Recently VidSF and I had the opportunity to talk with Sharon Vosmek, the CEO of Astia and a longtime supporter of Women 2.0′s work in encouraging leadership of high growth startups, about her organization’s work to fuel innovation in the countries where it works. Offices have recently been added in six Indian cities by the non-profit that started with networks in the US and the UK:
Vosmek will be speaking with Women 2.0′s Baat Enosh and She’s Geeky’s Kaliya Hamlin this Sunday about “Technology, Gender, & the Future of Women in Bay Area Industry” at the Concourse Exhibition Center. If they provide insight on Illuminate Ventures’ recent research about high-tech companies run by women being more capital-efficient, it shouldn’t be missed.