Shoeisha Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: 5 Funamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Kaoru Usui) announced the winners of the Best Speaker Award for the "IT Women Summit," held on May 26, 2026, based on participant surveys and other factors.

IT Women Summit

"IT Women Summit" was held for the first time this year through the collaboration of two conferences: "Women Developers Summit," which supports the learning of female IT engineers, and "Enterprise IT Women's Forum," which connects female leaders in the information systems domain. The speakers were women active in the IT field.

IT Women Summit

https://event.shoeisha.jp/itwomensummit/20260526

The Best Speaker Award is presented to speakers who achieved ranks 1-3 in participant satisfaction.

Best Speaker Award

Criteria: Ranks 1-3 in participant satisfaction

1st Place [Session 4] "Power to Move Organizations and the Future! Accelerating Teams with Consensus and Decision-Making" by Himeka Kawaguchi [Sezon Technology]

2nd Place [Session 5] "I Don't Want to Be Cinderella! How to Walk in an Era When Glass Slippers are Broken?" by Nomizo [SecuLeap]

3rd Place [Session 3] "Moving the 'Front Lines' and Changing 'Myself' with AI! Expanding the Definition of Engineer Through Three Challenges" by Kiyoka Ishikawa [Relic] / Kubomi / Natsumi Kanomata [Pasona]

Furthermore, Shoeisha has published comments from Ms. Kawaguchi, the first-place winner, on "CodeZine," a media outlet for software developers, and "EnterpriseZine," a media outlet for IT leaders.

https://codezine.jp/news/detail/24721

https://enterprisezine.jp/news/detail/24599

FACT BOX

  • Source: PR TIMES
  • Category: Event
  • Organizations: SecuLeap / Relic / CodeZine