At our speed networking sessions, you can meet like-minded people from different industries and companies in a relaxed atmosphere and expand your network. This year, we’re expanding our offerings to include even more sessions than before to cover as many of our attendees’ interests and desires as possible.
To attend a session, just arrive 15 minutes before it starts! The only exception: To participate in WSP Queer Connect, please get your free ticket here in advance.
All sessions are on a first-come, first-served basis!
The networking sessions at a glance:
hosted by Sandra-Lorena Bahlmann
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Are you stuck in a job that no longer fits? Do you feel there’s more out there for you, but you’re not quite sure what or how? This session brings together professionals and leaders considering a bold career move — whether it’s a job change, a new role, or starting a business. Join if you want to connect with others in the same spot, share thoughts, and get inspired to take action.
Sandra-Lorena Bahlmann is the go-to coach for women 30+ in tech startups, helping them turn draining jobs into fulfilling careers — without sacrificing their income. She’s a certified systemic and agile coach. With a background in marketing leadership across tech startups and scaleups, she now helps ambitious women realign their careers.
hosted by ALICE
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Get to know ALICE and the members of the ALICE community during a relaxed networking session. Exchange ideas with other LGBTIQ+ lawyers, allies, and law students and meet new contacts. We’ll connect in a relaxed atmosphere during a guided networking session with opportunities for free exchange.
hosted by Proudr
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This session isn’t about a quick exchange of business cards, but about genuinely getting to know each other. In a curated, slow-paced, and moderated networking session, we create space for genuine encounters, shared interests, and moments of queer empowerment.
Proudr is the queer career network for queers and allies. The session is for anyone interested, regardless of industry, whether looking for a job or simply to network.
hosted by Lisa Altenpohl
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Are you looking to start a business or simply want to get a taste of entrepreneurship? In our interactive session, you’ll learn how to turn an idea into a compelling pitch while simultaneously driving forward concepts for the queer community.
Lisa Altenpohl has been a systemic and somatic coach since 2018, focusing on the nervous system, embodiment, and trauma sensitivity. She also offers training in rhetoric, communication, and performance. As an actress with over 30 years of stage experience, she can share even more such as valuable tips on speaking confidently in front of an audience and convincingly handling stressful situations.
hosted by Unicorns in Tech
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Unicorns in Tech is a community to connect, empower and celebrate queer tech talent at work and beyond. What started as small meet-ups quickly grew into Europe’s largest LGBTIQ+ tech network. Let’s connect at our session!
hosted by Rosie Rapp
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Networking when you’re burnt out is hard — but you’re not alone. Whether you are neurodivergent, introverted or neither: This session is for everyone navigating career, connection, and chronic exhaustion. Whether you’re job-hunting, managing a team, or launching something new: sensory overwhelm, bad mental health days, and energy crashes don’t care about your job title. Let’s talk about how we cope, conserve, and connect.
Rosie Rapp is an ADHD Coach and Neurodiversity Consultant with 15+ years of international experience in education, HR, neurodivergent support, and content creation. Based in Germany, she draws from her lived experience, multicultural background, and neurodivergent perspective to offer coaching, workshops, and talks. Her work empowers individuals and teams with practical strategies for navigating burnout, executive dysfunction, and inclusive career development.
hosted by We Stay PRIDE
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Would you like to network with employees from other queer employee networks (ERGs)? Then this networking session is just the thing! Share best practices and challenges, and make lasting connections that will support you in your future networking efforts. Please register here for free. The WSP team looks forward to welcoming you!
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Since 2009, we have been dedicating ourselves wholeheartedly every day to fostering diversity in the workplace. To achieve this, as LGBTIQ+ diversity experts, we collaborate closely with companies and organizations to collectively bring about sustainable and positive changes in corporate cultures and work environments. Empowering LGBTIQ+ individuals lies at the heart of our work. And it is precisely this dedication that makes us the leading LGBTIQ+ social business.
