MediaTechWomen: Leveraging the Power of Women in Tech and Media

MediaTechWomen: Leveraging The Power of Women in Tech and Media

On International Women's Day 2024, News UK, Sky and the BBC came together again to celebrate its 2024 theme, #InspireInclusivity. The event took place on Thursday 7th March at News UK’s spectacular event space in London Bridge with over 200 invited guests. We also live streamed the event online.

Following on from last year’s incredible success, the second event was tailored to women and allies who work in this unique space where tech meets big media, representing all the main tech disciplines and levels of seniority, including Business Analysis, Product Management, Software Engineering, Data and Cyber Security.

MediaTechWomen is an inclusive initiative that exists for all women working in tech & media and covers all beliefs including sex, gender and gender identity. We encourage allies to join us in our conversations.

Jessica Schibli - Head of Creative Diversity at the BBC and Shelley Bishton Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at News UK

Nzinga Gardner, Chief Founder of MediaTechWomen and Co-chair of Women in Tech network at News UK

Panel: "How Inclusion Leads to Greater Innovations with Storm Fagan -Chief Product Officer, BBC (middle) and Claire Dracott, Director of Innovation at News UK

Alice Rothwell, Content Recommendations Specialist and Co-chair for BBC WiSTEM, Chinny Okolidoh Group Director, Diversity & Inclusion at BBC, and Lalita Taylor, BBC Exec Producer and Co-chair for BBC WiSTEM

Lalita Taylor, BBC Exec Producer and Co-chair for BBC WiSTEM

Cheryl Graham, Co-Chair & Chapter Lead for TECHWomen @ Sky and Co-founder, MediaTechWomen and Sarah Reeder, Digital Service Strategy Manager at Sky

Hannah Prevett, MC and Deputy Editor of The Times Enterprise Network.

Chinny Okolidoh - BBC Group Director, Diversity & Inclusion

Panel: "How Inclusion Leads to Greater Innovations with Hannah Prevett (moderating) Storm Fagan -Chief Product Officer, BBC (middle) and Claire Dracott, Director of Innovation at News UK (right)

Helen van der Straaten, co-chair for Women in Tech at News UK

Nzinga Gardner, Chief Founder of MediaTechWomen and Co-Chair at News UK Women in Tech Network

Shelley Bishton, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at News UK

Chinny Okolidoh - BBC Group Director, Diversity & Inclusion and Lalita Taylor, BBC Exec Producer and Co-chair for BBC WiSTEM and Co-founder, MediaTechWomen

Nzinga Gardner and Helen van der Straaten, co-chairs for Women in Tech at News UK

Panel - 'What's Inclusion Got to Do With Me?

Alix Pryde Director of Central Services, Global Streaming at Sky/NBCUniversal and Non-Executive Director

Suki Fuller's Winner - Computer Weekly's Most Influential Woman in Tech winner, 2023

The most exciting media collaboration for women since the dawn of technology.

MediaTechwomen is a groundbreaking collaboration of the women in technology networks between three major media powerhouses: News UK, BBC and Sky.

We provide a platform for our women to share and celebrate they great work they do in this incredibly fast-paced industry intersection where digital power meets global media news and information.