WiDS & Aerospike Annual Pizza Night
Let’s be honest - you’ve seen enough tech slides at meetups this year.
What really matters, what actually moves careers forward, keeps us going, sparks change is the NETWORK.
The women you meet. The conversations you have. The moment you realize someone else faced the same choice, fear, jump, or burnout - and made it through.
That’s why WiDS Israel 2025 is built around the one thing that matters most: each other.
Leave with new energy, ideas, and a few names you’ll want to message tomorrow.
Meetup itinerary
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17:30 -18:00 | Registration & Gathering Check-in, light refreshments, and networking.
18:00 - 18:05 | Opening Talk
Oshrat Ben-Avi Zabludovitz, Israel Country Manager, Aerospike
18:05 - 18:20 | Speed, Low Maintenance and Lower Costs: Having It All
Eden Rosenthal, R&D Team Leader, IntentIQ
18:20 - 18:40 | Start by saying YES - Personal Branding
Gabriela Shpigelman, Head of Brand, Deloitte
18:40 - 20:00| Round Tables - Forget small talk. This is where we go deep.
We’re mixing it up! senior leaders, sharp juniors, and everyone in between - at small tables where titles don’t matter and stories do.
Talk about the stuff we all think about but rarely say out loud:
What happens when the drive fades?
Can I grow without becoming a manager?
Am I still relevant as AI keeps shifting the ground?
When did you really feel like you belong in this field?
What’s the decision you made that changed everything?
Each table is led by a woman from the community, these round tables are your chance to drop the mask, say the thing, and hear what others are really going through. To really get to know each other. No pitching. No ego. Just shared truth in a smart, curious, mixed crowd.
Talks Abstract
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Speed, Low Maintenance and Lower Costs: Having It All
Eden Rosenthal, R&D Team Leader, IntentIQ
In ad tech, where models operate at massive scale and decisions happen in milliseconds, engineering for billions of events a day is more than a performance challenge. It is a data challenge. Teams must ensure consistent low-latency access, predictable scaling, simplified operations, and tight cost control.
Eden will walk through the real-world bottlenecks IntentIQ faced when managing high-volume data pipelines and feature access under strict latency requirements. She will share how migrating to Aerospike helped the team reduce operational overhead, stabilize performance at scale, and support new data-driven capabilities with minimal engineering effort.
This session is especially relevant for anyone building real-time data systems, streaming architectures, or machine learning pipelines that must scale reliably without spiraling infrastructure costs.
18:20 - 18:40 | Start by saying YES - Personal Branding
Gabriela Shpigelman, Head of Brand, Deloitte
In a world where our LinkedIn feed often reaches far beyond the boundaries of our own industry, we now have an unprecedented opportunity - and responsibility - to shape how we are seen.
Today, when the talent market is saturated and roles attract countless qualified candidates, developing a strong personal brand is no longer a “nice to have,” but a key differentiator. With the rise of AI, building that brand has become more accessible than ever, allowing each of us to amplify our voice and presence with intention.
In this talk, we’ll explore how to cultivate a memorable, approachable, and authentic personal brand that stands out both online and in real-life interactions. Beyond viral posts, we will focus on creating a recognizable professional personality - one that opens doors, builds meaningful connections, and stays with people long after the conversation ends.
Don’t miss it!