The year 2025 was a time when our activities - from education and development programs to social initiatives and advocacy — translated into a real impact on shaping the future of education, technology, and equality in Poland. We launched entirely new initiatives (some of them addressed not only to girls, but also to boys - such as NEXT Engineers), as well as the Level Up Academy and the European Women Leaders Forum.
In 2026, we are entering with a large-scale program supporting 60,000 young people in their transition to the labor market: “DREAMS into JOBS”, alongside entirely new initiatives in Uzbekistan. Thank you for being part of this change!
In 2025, our scholarship programs, mentoring initiatives, and training for children and teachers had a tangible impact on increasing equality and diversity in the STEM sector. We not only supported the individual development of young talents, but also inspired the next generation to take responsibility for society, the planet, and the future of technology.
2025 in numbers:
◾ 100,000+ participants of the High School Graduates Fairs in 16 cities
◾ 14,000+ participants of the Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit
◾ 5,000 free Summit tickets for students
◾ PLN 1,000,000 in individual scholarships
◾ 1,000+ graduates of development programs
◾ 700+ engaged mentors
◾ 1,700+ children learning coding and robotics
◾ 2,500+ students inspired by engineering
◾ 50 villages and small towns visited
◾ 500+ teachers trained
◾ 100 Women awarded in Engineering
◾ 200+ European Women Leaders in Warsaw
◾ 1 Warsaw Declaration of Women Leaders for the Future of Disruptive Technologies
Around Perspektywy Women in Tech, a comprehensive ecosystem of development programs has been built, including:
Girls to Technical Universities! and Girls to Science!: jointly involving around 200,000 girls; as a result, the share of women at public technical universities in Poland increased by 10 percentage points.
Girls in the Game: a nationwide program run in cooperation with CD PROJEKT RED, which for five editions has introduced high school girls to the world of game development; by 2025, it supported 100 awardees, working with 100 mentors on game design, graphics, programming, and production.
Girls, it’s time for tech!: an educational program implemented in Silesia under the patronage of Stellantis Philanthropy; in the 2024/2025 school year, over 200 female students from eight high schools participated in 64 technology workshops at the Silesian University of Technology.
Next Engineers: a global educational program funded by GE Aerospace Foundation, implemented in Poland since 2025 in Warsaw and surrounding areas, including Engineering Discovery projects (1,905 students in the first edition) and a two-year Engineering Academy for 20 high school students.
Dreams into Jobs: a nationwide program funded by Citi Foundation, addressed to young people aged 15–24; between 2025 and 2027 it will reach 60,000 participants, offering future-skills training, mentoring, internships, and entrepreneurship support.
IT for SHE: a nationwide mentoring program for female students of technical fields, running since 2017; it has supported over 450 participants and was awarded the European Digital Skills Awards by the European Commission as the best initiative for women in technology in Europe.
IT for SHE Kids: a volunteer-based program in which female technical students and volunteers from partner companies delivered technology classes to over 13,000 children from small towns by 2025, engaging more than 800 volunteers.
Women in Tech Camp: a five-day technology camp organized since 2017, which has involved approximately 1,300 female technical students, combining technical workshops, soft skills development, mentoring, and networking.
IT for SHE Educators Academy: a competence development program for teachers and educators, offering webinars and teaching tools created in collaboration with experts from IT for SHE partner companies.
LeaderSHEp in Tech Academy: a leadership academy for young women in technology, delivered for four years with the support of Motorola Solutions Foundation, with 120 participants to date.
Level Up Advanced ICT Skills Academy for Women: a program funded by the Ministry of Digital Affairs under the Digital Competences Development Program; in 2025, 375 women upgraded their technological qualifications.
Women in Science: an initiative promoting women’s scientific careers, implemented since 2015; in the 2024/2025 edition it involved 56 Ambassadors and 60 academic mentors, reaching over 100,000 young people through its educational campaign.
Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit is today the most recognizable and international initiative of the Perspektywy Education Foundation and one of the largest conferences dedicated to women in technology and science in Europe. Since its first edition in 2018, the Summit has evolved from a community-driven event into a large-scale, global platform for collaboration between science, business, public administration, and the innovation sector. By 2025 — the 7th edition of the event — the Summit had gathered a total of approximately 50,000 participants from over 100 countries, becoming one of the key fixtures in the global technology events calendar.
The Summit program covers a broad spectrum of topics: digital technologies, engineering, hard sciences, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum technologies, energy, heavy industry, medtech, entrepreneurship, leadership, and the responsible and ethical development of innovation. What distinguishes the event is its consistent combination of showcasing breakthrough technologies with reflection on their social impact, diversity, inclusion, and mental well-being. The Summit serves not only as an industry, networking, and recruitment event, but also as a space for strategic debate and real influence. It is accompanied by international meetings of women and men leaders in science and technology, presentations of the Foundation’s research and reports, mentoring and grant programs, as well as initiatives supporting Poland’s internationalization as a technology hub (such as a grant program for 400 talented female STEM students from Eastern Partnership countries and Central Asia).
Thanks to its scale, continuity, and international character, the Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit has become one of the key tools for increasing the visibility of women in science and technology and for connecting global talent with real career, leadership, and impact pathways. At the same time, it strengthens the position of Warsaw and Poland as an important reference point in the global debate on the future of technology, demonstrating that diversity and women’s leadership are the foundations of innovation and competitiveness in the 21st century.
After 20 years of activity, the Perspektywy Education Foundation is an organization with a well-established position, a high level of public trust, and documented systemic impact. The anniversary closes one chapter of its work while simultaneously opening another - focused on the quality of education, internationalization, future competencies, and strengthening the role of women in science and technology in Poland and beyond.
