Feminization of Digital: Leasétic at the 4th Regional Forum in Montpellier
May 28, 2026
We were in Montpellier for the 4th Regional Forum on the Feminization of Digital Professions and Sectors, hosted by the City and Metropolis of Montpellier at the City Hall. An event organized by La Mêlée and La Mêlée Montpellier, which annually brings together digital stakeholders, businesses, institutions, and associations around an issue too often relegated to the background: the place of women in tech.
Delphine Specht Rousseau spoke at two roundtables:
She shared her journey with a frankness that left a strong impression. From founding her first company at 20, her beginnings in IT sales on AS400s, the prejudices she faced as a woman in a male-dominated sector — all the way to co-founding Leasétic. A path that was far from smooth, but one that speaks volumes about what determination and experience can build.
This kind of real-world testimony is invaluable. Not to impress, but to show younger generations — and older ones too — that such paths exist, that they are possible, and that they deserve to be told.
Diversity in the digital sector is not a communication topic. It's a structural issue. Women remain underrepresented today in tech professions, in leadership positions, in decision-making spheres — and the reasons are numerous: educational guidance, cultural representations, and work environments that are not always welcoming.
The Feminization Forum is a space where these topics are addressed seriously, with committed stakeholders, concrete testimonies, and actionable strategies. We return energized — and with the renewed conviction that every company has a role to play, at its own level.
Thanks to La Mêlée and La Mêlée Montpellier for creating this essential space for exchange.
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