Events

  • Women’s Health Week Europe 2025: The ultimate innovation ecosystem

    October 15 -17, 2025 | Barbican Centre, London London's iconic Barbican transforms into the epicentreof women's health innovation, where breakthrough technologies meet commercial opportunity. Early access tickets are now available at their lowest pricing, including exclusive access to the brand new Founder's Day. For the Women's Health Ecosystem Whether you're creating, investing, supporting, or partnering [...]

  • Women’s Health Week Europe launches two specialised pitch competitions to accelerate innovation

    Following the success of standout alumni like Impli and Hera Biotech, Women’s Health Week Europe doubles down on innovation with two targeted startup showcases. Women’s Health Week Europe, the continent’s largest dedicated women’s health event, has announced the opening of applications for its expanded innovation showcase — now featuring two specialized pitch competitions designed to [...]

  • How to lead (and win) in the AI economy: Secure your seat at ICONSEmerge 2025

    By Chaitra Vedullapalli In boardrooms across the globe, the conversation has shifted. It’s no longer if AI will disrupt your business—it’s how soon. Yet for executives, the real challenge isn’t adopting the next tool—it’s aligning your strategy, securing your enterprise, and scaling responsibly at speed. That’s why 100 of the world’s sharpest CISOs, CIOs, and [...]

  • WHIS 2025: A powerhouse of innovation across the women’s health landscape

    The agenda has been unveiled for WHIS 2025. Formerly the Women’s Health Innovation Summit, this year’s event brings together the entire women’s health ecosystem and incorporates previous FemTech and Reproductive Health events. A bold move, it consolidates multi-sector efforts to accelerate industry-wide solutions across women’s health, mirroring a critical moment of convergence in women's health [...]

  • AI-powered tool boosts skin cancer detection accuracy by 11 per cent, study finds

    A new artificial intelligence tool has improved doctors’ ability to detect skin cancer by 11 per cent, according to research from an international team led by Monash University. The system, named PanDerm, is designed to analyse multiple types of medical images simultaneously to help identify melanoma and other skin diseases more quickly and accurately than [...]

  • Hong Kong launches first major women’s health summit to spotlight femtech innovation and investment opportunities

    A new two-day summit in Hong Kong aims to highlight why supporting women’s health is not just a moral obligation but an economic imperative. Around the world, women continue to face barriers to healthcare—whether through regressive policies, underfunding or lack of access. At the same time, a growing number of women-led start-ups and companies are [...]

  • Final exhibition stands remaining for WHX Dubai 2026

    The Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) has announced that only a handful of exhibition stands remain for WHX Dubai 2026, taking place 9–12 February at Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City Dubai. The 2025 edition attracted more than 70,000 attendees from 180 countries, bringing together an audience that included senior hospital practitioners, healthcare executives, manufacturers [...]

  • Why the #empowHER50 Campaign is a Call to Action to Democratize AI for All

    By Chaitra Vedullapalli, Co-Founder, Women in Cloud As Microsoft marks its 50th anniversary—celebrating five decades of innovation, leadership, and global impact—it’s a powerful moment to honor the people who helped shape the digital economy. Behind Microsoft’s trillion-dollar market shift are not only visionary founders and technologists, but also women whose contributions boldly transformed the world. [...]

  • #WICxInspire 2025: Where Leadership Converge on GTM & AI

    #WICxInspire2025 is the premier summit where founders, investors, and enterprise leaders converge to redefine go-to-market strategy and lead in the era of AI. Focused on AI innovation, cross-sector partnerships, and community-powered acceleration, this immersive summit brings together the boldest minds shaping the next era of business. Through high-impact keynotes, interactive panels, curated networking, and real-time showcases, #WICxInspire2025 will [...]

  • #empowHERaccess Global Prestige Awards 2025: A Global Celebration of Women in AI, Technology, and Economic Leadership

    The highly anticipated #empowHERaccess Global Prestige Awards 2025 returns for its fifth year, honoring global leaders who are shaping the AI-powered economy while driving corporate ESG and UN SDG goals. Hosted in both the U.S. and India, this industry recognition platform builds upon the success of the 2024 campaign, which reached 4.5 million impressions. Presented [...]