L’Oréal Canada concluded last May 28th the first Canadian edition of the Women in Digital program, in partnership with URelles, Campus InfoPresse and Caisse Desjardins des Technologies de l’information which focusses on encouraging and promoting women entrepreneurs in technology by providing funding opportunities and support. The winner was Isabel Galiana, CEO and co‐founder of Saccade Analytics, a Montreal company that evaluates the functioning of the brain according to the movement of the eyes and the head in virtual reality, which caught their attention. The Women in Digital program, launched in December 2018, included a nominations phase during which more than 125 women in tech applied; a pre‐selection phase led by three experts: Anne Bougel, Labelium, Marie‐Sophie Désormeau, Hox Académie and Robert Beredo, L’Oréal Canada; and a final judging phase, led by: Azadeh Attar of Pinterest Canada, Joana Berzowska of Concordia University, Samir Mounir of Caisse Desjardins des Information Technologies, Sandeep Rai of ModiFace and Frank Kollmar of L ‘Oréal Canada.
Joanna Berzowska on Jury for L’Oréal Women in Digital Entrepreneurship Competition
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