What does it take to be a Woman in Digital?

Join Women in Digital Switzerland at our upcoming event in Bern, where together with our wonderful guest speakers we will be talking about women in the IT profession. 

What does it take to navigate, survive, and conquer the tech industry as a woman today?

• The skills you actually need.

• The mindsets that break glass ceilings.

• The alliance changing the status quo.

  
  

Meet our great speakers, each with an incredible career paths and amazing life stories and learn their unique perspectives at our upcoming event: "What does it take to be a woman in digital?"

Agenda:

17:30 - 18:00: Welcome drinks and networking

18:00 - 19:30: Panel and Q&A

19:30 - 20:30: Networking

Meet our speakers:

Tuiana Khoroshevskaia, Cybersecurity Key Account Manager

Tuiana is a Cybersecurity Key Account Manager and mentor with more than 14 years of international IT experience at Ontinue, Microsoft and IBM. Combining deep expertise in cybersecurity, customer success and strategic sales with a few tricks borrowed from her adventurous life, she brings complex topics to life with energy, clarity and a healthy dose of humour.

Darja Gartner, Senior Service Designer & Design Strategist

Darja is a senior service designer and strategist at Liip, a Swiss digital agency. With more than 20 years of experience, she helps teams untangle organisational complexity and create clearer, more human services. She holds a master’s degree from ENSCI - Les Ateliers in Paris and a BSc in Graphic Design and Print Technology from the University of Ljubljana. She also teaches designers and innovators at HES-SO’s Innokick master’s programme.

Outside work, you will most likely find her in a local coffee shop, out in the mountains or looking after someone’s dog.

Elmira Gazizova, AI Adoption Lead

Elmira Gazizova is an AI Adoption Lead at keyIT SA, helping organizations to turn AI from a technology initiative into measurable business value. Coming from a non-technical educational background, she built her career at the intersection of business, innovation, and technology, demonstrating that curiosity, continuous learning, and leadership can open unexpected paths into the digital world.

Mira El-Kamali, Data Scientist and Senior Researcher at SCAI (HEIA-FR)Mira is a Data Scientist at KeyIT SA and a Senior Researcher at SCAI (HEIA-FR), Mira is a Data Scientist at KeyIT SA and a Senior Researcher at SCAI (HEIA-FR), focusing on developing technologies that prioritize human-centered approaches. Mira has a PhD in Computer Science, specializing in conversational agents for coaching in various domains. She also hold a Master in Computer Engineering. Her research interests revolve around conversational agents and AI for human wellbeing.

Elisa Usai, Database Team Manager

Elisa is a delivery manager and database expert with over 20 years of experience in IT. Originally from Italy and now based in Switzerland, she combines deep technical expertise (working with technologies such as Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL) with leadership and a passion for people, sharing, learning, and continuous growth. Elisa is also an advocate for women in technology, mentoring through Swiss TecLadies and speaking at conferences not only with technical content but also about gender stereotypes, diversity, and the importance of creating more inclusive tech communities. Her message is simple: trust yourself, stay curious, and dare to step outside your comfort zone.

Meet our moderator:

Anna Shilikbayeva, Chapter Lead Bern - WDS

Sponsors:

IWG - International Workplace Group (Regus, Spaces, Signature), is the world's largest provider of flexible workspaces, offering private offices, coworking spaces, virtual offices, and meeting rooms across more than 4,000 locations globally

DBI Services, Designing, building and operating state-of-the-art IT infrastructures.

Women in Digital Switzerland is a community of modern leaders who leverage collaboration and elevate diversity to advance careers and create business opportunities in the Swiss digital economy. By leveraging the power of our community, WDS advances careers, supports organisational transformation leaps, and creates business opportunities in the Swiss digital economy and beyond. Be part of the change. Become a supporter. 

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