Nchotu Linda Nghang is an emerging cybersecurity professional based in Athens, Greece, currently completing the Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate. With six years of experience in hospitality and caregiving, she brings a strong foundation in communication, problem solving, and organization to her growing expertise in network security, information security, and incident response. Passionate about digital safety and resilience, Linda is transitioning into cybersecurity to contribute to secure and inclusive technological environments.
Nchotu Linda Nghang is an emerging cybersecurity professional based in Athens, Greece, currently completing the Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate. With six years of experience in hospitality and caregiving, she brings a strong foundation in communication, problem solving, and organization to her growing expertise in network security, information security, and incident response. Passionate about digital safety and resilience, Linda is transitioning into cybersecurity to contribute to secure and inclusive technological environments.
This interactive simulation workshop invites OpenConf participants to step into the everyday realities of women – particularly refugee women – as they navigate entering the Greek tech ecosystem. Powered by Sistech – a European non-profit advancing gender equity and refugee rights in technology – through this 60′ experience with guided role-play and real-world scenarios, attendees will experience the subtle and structural biases faced by women rebuilding their lives and careers in technology.
Τhe session combines experiential learning, reflection, and group discussion to reveal how unconscious assumptions shape hiring, team dynamics, and leadership pathways.
Participants will leave with actionable strategies to foster inclusion, making this session valuable for engineers, HR professionals, founders, students and anyone building products or teams.
Do you enjoy role-playing games? Curious to explore how inequality works in unexpected ways?
Join a 60-minute workshop by the non-profit Sistech. You’ll step into the shoes of characters as they navigate Greece’s tech ecosystem, and face a unique mix of challenges and opportunities as if they were your own.
Guided by Spyridoula Spyridon, Sistech Programmes and Community Manager, and Cybersecurity Analyst Linda Nghang, the workshop invites you to experience bias, opportunity, and inclusion from a new perspective. Through gameplay, reflection, and discussion, you’ll uncover how everyday dynamics shape access to work, leadership, and belonging in tech.
Come ready to have fun, reflect, and see equity through a new lens.
How bias pops up in everyday life, from conversations and collaborations to hiring and leadership.
A grounded understanding of the barriers refugee and migrant women face when entering tech.
Practical ways to build fairer, more inclusive environments where talent can thrive.
Engineers, HR professionals, founders and anyone involved in tech
Curiosity and willingness to engage; no prior technical knowledge required.
Welcome, Introduction & Rules (10 min) - Question Time (Role-Play Session) (20 min) - Reflection & Group Discussion (10 min) - Key Takeaways (5 min) - Sistech Brief (5 min)
A discussion of building global success and how artificial intelligence is transforming the world.
