Innovator of the year 2025

All participants & their stories of “Innovate Her – Stories that Inspire” campaign

Hope Khoury

Hope Khoury

My innovation story began not in a lab, but in an operating room.
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Isabela Tatu

Isabela Tatu

Some stories don’t begin with ideas — they begin with belief.
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Rene Canady

Encountering these disparities in her own family and learning how bioengineering work.
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Wanda Eugene

Innovation Story: KidzHack’s VIBES Platform
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Stephanie Ringenbach

Be Bold Barcelona was created to close a clear gap in the tech ecosystem.
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Stephanie Ringenbach

My innovation story began with a simple question: How can we design and resolve problems like nature?
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Elizabeth Garcia Braga-Niehaus

She decided to enter the profit sector with a clear social mission — to digitize and empower the nonprofit world through technology and innovation.
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Sara Staelfeldt

She did not simply promote creative thinking; she established the intentional structure and governance required to make innovation.
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Jona Doda

My goal was simple but deeply personal. To make mental health support accessible to people who feel unseen in traditional systems.
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Roma Shah

What if the very women who help others build wealth could not reliably build their own?
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Erica D’Acunto

Innovation Story: Intelligent Vehicle Assignment for the Electric Fleet Transition Click Here to check out the story!

Sara Quintero

 I opened my first brick-and-mortar boutique, an upscale women’s consignment store built on community and connection.
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Zubenma V Obiegue

Founder of Detechtico. Detechtico is an advanced AI forensic software that automates the fraud detection process.
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Clara Ricaurte

I help turn disconnected institutions into collaborative networks with shared objectives.
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Ao Kong

Ao Kong

Innovation as Becoming: A purposeful journey to bridge worlds that seldom meet.
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Julie Smithson

Together, we’ve built a community of 1,500+ women across 60+ countries who are shaping the future of immersive technologies.
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Woman Innovator of the Year 2026

If you are nominating another woman, fill out the form for the other woman
Share your innovation story (provide details what problem you solved, and the innovative solution given). The story can be of this year or more long term. Please share your story in a simple and authentic way, covering the following points:• A brief introduction about yourself and your background • What inspired you to start your innovation journey • The problem or challenge you identified • How your innovation/project/idea was developed • The impact or change your innovation has created in your industry, community, or society • Any challenges you faced during the journey and how you overcame them • Your future vision or goals related to your innovationWe would also request you to share: • Relevant photographs/images related to your journey, work, innovation, events, or achievements • Short video clips (if available) that can help us during video creation and storytelling • Any media features, presentation clips, workspace visuals, or behind-the-scenes moments that reflect your journey authenticallyThe more personal and real the story feels, the more impactful the final storytelling piece becomes.
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Brochures, impact reports, presentation decks — anything that strengthens your story.
Woman innovator

Share your story. Inspire others. Lead the change.

We're spotlighting women innovators
who turn ideas into impact.

Deadline to submit
Aug 15, 2026
Stories featured
Oct – Nov 2026
Open to women
Worldwide
APPLY NOW LEARN MORE
Become a member, complete the form,
and share your innovation story.

WHY PARTICIPATE?

  • Get featured on
    VOWI platforms
  • Gain global
    visibility
  • Earn community
    recognition
  • Inspire future
    innovators

Share your story.
Inspire others.
Lead the change.

This October to December, Voices of Women in Innovation (VOWI) will spotlight inspiring stories of women who turned ideas into impact.

We’re inviting women from around the world to sharetheir innovation journeys – or nominate someonewhose creativity, courage, and leadership have made
a difference.

Selected Stories

will be featured on VOWI’s platforms
throughout the campaign.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Women innovators from any field — business, technology, sustainability, science, education, or social impact — who have led or contributed to projects that create positive change.

Business

Technology

Sustainability

Science

Education

Social Impact

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline to submit

August 15, 2026

Story features: Published

October-November 2026

HOW TO JOIN

  1. 1 Become a member of VOWI
  2. 2 Complete this short form
  3. 3 Tell us about the innovation story that deserves to be celebrated
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SELECTED STORIES WILL RECEIVE

Featured on
VOWI platforms
Global
visibility
Community
recognition
Opportunity to
inspire others
Apply now
Learn More
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