10 Years of Building Tech for Everyone
More than just an anniversary
For ten years, Riga TechGirls has been more than a community—it’s been a movement. We’ve created space where women learn tech, and then build it. Where ideas happen, and then scale. Where belonging isn’t optional, it’s foundational. With a full-day festival-style conference, we celebrate a decade of impact. We are looking back. And claiming what comes next.
10 Years of Inspiration
Festival Program
A full day of learning, connecting, celebrating and a few huge surprises.
Event language : English
Opening Ceremony
10:00 Opening
10:20 Viesturs Kleinbergs, Mayor of Riga & Andra Levite, Patronesse of Riga TechGirls
10:40 Agnese Lāce, Progresīvie Co-Chair
11:00 Anna Andersone & Alise Dīrika – 10 Years of Impact with Riga TechGirls
Digital Strategy & Leadership
11:20 Liza Ateh, Google.org (Tech Philanthropy & Social Impact)
11:40 Zane Čulkstēna, ERDA (Competing in the Age of Intelligent Machines)
12:00 Žydrūnė Vitaitė, Women Go Tech
12:20 Panel on Leadership in the Digital and AI Era
13:00 Alina Annayeva, Riga TechGirls co-founder, Senior Frontend Developer, Shopify
Cyber- security
13:20 Laura Skrodele, Entrepreneurs for Peace
13:40 Ieva Ilves, Advisor on Cybersecurity Policy & International Collaboration (Security in digital era)
14:00 Elvis Strazdiņš, Cybercrime researcher (Cybercrime Then and Now)
14:20 Panel on Employment in CyberSecurity
AI &
Education
15:00 Education in the age of AI
15:20 AI Strategy in Education
15:40 Keynote – TBC
16:00 Panel – TBC
Innovation & Startups
16:40 Keynote Līna Sarma – HPC
17:00 Keynote Egija Gailuma
17:20 Panel – Startup Ecosystem in Riga & Inclusion
18:00 Anna Andersone, Riga TechGirls – Wrap-up
Party & Live Music
18:00 Partner activities (booths, expo, food-court)
19:00 DJ Dannie @DJdannieofficial
20:00 Keitija Bārbale
21:00 Revolūcija & Dziedātāja Amanda
22:00 Hospitāļu iela
23:00 Tautumeitas
00:00 Sugar Sugar
Workshop Area
11:00 Cybersecurity in real life (Andis Maksimovs, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences)
12:00 10x yourself with Claude.ai (Monta Viļumsone, Founder of Companon, AI lecturer)
13:00 Design Your Next Meeting Like a Facilitator (Karlis Jonass, Workshop Facilitator, Jonass Solutions)
14:00 How to Lead, Hire and Build Teams in an AI-Driven World (Anta Praņēviča, Head of HR, Citadele banka)
15:00 Stop prompting, start building: context‑driven AI agents (Toms Eisaks and Aleksandrs Jaunzems, Accenture)
Speakers:
Voices Shaping the Future
Liza Ateh
Head of Google.org EMEA, Google.org
Topic: Tech Philanthropy & Social Impact
Viesturs Kleinbergs
Mayor of Riga
Topic: Opening words
Ieva Ilves
Cybersecurity and Digital Policy Advisor, Ministry of Digital Transformation Ukraine/Latvia.
Topic: Security in digital era
Zane Čulkstēna
Founder, ERDA, Kim? & Future of Work Institute in Riga
Topic: Competing in the Age of Intelligent Machines
Žydrūnė Vitaitė
Co-Founder, Women Go Tech
Topic: Keynote TBC
Anna Andersone
CEO & Chair of the Board, Riga TechGirls, StartSchool Co-founder.
Topic: Why inclusion now must mean everyone.
