From Potential to Leadership
An evening of bold conversations, powerful leadership stories, and meaningful connection with professional Iranian women in Canada navigating leadership and growth across AI, technology, healthcare, research, venture, innovation, and beyond.
Hosted by Kajé at Georgian's office, this gathering brings together ambitious Iranian women across different stages of their professional journeys to explore what leadership truly looks like - through the realities of identity, ambition, resilience, growth, and breaking barriers.
The evening begins with keynote reflections from Annahid Dashtgard on redefining leadership and navigating professional spaces as women from underrepresented communities. Through a dynamic multi-industry panel discussion, we’ll then dive into the real journeys behind careers across AI, research, tech, and innovation.
Together, we’ll explore:
Navigating leadership across tech, venture, research, and innovation ecosystems
Breaking barriers as immigrant and underrepresented women
Career pivots, defining moments, and lessons learned
Building confidence, visibility, influence, and long-term impact
This evening is designed to be both inspiring and deeply energizing - as always, creating space for authentic connection, meaningful conversations, and a stronger sense of belonging among women shaping the future across STEM and beyond.
Featured Speakers & Panelists
Annahid Dashtgard - Anima Leadership
Author, CEO, Speaker, and BIPOC Leadership Expert
Azin Asgarian - Georgian
AI Technical Lead driving applied AI initiatives and machine learning innovation
Dr. Sima Salahshor - University of Toronto | UHN | Shiruy
Adjunct Professor and Principal Advisor bridging science and commercialization in health innovation
Bahareh Atoufi - IBM
Senior Technical Sales Manager, Data & AI, leading enterprise AI and data transformation initiatives
While this event is open to all Iranian women, with professional lives and responsibilities, the capacity is limited and as always, Kajé members will be given priority as part of our commitment to their ongoing journey and care.
Looking forward to seeing you in this reflective and empowering session!
ABOUT KAJÉ
Kajé is a curated community of ambitious Iranian professional women in Canada, creating intentional spaces for connection, leadership, and growth. Our members bring strong academic, technical, and professional backgrounds, with deep representation across STEM, healthcare, research, innovation, and entrepreneurship.