Gry Stene is a tech entrepreneur, STEAM advocate and a ‘geek whisperer’. She’s fascinated by people and by design, and brings all of that together to solve real-world problems through a diverse and inclusive approach.

With new technologies and AI infiltrating our lives and influencing our decisions, Gry is adamant that we need to shake up the tech industry and create more diverse and inclusive organisations to ensure we build meaningful and humane technologies. She’s a software engineer who is keenly aware that the industry only has 25% of women in key roles. And that is only one aspect of the lack of diversity in the industry.

Optimistic about the potential of technology to positively impact our lives, Gry seeks to be a role model for women and other underrepresented groups in the technology landscape.

Gry strongly makes the case for bringing an A into the STEM agenda to create STEAM, that’s STEM + Arts = STEAM. She believes that STEAM makes room for technical expertise, creativity, design, languages, compassion and a collaborative mindset to coexist beautifully as one.

She also strongly believes that STEAM needs to be at the very core of education and business.