About this Event
✨ Deploy Human Intelligence: Why Europe's AI Sovereignty Starts with Women in the Room
An exclusive net4tec side event at GITEX AI Europe · Berlin · 1st July 2026 · 11AM–1PM
The situation is urgent. The stakes are real.
The economic, political and social landscape is under pressure. Many people are genuinely worried about their jobs and their future — and rightly so. AI is transforming professions at a speed that almost nobody predicted. Women make up 86% of workers both highly exposed to AI job loss and least able to adapt to it. More than 56% of women in tech are projected to leave the field before reaching mid-career milestones.
And yet Europe is going all in. Europe's tech spending exceeds €1.5 trillion in 2026, driven by AI, cloud and a renewed push for digital sovereignty. But the EU accounts for only 4.8% of global AI compute — compared to 74.4% for the US and 14.1% for China. Europe is investing massively to lead. But there is a structural blind spot that nobody is talking about loudly enough: women represent just 22% of the AI workforce globally, and for every 100 men promoted to manager, only 87 women make the same step — a gap that compounds at every level all the way to the C-suite.
Europe cannot build AI sovereignty while leaving half its talent on the table. This is the conversation we are here to have.
Deploy Human Intelligence
is a 2-hour interactive lounge by net4tec × GITEX AI Europe — designed for women, founders, and decision-makers who are ready to act, not just watch.
As a participant, you receive a complimentary GITEX AI Europe day pass — giving you full access to one of Europe's most influential tech summits: keynotes, exhibitions, and networking throughout the day.
🌍 What to expect:
- High-energy panel discussions on why Europe's AI sovereignty depends on deploying all its talent — starting with women.
- Take the Stage — every participant is an expert. Step into the spotlight, share your story, your challenge, or your boldest idea. No audience. No hierarchy. Just voices that matter.
- Hands-on group challenges that turn insights into action — you'll map gaps, generate ideas, and commit to your next concrete step.
- Purposeful networking by design — a structured format that connects you with founders, investors, tech leaders and policy experts in the room.
- Live key learnings and testimonials from peers who, just like you, are shaping Europe's digital future from the inside.
🌍 Your Key Learning and Take Aways
You will leave with:
- A clear understanding of which new roles are emerging right now at the intersection of AI, policy and leadership
- Your personal positioning as a woman, founder or decision-maker in the AI era
- At least 3 new meaningful contacts — made through structured, purposeful networking
- One concrete next step you've committed to — written down, shared, held accountable
🎤 Call for Speakers — We want YOUR voice on stage.
Are you a woman leader, founder, or expert at the intersection of AI, technology, and leadership? We are looking for bold voices to join our panels and Take the Stage moments.
GITEX AI Europe is one of the most influential technology summits in Europe. Our curated panel and program is reserved for voices that have earned their place — and for net4tec premium members, that place is on stage.
As a premium member, you have the exclusive opportunity to join our expert panel and Take the Stage in front of an international audience of founders, investors, and decision-makers. Not as a speaker. As a recognized expert in your field.
There is no faster way to build visibility, credibility, and connections in Europe's AI ecosystem than standing on this stage. This is what instant recognition as a leader looks like.
Share your story. Inspire the room. Shape the conversation.
👉 Apply to speak: https://forms.gle/i1TiZau2tXrPcEYP8
Speaker applications close 14 June 2026 · Limited panel spots available
Your ticket includes:
✔ Access to the 2-hour Deploy Human Intelligence lounge ✔ A complimentary GITEX AI Europe day pass — 1st July 2026 ✔ Full access to congress keynotes, exhibitions and networking throughout the day
Limited capacity · Register now.
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GITEX AI Europe is the continent's fastest-growing technology summit, bringing together the world's most influential minds in AI, cloud, cybersecurity and digital infrastructure — right at the heart of Berlin.
net4tec is Europe's leading community for women in technology and digital transformation — connecting talent, founders and leaders across borders, industries and career stages.
Why this partnership matters: GITEX brings the scale and the signal. net4tec brings the community and the depth. Together, we create the conversation that the main stage doesn't — the one where the people who've been missing from the room finally take the lead.
More women at all management levels means greater innovative power and higher competitiveness in the company. Be one of these women, become a pioneer at net4tec. Because together matters.
Find out more on our website: www.net4tec.com
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Nina Heiler Executive Board Member at net4tec | Senior Manager @ Accenture
Delila B´énard Pioneer at net4tec | Microsoft Business Application CRM Advisory @Avanade | Femtech Empowerment | AI Strategy | Agentic Enterprise Expert
Begonia Vazquez Merayo, Power of Diversity | Women in Tech Game Changer | Delegate House of Collaboration Davos | Founder The New Face of Leadership Movement | Transformation&Innovation Enabler | Executive Coach | Speaker | Trainer | Recruiter
Three truths that drive this event:
1. Human First must be the future. We cannot forget why we build technology: for people. AI must not replace human expertise — it must amplify it. Scale creativity. Give people the freedom to make better decisions. Technology that is not built with humans at the center is not built for the future.
2. Pessimism is a waste of time. Europe often talks innovation into the ground before it has even started. But the evidence is clear: European AI leadership is not a dream — it is already happening. We are here to build on that momentum, not wait for permission.
3. The future needs different skills. We are moving away from the classic T-shaped profile toward the M-profile: people who connect multiple fields of expertise — strategy, technology, creativity, data, communication. Flexibility, interdisciplinary thinking, and the ability to bridge complexity instead of working in silos. Analytics, AI and machine learning are already the leading area of interest for women in tech, topping the list at 41%. These are the skills the AI era demands. And they are exactly the skills women have been building all along.
Everyone is welcome - come as your are!
We are looking forward to an inspiring and interactive event with all of you where diversity is not only a buzzword but becomes real by personal experience and perspectives.
Your net4etc team
Nina Heiler Executive Board Member at net4tec | Senior Manager @ Accenture
Begonia Merayo, net4tec Founder & Managing Director | Power of Diversity | Women in Tech Game Changer | Delegate House of Collaboration Davos | Founder The New Face of Leadership Movement |
Delila B´énard Pioneer at net4tec | Microsoft Business Application CRM Advisory @Avanade | Femtech Empowerment | AI Strategy | Agentic Enterprise Expert
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
GITEX EUROPE, Messedamm, Berlin, Germany
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