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
Main
Stage Program
A full day of learning, connecting, celebrating and a few huge surprises.
Event language : English
Opening Ceremony
10:00 Opening
10:15 Viesturs Kleinbergs, Mayor of Riga, Jānis Paiders, State Secretary at Ministry of Education and Science, Andra Levite, Patronesse of Riga TechGirls
10:30 Baiba Braže, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia
10:45 “10 Years of Impact with Riga TechGirls” – Anna Andersone & Alise Dīrika
Digital Strategy & Leadership
11:15 “Culture, technology, transformation” – Agnese Lāce, Progresīvie
11:35 “Competing in the Age of Intelligent Machines” – Zane Čulkstēna, ERDA
12:00 “The Changing Shape of Software Engineering” – Alina Annayeva, Riga TechGirls co-founder, Shopify
12:20 Panel – “Leadership in the Digital and AI Era” – Anta Praņēviča (Citadele), Liene Kļaviņa (Accenture), Elīna Branta (Swisscom), Nadia Benaissa (Paymentology), Līga Lētiņa (Fyul) – moderator
13:00 Žydrūnė Vitaitė, Women Go Tech
Cyber- security
13:20 “What can we do for peace?” – Laura Skrodele, Entrepreneurs for Peace
13:40 “Security in digital era” Ieva Ilves, Advisor on Cybersecurity Policy & International Collaboration
14:00 “Cybercrime Then and Now: How Digital Threats Have Evolved and What the Next Decade Will Bring” – Elvis Strazdiņš, Cybercrime researcher
14:20 Panel – “Employment in CyberSecurity” – Ljubova Vaivode (FYUL), Anna Badaeva (Women4Cyber), Jana Kudinova (KPMG Latvia), Sanita Vītola (CERT.LV), Dana Ludviga (CERT.LV) – moderator
AI &
Education
15:00 “Higher education in the age of AI” – Mārīte Seile, University of Latvia
15:20 Fireside chat – “Education in the age of AI” – Guna Joma (Fonds AUGT) & Guna Puce (MI Centrs)
15:40 Panel – “AI Strategy in Education” – Elīna Lidere (IZM), Edīte Sarva (VIAA), Linda Sinka (Riga Business School), Kārlis Andersons (Riga TechGirls) – moderator
Innovation & Startups
16:20 Fireside chat – “The Future of Finance, Innovation and Women’s Entrepreneurship” – Sigita Kotlere (Nectaro), Tīna Lūse (Fintech Latvia Association)
16:40 “What’s here to stay: AI, Infrastructure and Who Pays For It” – Līna Sarma, RTU
17:00 “Romantic. Brutal. Strategic. The 3 phases of building a business from 0” Egija Gailuma, Engycell
17:20 Panel – “Riga Startup Ecosystem Driven by its Community” – Annija Mežgaile (TechChill), Roberts Alhimionoks (Startin.lv), Kristiāns Jencius (Startup House Riga), Ieva Felmena (Riga Investment & Tourism Agency) – moderator
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 & Singer Amanda
22:00 Hospitāļu iela
23:00 Tautumeitas
00:00 Sugar Sugar
00:40 DJ Dannie @DJdannieofficial
01:30 Last Song
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)
Experience Stage Program
A full day of learning, connecting, celebrating and a few huge surprises.
Event language : English
Female Founders
11:30 Opening
11:35 “From anxious uncertainty to becoming an experienced professional” – Natālija Dimitrijeva, Tieto Banktech
11:50 “The Mindful Hustle: how to balance success and life” – Zane Bojāre, Enablers School
12:05 Mary McKenna, Co-Founder of AwakenAngels
12:20 Panel – “From Vision to Venture” – Kristīne Vikle (Skilloom), Alīna Spreņģele (Vibe Skills), Alyona Matvejeva (Doin), Zanda Freimane (anna app), Anda Asere (finday.lv) – moderator
13:00 “The Parent Trap ” – Madara Kņūtiņa, Zippy Vision
TechGirls of Latvia
13:10 Vidzeme TechGirls: “From Vibe to Canvas: Visualising Our Community” Vija Niedre, Ieva Pilskalliete
14:00 Liepāja TechGirls: “Tech. Art. Liepāja” Ilze Hermane, Kristina Rodzina
14:30 Latgale TechGirls: “Building Tech. Keeping Roots” Anna Stabņikova, Gaļina Lavrentjeva, Inna Ušakova
15:00 Zemgale TechGirls: “IT happens!” – Ilze Folkmane, Ligita Osipova
15:30 Panel: “The journey of TechGirls communities across Latvia” – Vija Niedre, Ilze Hermane, Anna Andiņa, Ilze Folkmane, Laura Kiseļova – moderator
Community Spotlight
16:10 “GoCardless and our story with Riga TechGirls, intern stories” – Prince Matambanadzo & Holly Smith, GoCardless
16:25 Panel: “The Future Is Multigenerational” – Ingrīda Pērkone (Organization 50+), Inese Zeltiņa (Medicīnas centrs POC), Inga Priedīte (RootCode.Guide), Baiba Bērziņa (Tet) – moderator
17:05 “Riga TechGirls Alumni Club” – Anita Ramka, RTG / AS Latvenergo
17:15 Panel – “Where Community Meets Opportunity” – Aleksandra Maksimova (Creative Girls Club), Dace Bulte (CERT.LV), Fjodors Ivanovs (Realta.lv) and Anita Ramka – moderator
17:50 Closing
18:15 Surprise Act
Speakers:
Voices Shaping the Future
Baiba Braže
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Viesturs Kleinbergs
Mayor of Riga
Topic: Opening words
Agnese Lāce
Progresīvie Co-Chair
Topic: Culture, technology, transformation
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
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
Žydrūnė Vitaitė
Co-Founder, Women Go Tech
Elīna Lidere
AI Education Think Tank Lead, Ministry of Education and Science
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
Zane Bojāre
Co-Founder, Enablers School
Egija Gailuma
Co-founder, Engycell
Monta Viļumsone
Founder of Companon & AI lecturer
Līna Sarma
Head of the High Performance Computing Center, RTU
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
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 of Vidzeme TechGirls, Lead IT recruiter at WorkingDay Latvia
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
Dace Bulte
Cybersecurity Analyst, CERT.LV
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
Baiba Bērziņa
Employee experience manager, Tet
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
Sanita Vītola
Senior cybersecurity system analyst, CERT.LV
Anna Badaeva
Women4Cyber Latvia
Inga Priedīte
Founder, RootCode.Guide, Startschool
Alina Sprengele
CEO, Vibe Skills
Kristine Vikle
Co-founder and CEO, Skilloom
Jana Kudinova
Assistant Manager in IT audit, KPMG
Tīna Lūse
Managing director, Fintech Latvia Association
Mary McKenna
Co-Founder and Chair, AwakenHub/AwakenAngels
Anita Ramka
RTG / AS Latvenergo
Andra Levite
Patronesse of Riga TechGirls, Gynaecologist-obstetrician, ARS Medical Centre Riga
Anda Asere
Co-Founder, Finday.lv
Alyona Matvejeva
Co-Founder of Doin' App
Dana Ludviga
Cybersecurity expert, CERT.LV
Annija Mezgaile
CEO, board member, TechChill
Zanda Freimane
Co-founder, CPO, anna app
Marite Seile
Head of Study Innovation Unit, University of Latvia
Kārlis Andersons
Project Lead for Education, Riga TechGirls
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!
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