Bringing ambitious women together

with inspiring mentors

WAI Mentorship

With our Women in AI Mentorship program we are bringing together ambitious and curious women with experienced and inspiring mentors. This way mentors can share their valuable guidance, support, and feedback that helps mentees to learn and grow in field of AI. Are you ready to make a meaningful impact? Of are you eager to learn and thrive in this dynamic field? Register now.

Wave 5 will start in March 2025, Wave 6 will start in September 2025.

Register your interest

Mentors and mentees

Our mentorship program is divided into two groups: mentors (leadership) and mentees (early careers). This is your opportunity to become part of an empowering community that fosters continuous learning, where both mentors and mentees seek opportunities to expand their knowledge and skills.

1 - Early careers

WHO?

Women in the beginning of their career: graduates, young professionals, new joiners in Tech / AI industries. They need to have between 0-10 years of experience.

MAIN FOCUS

Developing soft skills and setting career and personal growth goals to move up in the field of AI.
Register as a mentee

2 - Leadership

WHO?

Women who just moved to the leadership positions or are already in management and leadership roles. They need to have between 10-15 years of experience.

MAIN FOCUS

Nurturing personal and professional goals and growth in AI / Tech field.
Register as a mentor

What does it take to become a mentor?

Helping mentees learn and grow in AI will take up only one hour a week of your time. Are you willing and able to spend more time on our program? Feel free to let us know. Read our blog to learn more about the benefits of being a mentor.

Mentor benefits blog

Some of the amazing mentors we had

Rimma Dzhusupova
McDermott
Gabriella Obispa
Hogeschool Rotterdam
Nolda Tipping-Griffioen
Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs
Laura Brandwacht
MIcompany
Cagla Sozen
Promaton B.V
Ebiere Orubide
NEP Group
Lisanne Smink
Van Lanschot Kempen
Oliviana Bailey
WAI NL | TNW
Beata Skuczyńska
Bework Manufacturing
Naiara Pupo
TheyDo
Lyudmila Todorovska
Heineken International
Dagmar van Ravenswaay Claasen
DvRCVentures
Rinu Michael
Tata consultancy services
Laura Ortiz
Onward Coaching
Sabiha Majumder
ABN AMRO
Previous
Next

The program

To ensure the best possible experience both for mentors and mentees we carefully curate the program. This means we select and match mentors and mentees using various criteria. To ensure a successful start, we onboard our participants and provide them with ongoing support (feedback sessions, online check-ins) throughout the program.

Learning and growing in AI

Wave 5 will start in March 2025

Registration for the fifth wave will be online soon. Our offline kick-off event will in-person. It will take place in Amsterdam, exact location will follow soon.

The process

What can you expect? Below the steps you will follow if you join our mentorship program.

Registering for our mentorship program is done with our online registration form. Attendance of the kick-off is mandatory for enrollment. Registration fees for mentees apply.

  • Register here to become a mentor.
  • Register here to become a mentee.

During the kick-off the onboarding for mentor and mentee groups will start. This will consist of express meet-ups and additional networking. The kickoff will take place in Amsterdam (exact location t.b.d.) on September 12th 2024.

We will arrange the matching of mentors and mentees based on various criteria. Final matching will take place on our platform. By September 19 everyone will have a match.

Start of the mentoring relationship.

There will be centrally organized and facilitated online calls, cross learning and feedback sharing and so-called WAI ‘learning bites’.

Celebration of the end of the program where there is an opportunity to learn, give feedback and network. The program will end on January 31st 2025.

Meet our mentorship program team

Anna Brueva​

Program lead

Yana Spotar

Mentorship Program Manager

Cagla Sozen

Mentorship Program Manager

Subscribe to our newsletter

Don't miss out on the Women in AI NL news and updates! Every month we will update you about what's new within the WAI community.
Click to subscribe