Congratulations to all our 2020 nominees!

We are overwhelmed by the amount of nominations we received this year - over 800 nominations! It shows that even in the current pandemic it is so important for businesses to celebrate and recognise their employees – Computing’s Women in Tech Excellence Awards are more important than ever!

We are delighted to announce our 2020 nominees . If you have been nominated, you now need to complete your questionnaire for the categories you were nominated in. You should receive an email with all the information. If you have any queries, please email rubie.romanay@incisivemedia.com .

Submission deadline: Wednesday 29 July

>> View the 2020 nominees <<

Although we are facing huge challenges in our personal and professional lives as we cope with the impact of Covid-19, Computing is committed to continuing to champion greater diversity in the technology industry for the long term.

Our Women in Tech Excellence Awards (formerly Women in IT Excellence Awards) are important as they recognise top-performing women from across the technology space and provide inspiration for younger women looking to build a career in our industry.

The challenge of increasing diversity in IT is now firmly on the agenda in boardrooms across the UK, but it is far from a solved problem. Women are still under-represented across the industry, especially at higher echelons, and they're also likely to be paid less than their male counterparts for the same work.

The issue extends right through the career, starting in schools where education institutions report little to now growth in the numbers of females taking STEM subjects. More needs to be done to encourage the female IT leaders of tomorrow.

The Women in Tech Excellence Awards is designed to help move us as an industry towards a solution, by recognising and promoting the many talented females, and other success stories. There are places in IT for females, and this industry can lead to rewarding, fulfilling careers for everyone.

Now in its forth year, we have taken the decision to rename the awards to bring them closer to our hugely successful Women in Tech Festival , which last year brought hundreds of people together to discuss diversity, celebrate success and network with the best and brightest minds in the industry.

These awards have already celebrated the achievements of over 800 women, in front of over 1,700 people. And we don't just shout about this success at the awards themselves, we also publish videos , galleries and articles from the event on Computing , to ensure that hundreds of thousands of people can see for themselves the talent that's out there.