![A group of smiling and laughing people sit around a round table. They appear to be engaged in several conversations. In the space around them are people sitting at other tables, and a row of people sitting on high stools at a counter. This is the Women in Tech Lounge at Web Summit Rio 2023.](https://rio.websummit.com/wp-media/2023/10/Attendees-at-the-Women-in-Tech-Lounge-Web-Summit-Rio-2023.jpg)
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Get ready to network in the Women in Tech Lounge and beyond, connect with future customers and potential partners.
How do we build a more inclusive and diverse tech industry? We’re committed to changing the gender ratio at our events and empowering women across the globe by fostering networking opportunities, building mentorship programs, and nurturing our online women in tech community.
Join the Web Summit women in tech network today.
We are deeply committed to changing the gender balance at all of our events, and to empowering women across the world by fostering networking opportunities, building mentorship programs and nurturing our online women in tech community.
In 2024, we gathered at the Women in Tech Lounge, powered by Banco do Brasil.
In 2024, 47 percent of attendees at Web Summit Rio were women. We hope to grow this percentage every year.
Please note: As part of our commitment to change, and in accordance with part C of our terms and conditions, this program is only open to people who identify as women.
Get ready to network in the Women in Tech Lounge and beyond, connect with future customers and potential partners.
Every attendee who comes to Web Summit Rio should feel part of a community. We seed small communities at our events, and then help them thrive long after each event. Come meet other incredible women in your industry.
Learn from the women in tech community at Web Summit Rio. As Inc. Magazine put it, Web Summit Rio “attracts a diverse list of world-class speakers, and facilitates content that inspires and empowers attendees.”
From the Women in Tech Lounge to Night Summit, grow your network, go to meetups and set up meetings. Mingle with other women in tech, building your professional network. Meet new potential mentors – or mentees.
– Lindsay Kaplan, Co-founder, Chief
– Rafaela Frankenthal, co-founder and CEO of SafeSpace
– Sita Chantramonklasri, Founder & General Partner, Siam Capital
– Rosemarie Ryan, Co-founder & CEO, co:collective