When It Comes To Health And Wellness Tech, Women Are Leading The Way
by The Daily Eye Team August 18 2015, 3:48 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 40 secsWe’ve seen the data: both the number of women in leadership positions in healthcare and women starting tech companies are astronomically low. But these figures didn’t seem to be reflected at this year’s Tech Open Air in Berlin, a three-day event growing its reputation as Europe’s leading technology festival. The female speakers on the line up were the minority (no surprise there), but they led the conversation on one important topic: how can technology be used to improve human health and wellbeing? Leave it to Berlin to breed the coolest of tech-related gatherings. At this interdisciplinary ‘unconference’, industry leaders and tech enthusiasts rubbed shoulders as they sipped chia seed smoothies among the sun-kissed gardens of an abandoned carpet factory.