Alise Dīrika
Product Manager, Hackmotion
Līga Letiņa
Head of Design , FYUL
Madara Kņūtiņa
Fractional COO at Zippy Vision
Elīna Lidere
AI Education Think Tank Lead, Ministry of Education and Science
Zane Bojāre
Co-Founder, Enablers School
Līna Sarma
Head of the High Performance Computing Center, RTU
Elviss Strazdiņš
Cybercrime researcher, SIA bool
Laura Skrodele
Director of the Charity Foundation "Entrepreneurs for Peace"
Elina Branta
Managing Director at Swisscom DevOps Center Latvia
Egija Gailuma
Co-founder, Engycell
Monta Viļumsone
Founder of Companon & AI lecturer
Liene Klavina
People Experience & Development Lead at Accenture
Anta Praņēviča
Head of HR at Citadele Banka
Nadia Benaissa
Global Head of Marketing at Paymentology, Paymentology
Kārlis Andersons
Project Lead for Education, Riga TechGirls
Lauma Sīle
COO, Riga TehGirls
Andis Maksimovs
Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
Alina Annayeva
Co-founder of Riga TechGirls, Senior Engineer at Shopify
Karlis Jonass
Workshop Facilitator, Jonass Solutions
Āris Brencis
Managing Director (Riga), NGL Ventures
Toms Eisaks
Agentic AI System Architect, Accenture
Aleksandrs Jaunzems
Software Engineer, Accenture
Guna Puce
Director, National AI Center of Latvia
Guna Joma
Head of Fonds AUGT
Ilze Folkmane Gibbs
Regional lead, Zemgale TechGirls
Ilze Hermane
Member, Liepāja TechGirls
Vija Niedre
Regional Lead, Vidzeme TechGirls
Ieva Pilskalliete
Co-creator, Vidzeme TechGirls
Kristina Rodzina
Member, Liepāja TechGirls
Inna Ušakova
Test Manager, Latgale TechGirls
Gaļina Lavrentjeva
Member, Latgale TechGirls
Anna Stabņikova
PR Project Manager, Latgale TechGirls
Ligita Osipova
Member, Zemgale TechGirls
Lubova Vaivode
Assurance and Governance Manager, FYUL
Edīte Sarva
Head of the program artificial intelligence in general and vocational education, State Education Development Agency
Linda Sinka
Day of AI Latvia Lead, RTU Riga Business School
Agnese Lāce
Progresīvie Co-Chair
Inese Zeltiņa
Head of sales and purchasing, Medicīnas centrs POC
Ingrīda Pērkone
CEO, SIA "Re-Starts 50+"
Holly Smith
Transformation Partner Data and Business Systems, GoCardless
Alexandra Maksimova
Senior Marketing Analyst and Content Creator, Mastercard
Dace Bulte
Cybersecurity Analyst, CERT.LV
Laura Kiseļova
Project Manager, Riga TechGirls
Natalija Dmitrijeva
Head of Instant Retail Payments and Cards, Tieto Banktech
Prince Matambanadzo
Vice President Data & Business Systems, GoCardless
Fjodors Ivanovs
Founder, realta.lv
Baiba Bērziņa
Employee experience manager, Tet
Anna Badaeva
Women4Cyber Latvia
More speakers incoming soon...
Musical guests:
The party must go on
Hospitāļu iela
Revolūcija & Dziedātāja Amanda
Keitija Bārbale
DJ Dannie
Tautumeitas
More incoming soon...
The Festival Concept:
Where Tech Meets Community
Walk through four immersive zones designed to inspire, connect, and transform:
Learning Zones & Cyber Labs
Hands-on workshops where you build, experiment, and ship real tech
Coding Challenges & Creative Tech Demos
Live coding. Real challenges. Creative solutions. Watch tech come alive.
Speaker Stages & Exhibition Experiences
Voices that make impact. Stories that inspire. Ideas that uplift.
Community Storytelling Installations
Ten years of impact told through the voices of those who lived it
Expo zone
Meet the partners joining us in the expo zone
Ticket Tiers
Evening Concert Ticket
€49
Access to Evening Concert
Entry from 18:30
Music from 19:00
Event language : English
Student & Academic Ticket
€39
Secure your festival spot
Access to workshops
Available for university, school, and StartSchool students, as well as academic staff including professors and teachers.
Valid student card, school ID, or ISIC card must be presented upon arrival. Academic staff must present a valid teacher card or academic card upon arrival.
Event language : English
Standart access
€99
Secure your festival spot
Access to workshops
Dedicated networking opportunities
Be part of a landmark Riga TechGirls moment
Event language : English
Business pass
€199
Full access to the event programme
Invoice issued to the company
Suitable for company accounting and reimbursement
Ideal for organisations supporting professional development and learning in the tech ecosystem.
Early access to sign up for workshops
Access to the VIP zone
Dedicated networking opportunities
Event language : English
Meet the team:
Anna Andersone
Chair of the Board, CEO
Lauma Sīle
Chief Operating Officer
Mārtiņš Sūna
Chief Business Officer
Pauls Siliņš
Board Member, Project Director
Alise Gurenko
Startup Program Director
Oksana Tatarina
Senior Project manager
Agnese Bļodniece
Senior Project manager
Evelīna Gierkena
Marketing & Communications Lead
Anna Filipenoka
Project Manager
Kristiāna Biezuma
Volunteers Lead
Dārta Gaigala
Production
Līva Caune
Production
Ilze Folkmane
Partnerships
Zeyneb Savran
Social media specialist
Want to partner with us?
Want to sponsor? Show your product? Give special gifts for participants? Write to ilze.folkmane@rigatechgirls.com
The Future Needs You There
This is more than an anniversary. It’s a launchpad for the next decade.
Join us!
Friends & Partners
Who made this possible
