Let's reinvent the Innovation Playbook! Be Inspired by women tech founders building out an unfinished future plus WeBuild Info Session.

Title: Rewriting the Innovation Playbook

Big ideas. Bold women. New ways to build.

TechFoundHer is bringing the energy to Belfast Tech Week with a founder-powered event for women who are building, experimenting, creating and turning ambitious ideas into real products, platforms and businesses.

Rewriting the Innovation Playbook brings together a powerful line-up of women founders who are challenging assumptions about what innovation looks like, who gets to build technology, and how great ideas move from concept to reality.

You’ll hear from:

Shelley Cowan — Equoria XP

Angela Wilson — Silver Apples Digital

Victoria Finlay — The Menopal

Máirín Murray — TechFoundHer

Donna McCullough — D3M Trades

Varshitha Manjunath — Aphom Ltd

Expect founder stories, hard-won lessons, fresh thinking and plenty of straight-talking insight into what it actually takes to build.

These are women creating solutions across different sectors, tackling real-world problems and using technology in ways that are practical, ambitious and seriously exciting.

Thank you to the fab MCS Group for hosting us! This event is part of #BelfastTechWeek - a week of events curated by the tech community, for the tech community.

And there’s big WeBuild news…

We’re excited to announce that applications for the next WeBuild cohort open on Monday 7 September 2026, with the programme starting in January 2027.

At this event, we’ll give you the inside track on WeBuild — what the programme offers, who it’s designed for, what the experience is like and how to apply.

If you’ve got an idea you can’t stop thinking about, a problem you know needs solving, or the beginnings of a tech-powered product or venture, come and find out what could happen next.

WeBuild is about helping ambitious women founders move from idea to action, and from action to build — with practical tools, expert support, emerging technology and a community around you.

What to expect

Come along to:

Hear directly from women who are building and launching

Get the real founder stories — including the pivots, challenges and breakthroughs

See the many different routes into tech entrepreneurship

Find out what WeBuild can help you achieve

Get information on the January 2027 cohort and application process

Meet other ambitious women with ideas worth building

Make new connections over lunch

The innovation playbook is being rewritten - be part of what comes next.

About WeBuild

The WeBuild programme is led by InterTradeIreland, in partnership with Invest Northern Ireland and Enterprise Ireland.

It is supported under the Shared Island Enterprise Scheme, funded by the Government of Ireland.

TechFoundHer is the delivery partner for WeBuild.

Applications for the next cohort open Monday 7 September 2026, with the programme beginning in January 2027.

Find out more:

https://intertradeireland.com/entrepreneurship/womens-entrepreneurship/webuild

Event details

24 September 2026

MCS Group

10th Floor, The Ewart

3 Bedford Street

Belfast, BT2 7EP

Lunch included. Registration essential.

Part of Belfast Tech Week, with thanks to MCS Group.

Agenda:

12.00: Doors open/registration and networking and sandwiches

12:30 Start of event and showcase

13:30 Q&A

13.45 Networking

14:00 End of event

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