Finalists 2025
Women in Tech Ally
Recognizing an inspirational organization or person for their accomplishments as leaders in business and visionaries of technology who have made a difference in their community and have gone out of their way to support the cause of attracting more women in the tech industry over the last 24 months.
Tech Education Program Lead, ReDI School | Denmark
Linda Liukas
Founder & Author, Hello Ruby |
Finland
Associate professor at Kristiania University College, Synets, University of Oslo | Norway
Liv Sandberg
General Manager, Tiktok | Sweden
Specialist, Research Services
Reykjavik University | Iceland
Rising star of the year
Recognises an up-and-coming tech professional in the last five years that has demonstrated exceptional creativity or ability within the industry; who is recognised by others as having the potential to become a future leader in their industry and presents significant evidence of a promising future.
Co-founder & CEO
Aisel Health | Denmark
MarTech Solution Owner,
Elisa | Finland
Co-founder & CEO, Loopchain | Sweden
Cloud Specialist,
Microsoft EMEA | Norway
Co-founder and Director, AiXist – Consortium for AI & Existential Risks | Iceland
Social Impact Award
Awarded to honor a person who has provided significant support and guidance by empowering a less experienced person to develop his/her skills in an IT or Technological field. As a result, the mentee/pupil has achieved vital knowledge growth and results in their field.
Advania | Iceland
Vilde Thoresen Nord
Co-founder and CEO,
Sammen om en jobb | Norway
Sofie Hellström
CEO, OICAN | Sweden
Laura Nykänen
Head of School, Koodi/Sisu ry | Finland
Founder& CEO, nabo | Denmark
Investor of the Year
An individual or organisation who has invested in female-led tech startups.
VC, Dreamcraft | Denmark
identity.vc 🏳️🌈 Backing LGBTQ+ Founders | Finland
BackingMinds | Sweden
Georgina Askeland, PhD
Hadean Ventures, Life Sciences VC | Norway
Nordic Ignite | Iceland
Innovator of the Year
This category focuses on an individual or technology company who has created or implemented exceptional innovation/inventions, client successes, and deployment in the last 24 months.
Suzan Hourieh Lindberg
Co-founder & CEO, Perspetivo AB | Sweden
Aura Pyykönen
Founder & CEO, Isla | Finland
Nermeen Louizi Ghoniem
Founder, Hello Ada | Denmark
Heiðrún Ósk Sigfúsdóttir
CEO & Founder, Catecut | Iceland
Maria Amelie
CEO and Co-founder, | Norway
Initiative of the Year
Awarded to honor an individual or organisations that has raised the bar and serves as an example to the industry and has also demonstrated exceptional initiative to show that women are a significant part of a tech project’s success. This could involve education, training, and various other types of campaigns.
Vertonet – ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN AND NON BINARY IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | Iceland
Birgit M. Liodden
Founder, TOOL | Norway
Veronica Ericsson Lakso
Head of B2B, Baby Journey | Sweden
Suvi-Tuulia Haakana
GIS & Cybersecurity Specialist, Fortum Oyj | Finland
Shannon Hanson
CSO, ReefCircular | Denmark
Entrepreneur of the year
Is awarded to an individual, who is an owner or main shareholder of a tech start-up with significant growth over the last 36 months and who is ready to demonstrate a successful commercial plan in achieving their goals.
Anu Ala-Outinen
COO & Founder, Moder Oy | Finland
Sofie Allert
Co-Founder and CEO, Swedish Algae Factory | Sweden
Helene Margrethe Bøhler
Co-Founder & CEO, Vind AI | Norway
Anna De Matos
CEO, Circular Library Network | Iceland
Diana Saleh,
CEO & Founder, Rumett | Denmark
DEIB Champion of the year
This category focuses on a specific diversity initiative or project that has been established by organization or individual to promote diversity in IT in a specific company or for the wider community. Judges will assess the impact of this project and how successful it has been based on its tangible results in closing the gender gap and promoting diversity in tech.
Anne Gerd Sindballe
Head of Global Leadership Development, Laerdal Medical | Denmark
Sonja Hyrynsalmi
Postdoctoral Researcher, LUT University | Finland
Despina Stamkou
Founder & CEO, FemHire | Sweden
Achola Otieno
Founder, Inclusive Iceland | Iceland
Safina de Klerk
Vice President, The Norwegian Society of Engineers and Technologists | Norway
Digital transformation leader of the year
A person in a digital position within Tech industry, who has demonstrated successful results in the area of digital innovation in the last 24 months.
Edmary Altamiranda Maldonado
Controls & Systems Engineering Lead – Technology, Aker BP ASA | Norway
Neelima Misra
& CEO | Sweden
Nilufer Alakas
CEO, Lotus Sirius Oy | Finland
Michala Svane
Director of Marketing, Digitalization & Business Development, Royal Unibrew | Denmark
Birna Íris Jónsdóttir
CEO, Digital Iceland | Iceland
Developer of the year
Is awarded to an individual who has made a meaningful and lasting contribution to the technological area of software development and has achieved or was a part of outstanding projects, and who has developed creative solutions to problems that were solved with code.
Anna Berglind Jónsdóttir
Engineering Lead, Alda | Iceland
Karoline Blume
Senior Tech/System Designer, TTK Games | Sweden
Farrah Farooq
Senior Software Engineer and Scrum Master, Tietoevry | Finland
Areti Tsigkinopoulou
Senior Numerical Specialist, Ørsted | Denmark
Ruth Merethe Granevang
Tech Lead, Aschehoug | Norway