The winners for this year’s highly anticipated Diversity in Tech Awards (DITA) in association with Microsoft for Startups have been announced.
The virtual event took place on Tuesday 10th November 2020. The awards which celebrate diversity, equality, and inclusion recognises individuals and teams from across the world who are executing impactful work within their organisations and communities.
Over 300 submissions from 24 countries were received, with 77 finalists shortlisted. This year’s awards featured 16 categories across women in tech and diversity in tech initiatives.
Expert judges included 15 digital thinkers, creators, innovators, and DE&I experts. The panel of judges was composed of some of Ireland’s leading tech stars, including Shinjini Das, CEO at Das Media Group, Gearoid Kearney, CEO of myAccessHub, Gary Stewart, CEO & Co-Founder of The Nest, Sarah Cunningham, Vice President at Mastercard Dublin Tech Hub among others.
Some of the winners of this year’s Diversity in Tech Awards included:
In addition to the above, there were also two special recognition awards; The Grace Hopper Award which acknowledges a leading female STEM professional, and The Diversity In Tech Impact Award which recognizes a not-for-profit organisation that has demonstrated exceptional initiative to promote diversity.
Kriti Sharma, Founder of AI for Good UK & VP Product at GfK was crowned the winner of The Grace Hopper Award, while Gary Goldman, Senior Program Director of Out in Tech was awarded The Diversity in Tech Impact accolade.
MC’d by leading Newstalk female broadcaster Jess Kelly, over 1,000 virtual attendees logged onto the prestigious awards ceremony which also included keynote speakers, a panel on achieving authentic DE&I in your organisation, and fireside discussions.
Speakers included Daisy Auger-Dominguez, Chief People Officer at Vice Media Group, Andrew Macadam, Managing Director of Microsoft for Startups Europe, Furkan Karayal, Founder and CEO of Diversein.com and Abadesi Osunsade, Founder of the Hustle Crew and co-host of Techish podcast.
Virtual attendees at the awards ceremony included a wide range of global DE&I advocates, international tech executives, VIPs, government representatives, and nominees.
The Diversity In Tech Awards was organised by the Dublin Tech Summit team. For further information please visit www.diversityintechawards.com
Speaking about this year’s winners, Tracey Carney, Managing Director of the Diversity in Tech Awards said:
“This year’s inaugural Diversity in Tech Awards was a huge success and emphasized the diversity, equality, and inclusion of organisations who are making a real difference. We were inundated this year, with over 300 entries from some of Ireland’s most successful tech industries.”
Previously known as the Women in Tech Awards, The Diversity in Tech Awards, which took taking place virtually on November 10th, 2020 at 5 pm GMT, and will shine the spotlight on the achievements of individuals and organisations creating more diverse, equal, and inclusive workplaces and communities while striving to enhance representation in the technology sector.
The event which celebrates the best in tech has been expanded this year to include recognise diversity in all of its forms including 16 categories which recognised the broad efforts of promoting diversity in the workplace and community.
Diversity in Tech Awards 2020, was divided the awards have been split up into two category areas; Diversity in Tech and Women in Tech.
The categories included LGBTQ+inclusion, disability inclusion, role models in tech, cultural inclusion health & wellness.
A new Special Recognition Award, The Diversity in Tech Impact (sponsored by Voltedge) had also been added to this year’s accolades recognising significant achievement made by an organisation whose focus is to increase the rights, opportunities, and visibility of the communities and groups they serve.
The Women in Tech categories include a focus on tech leadership, entrepreneurship, digital transformation, mentorship, and data science.
For the third year the Grace Hopper Special Recognition Award (sponsored by J.P. Morgan)named after pioneering US computer scientist Grace Hopper, will be presented to a woman who has made their mark in innovation. The 2020 recipient of the Grace Hopper award is Kriti Sharma, Founder of AI for Good UK and VP of Product, GfK.
Competition for the 2020 event was of the highest standard to date with nominations pouring in from over 24 countries from across the world.
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