A woman takes selfies in front of the Web Summit logo on the opening day at Parque das Nacoes in Lisbon on November 7, 2016. Europe's largest tech event Web Summit will be held at Parque das Nacoes in Lisbon from November 7 to 10. / AFP PHOTO / PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA
LISBON: They are under-represented in the industry and sometimes made to feel unwelcome in geek-infested workspaces, but women are making their voices heard at Europe’s largest technology marketplace.
Organisers of this week’s Web Summit in Lisbon said nearly half its 53,000 attendees were women, helped by their offer of free tickets for female entrepreneurs in a drive to try to rectify a large gender imbalance in tech.
