Events

Events

The Role Models events is a series of live conversations with inspiring women. These are conversations about life and career, lessons learned, and challenges tackled.

Hosted by Isa or David, we host an event in Berlin every month which also offer a great opportunity to network with peers.

Past Events

  • Edition 26 – Heidi Stopper

    May 30, 2018

    Role Models Mitgründer David Noël wird in Edition #26 ein Gespräch (auf Deutsch) mit Heidi Stopper führen. Heidi Stopper ist eine der gefragtesten Topmanagementcoaches, Unternehmensberaterin mit Schwerpunkt auf Organisationsentwicklung und Leadership und beigeisternde Keynotespeakerin.

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  • Edition 24 – Anne Will

    May 3, 2018

    Im Rahmen der Media Convention Berlin, wird Role Models Mitgründerin Isa Sonnenfeld in Edition #24 ein Gespräch mit Anne Will über ihren Werdegang, ihre Arbeit als Journalistin, Vorbilder, und Förderung von Vielfalt in unserer Gesellschaft führen.

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  • Edition 21 – Brigitte Zypries (in German)

    March 8, 2018

    In Edition #21, and in celebration of the International Women's Day 2018, Isa Sonnenfeld will host a conversation with our guest Brigitte Zypries, Germany's Federal Minister for the Economy and Energy.

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  • Edition 18 – Simone Menne (in German)

    November 9, 2017

    In Edition 18 of the Role Models event series, Isa will host a fireside chat with Simone Menne, CFO of pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, and former CFO if Lufthansa. This edition of Role Models will be in German language.

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  • Edition 17 – Ida Tin

    July 13, 2017

    In Edition Seventeen, David will host a conversation with Ida Tin. Ida is the CEO and co-founder of female health tracking app, Clue. Born in Copenhagen, Ida graduated from Denmark's prestigious creative business school, the KaosPilots. A lifelong entrepreneur, she previously led motorcycle tours around the world and published a book about her experience, "Direktøs" which became a Danish bestseller. She is recognized for coining the term "Femtech" to describe the sector of technology focused on improving women's health.

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  • Edition 16 – Nora-Vanessa Wohlert & Susann Hoffmann

    June 14, 2017

    In Edition Sixteen, Isa Sonnenfeld will host a conversation (in German!) with our guests Susann Hoffmann and Nora-Vanessa Wohlert. EDITION F is the digital home for strong women that offers inspirational content, job options, webinars as well as a strong online and offline network to build the career and life they want. Founded in 2014 by Susann and Nora, EDITION F now reaches 550.000 unique users each month.

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  • Edition 15 – Dunja Hayali

    May 9, 2017

    In Edition Fifteen of Role Models, Isa will host a conversation with Dunja Hayali. Dunja is a tv reporter, journalist, and book author.

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  • Edition 14 – Colette Ballou

    April 19, 2017

    Colette is the founder of Ballou PR, a European communications and strategy agency that works with high-growth technology and technology-enabled companies such as Facebook, Pinterest, Transferwise, Eventbrite and many more, as well as technology investors.

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  • Edition 13 – Obi Felten

    March 29, 2017

    In this far-reaching conversation, Isa and Obi will discuss her career path, important choices she's made along the way, and advice she'd share with her past self and the audience.

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  • Edition 12 – Miriam Meckel

    June 17, 2016

    Miriam is the Chief Editor of German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche and has a background in TV journalism (WDR, RTL, Vox) as well as in academia and in politics. Miriam is also a published non-fiction and business book author.

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  • Edition 11 – Sitar Teli

    May 19, 2016

    Sitar Teli is a founder and managing partner of Connect Ventures, a venture firm she started in 2012 with her two partners, Pietro Bezza and Bill Earner. Since its founding, Connect has invested in 26 companies across Europe, including Citymapper, Typeform, Space Ape Games, Boiler Room and Marvel Prototyping.

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  • Edition 10 – Katharina Borchert

    April 25, 2016

    In this far-reaching conversation, Isa and Katharina will discuss her career path, important choices she's made along the way, and advice she'd share with her past self and the audience.

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  • Edition 9 – Alison Moore

    April 7, 2016

    Alison recently joined SoundCloud as its first Chief Revenue Officer and is responsible for all revenue-generating and global marketing initiatives. Alison is an innovative and strategic leader with a proven track record of building consumer businesses that drive new revenue growth across multiple platforms.

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  • Edition 8 – Joana Breidenbach

    February 29, 2016

    Joana is the founder of betterplace.org, Germany’s largest crowdfunding platform for social projects, and the betterplace lab, a think- and do-tank focused on digital-social innovation. She holds a PhD in cultural anthropology and is author of numerous articles and books on cultural consequences of globalisation.

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  • Edition 6 – Cynthia Barcomi

    September 23, 2015

    Cynthia is the founder of two beloved Berlin institutions – Barcomi's Café & Coffee Roastersand Barcomi's Deli. Born in Seattle, Washington, she received her diploma with distinction in philosophy and theater studies from Columbia University in New York City.

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  • Edition 3 – Joanne Wilson

    June 17, 2015

    Our guest for Edition Three will be Joanne Wilson. Joanne is an angel investor, blogger, co-founder of the Women’s Entrepreneur Festival, and mom of 3. She lives in New York City. Interviewing Joanne will be David Noël, Head of Internal Communications at SoundCloud.

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  • Edition 1 – Stacia Carr

    April 29, 2015

    The first event will be a fireside chat between Isa Sonnenfeld and Stacia Carr. Stacia is a musician, technology executive, startup co-founder and currently works SoundCloud as Director of Engineering in Berlin. Isa is Twitter Germany's first employee and Head of News, Government & Politics.

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