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A monumental force.
Tectonic refers to the processes and forces involved in the movement and structure of the Earth's crust, particularly in relation to tectonic plates. These plates shift and interact, leading to geological phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the formation of mountains.
Tectonic is a powerful metaphor for a gathering of female tech leaders because it evokes the image of monumental forces reshaping the landscape. Tectonic plates, though often unseen, drive significant shifts that define the world's geography—just as women in tech leadership are driving transformative changes in an industry historically shaped by different forces.
About the Summit
The Female Techtonic Summit 2025, happening September 16, is a day-long event in central Indiana empowering female tech leaders and engaging male allies to pursue tech pathways and thrive in tech careers.
With a focus on the latest trends, innovations, and challenges in tech— highlighting the unique experiences of female tech leaders — this 2-day summit will feature panel discussions, workshops, and networking with top executives, entrepreneurs, and innovators from Indiana.
Target Audience: This event is targeted towards female IT managers, senior IT leaders and IT executives, CEOs/founders at tech companies, Deans/Leaders/Department Chairs for schools of IT. In the morning sessions, we have robust conversations about tech stacks and practices as well as challenges facing tech managers and leaders in today’s tech ecosystem. There will be a session for attendees to work together to tackle tech challenges. If you have a question about eligibility to attend, please contact the organizer, Linda Calvin (with a link to the contact page on Transcendent Talks).
Sponsor: If you or your company is a sponsor, please contact Linda Calvin before registering for the event. Sponsorships include a number of tickets, so please do not register for the event if you believe your company is a sponsor.
What You Can Expect
Flipping the Script on Panels
It’s important to hear from the next generation. Often we present to women who aspire to tech. Let's hear from them. Students, recent grads and career pivoters.
Getting REAL
"Let's just be positive." It's great to inspire, but to affect change, we must share our stories and lived experience. We cannot change what we don't understand.
Thought Leadership
Often we do not see women on Tech panels or on stages discussing "the tech." We'll flip this and come together to address challenges that keep female tech leaders up at night.
Action Planning for Leaders
Inviting male allies/leaders to the table to discuss how to address culture within tech organizations so everyone is contributing to tech's bottom line: innovation!
Event Schedule
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8:15 AM – 8:50 AM: Registration & Breakfast
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8:50 AM – 9:00 AM: Welcome & Opening Remarks - Linda Calvin, Chief Impact Officer, Reboot Representation; Co-founder, Indiana Women IN Tech Week
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9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: A Day in the Life of a Tech Leader with Sunny Lu Williams, President, TechServ
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10:05 AM – 11:30 AM: 3 Things! with Linda Calvin
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11:30 AM – 11:45 AM: Break / Lunchtime Keynote Transition
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11:50 AM – 12:45 PM: Tech Entrepreneurship with Rupal Thanawala, CEO, Trident
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12:45 PM: Break for Afternoon Attendee Arrivals
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1:05 PM – 2:00 PM: Stories from the Road: The Journey of Women in Tech Leadership with Linda Calvin
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2:00 PM – 3:50 PM: Rebooting Culture for Innovation - Amulet Consortium
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4:00 PM – 4:15 PM: GSCI Events
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4:15 PM – 4:25 PM: Download the Day / Wrap-Up
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4:30 PM: STEM Experience Tour at GSCI
Women in the tech industry often face unique challenges, such as gender bias, lack of mentorship, and a lack of access to leadership opportunities.
Women in the tech industry often face unique challenges, such as gender bias, lack of mentorship, and difficulty balancing work and family responsibilities. This tech summit aims to empower and support female tech leaders by providing a platform for networking, learning, and sharing best practices.
Representation matters, still.
This representation highlights the groundbreaking nature of our work, suggesting that that collaboration and innovation are creating seismic shifts in technology, culture, and leadership. Like tectonic activity, the impact may start beneath the surface but ultimately results in visible, lasting transformations—building new structures, breaking barriers, and forging pathways for future generations. It symbolizes strength, movement, and the unstoppable energy of collective leadership shaping a dynamic and evolving future.
Sixty years after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 194, there is a high degree of underrepresentation and a disturbing lack of career advancement for female, Black, and Hispanic workers in the high tech workforce, despite the recent period of growth in high tech occupations. America’s high tech sector, which leads the world in crafting technologies of the future, should not have a workforce that looks like the past.
Charlotte Burrows
EEOC Chair
