Every year, the AI4Her Awards spotlight women from across Benelux who are shaping AI with purpose — building solutions that advance sustainability, health, innovation, education, and inclusion. This year’s Top 5 represent the next wave of AI leadership: bold, human-centered, and driven by impact.

Below is a snapshot of the inspiring women shortlisted in each category.

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🌍 AI4Her Earth Award

Honouring women using AI for sustainability, climate resilience, and biodiversity protection.

Top 5 Nominees:

• Dr. Rimma Dzhusupova – Global AI Solutions Lead at McDermott. With 14+ years of experience in responsible AI and engineering, she applies AI to make heavy industries greener, including green hydrogen and error detection in offshore production.
• Anna Brueva – CEO & Founder, ChemReclaim. Her startup builds AI-enabled nanotechnology that reduces the use of rare metals by up to 40x — unlocking circular, sustainable engineering for aerospace and energy.
• María Isabel García – Senior Consultant at Deloitte. She develops AI-driven ESG risk models and renewable energy portfolio tools, bridging financial AI with sustainability and regulation.
• Christina Wunder – AI for Societal Impact at Google. A strategist and community builder using AI to address sustainability challenges through technology, education, and policy.
• Inge van den Ende – Tech Lead at Dexter Energy. Her probabilistic forecasting models reduce over 30,000 tons of CO₂, powering renewable energy transitions across Europe.

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🚀 AI4Her Future Award

Celebrating the next generation of rising women shaping AI across Benelux.

Top 5 Nominees:

• Julie van Loef – Microsoft’s Security Go-To-Market Lead and founder of the Women in Cybersecurity program. She ensures AI security is both ethical and inclusive.
• Anouk Dutrée – AI Solution Architect at HPE and co-host of De Dataloog, one of the most influential Dutch AI podcasts. She bridges AI deployment with sovereignty and accessibility.
• Liana Hakobyan – Marketing Strategy Lead at Iris.ai. Through her platform The AI Habit, she makes AI adoption more human and practical for professionals across Benelux.
• Jacqueline van Arkel – Conversational AI Engineer at Essent. She builds AI-powered voice and chat systems while nurturing knowledge-sharing communities in NLP and responsible AI.
• Maartje Vennema – Educator, speaker, and founder of Femmely. She trains hundreds in safe AI adoption and helps women build visible careers in tech and data.

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🧬 AI4Her Health Award

Recognising women using AI to make healthcare smarter, safer, and more human.

Top 5 Nominees:

• Prof. Marlies Schijven – A global pioneer in digital surgery and the first CMIO for the Dutch Ministry of Health. Her AI-driven “Black Box” systems are transforming operating rooms across Europe.
• Francesca Manni – Clinical Scientist at Philips and TU/e researcher. She builds explainable AI tools that translate directly into safer and more precise surgical interventions.
• Elisa Canzani – Data Science & AI Director at Philips Health Tech. With experience across six countries, she leads precision medicine and AI-enabled diagnostics with empathy-driven leadership.
• Jacqueline Kazmaier – Co-Founder & CEO at Autoscriber. Her startup uses AI-powered digital scribes to give doctors their time back — making healthcare more human and efficient.
• Clarisa Sánchez Gutiérrez – Full Professor of AI & Health at UvA & Amsterdam UMC. Her AI models are deployed across 45+ countries, bringing healthcare access to underserved communities.

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🌟 AI4Her Legacy Award

Celebrating pioneers whose work is transforming AI across generations.

Top 5 Nominees:

• Fiona Passantino – Speaker, trainer, and author building AI literacy for non-technical professionals through Working Humans.
• Marzieh Fadaee – Head of Cohere Labs. A global expert in multilingual AI, she is redefining how language models serve diverse communities.
• Christina Caljé – CEO & Founder of TINTT. Investor, ecosystem builder, and advocate for responsible tech across energy, health, and policy.
• Lizzy Prins – Founder of High Potential Factory and author of Van Homo Sapiens naar Robo Sapiens. She champions human-centered AI leadership.
• Marta Strykowska – Founder of Ladies Build With AI. She’s creating one of the first grassroots AI education movements for women in Benelux.

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💡 Why This Matters

When AI is shaped by diverse minds, it becomes more innovative, more ethical, and more human. These nominees show that technology isn’t just about models and metrics — it’s about people, purpose, and possibility.

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