to maximize their full potential. Inês is an Agile Coach that can only work by respecting and applying values like honesty, transparency and collaboration. A quote that leverages Inês' life and professional journey is "Alone we go faster, together we go further." Inês has over 20 years of coaching, mentoring and team leading in the Software industry. Her experience spreads from well established companies to startups grown to unicorns. In industries from telecommunications, to semiconductors manufacturing, from business services to fashion retail. She is an Agile & Scrum enthusiast who loves to discuss agile software development practices and continuous improvement. She has a passion for retrospectives. Inês is an active player in Communities like Agile Connect and Geek Girls Portugal.
Mentorship Area: Agile/Scrum
Program Manager at Celfocus and Assistant Professor at ISEP
Margarida is a Senior Program & Delivery Manager, with deep experience in managing in international transformation program with multicultural distributed teams.
Mentorship Area: Project/Program Management
Designer at Utrust
Victoria is a web and marketing designer who's passionate about empowering women in tech. With a background in mentoring designers, she's excited to share her knowledge, experience, and support with all of the lovely mentees at the Geek Girls Conference! 😊
Mentorship Area: Design and Multimedia
Agile Coach at Farfetch
Liliana is passionate about stories because they have the power to connect people. She works as an agile expert and what she loves most on her day are problem deconstructions.
Mentorship Area: Agile/Scrum
Frontend Developer at Evolution
Mariana is a Software Developer particularly enthusiastic about Frontend development. Before she became a Software Developer, she graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences and worked in Scientific and Clinical Research. Later, she decided to learn how to code, and take a completely new path in her professional career. She has mainly been working with JavaScript and TypeScript, and related frameworks/libraries, such as React, Vue and Angular. She has some experience with Backend Development, using NodeJS and Java.
Mentorship Area: Career path
Services Director at Sage
Fernanda is a professional with over 15 years of experience in the IT industry. Her expertise lies in project management, business analysis as well as customer relationship management. Throughout her career, she has successfully delivered complex projects across a number of industries including finance, manufacturing & logistics. Fernanda has a deep understanding of what it takes to succeed in this field, with a proven track record of building and managing high-performing teams. With her passion for continuous learning and development, she is always looking for new challenges and opportunities for personal and professional growth and is committed to sharing her knowledge and insights with others to help them take the next steps in their careers.
Mentorship Area: Career path
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