Women in Tech Leadership Forum 2026 draws 350 participants to Tashkent

The Women in Tech Leadership Forum Uzbekistan 2026 took place in Tashkent on 13 October at the Ministry of Digital Technologies, Women in Tech Uzbekistan said. Sherzod Shermatov, Minister of Digital Technologies of Uzbekistan, opened the forum, and Kamola Sobirova, advisor to the minister, gave the welcome speech.

Women in Tech Uzbekistan said the forum gathered 350 or more participants, 35 or more speakers from 14 countries, 50 international delegates and 15 sessions in one day. IT Park Uzbekistan reported more than 200 participants, more than 35 speakers and representatives of more than 10 countries.

The speakers came from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, Japan, Singapore, Finland, Poland, Latvia, France, Morocco and the USA, according to Women in Tech Uzbekistan.

Sessions covered AI, fintech, FemTech, robotics, EdTech, startups, space and technology diplomacy, IT Park Uzbekistan said.

Ayumi Moore Aoki, founder and CEO of Women in Tech Global, came to Tashkent for the forum. Women in Tech Global announced at the event that it had reached 1 million women worldwide, what it calls One Million Lives Changed. To mark it, the Women in Tech Global Mission on Orbit launched a satellite 35 km into the stratosphere, Women in Tech Uzbekistan said.

IT Park Uzbekistan said the forum also presented Uzbekistan's first FemTech Ecosystem Map and the international Women Leadership in ICT project. The day closed with the Women in Tech CCA Awards.

Source:IT Park Uzbekistan, 16.10.2026,Women in Tech Uzbekistan, 19.10.2026