Women in Technology: their success is breaking stereotypes – Experts Talk

Denia Kanellopoulou, Innovation Services expert of ahedd DIH at NCSR Demokritos, was invited to talk about Women in Tech: Their success is breaking stereotypes, inspired by Qualco and hosted by ImpacTalk.

In the male-dominated STEM sector, four women shared their work experiences in STEM and their perspectives to the following questions:

• What challenges do women face in technology and research?
• Why is it important to increase their rates and what are the things we need to do to achieve this?
• Is it true that in these traditionally male-dominated fields, women face countless stereotypes and prejudices than in other, less male-dominated fields?

“There is no limit to what women can accomplish; limits and stereotypes are basically contrived by our society”, stated Denia.

The Experts that participated in the discussion, along with Denia Kanellopoulou, are Chrysavgi Salaka, VP, Solution Design & Customer Consulting, Qualco Group and Evangelia Balatsou, Neuroscientist in AI, Speech AI expert, founder of Greek Girls Code and member of the Lean In Startup Community. The discussion was moderated by Alexandra Kaimenou, Journalist.

The full discussion is available to watch.