Artificial intelligence & design thinking at the service of the territory
The Coding Girls tour stops in Cagliari. This programme is designed to help students freely orient themselves in their studies and in the professions of the future, training in STEAM disciplines.
The event is at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Cagliari with the hackathon ‘Rethink. Artificial intelligence & design thinking at the service of the territory’. Around 100 students from secondary schools in Sardinia (Brotzu, Ciusa, Giuia, Paglietti) are involved in a creative challenge: to design activities and services that can generate value for the community, using artificial intelligence as a strategic ally.
The hackathon is the final stage of a nine-hour training course organised as part of Ital.IA Lab, a project by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and Microsoft Italia created to spread the opportunities offered by generative artificial intelligence and provide the skills needed to use it in a sustainable and inclusive way, with a special focus on women and Southern Italy. The programme, implemented in Campania and Sardinia, involved over 600 students, 19 schools and 15 young tutors including master's degree students, doctoral candidates and PhD students from the University of Salerno and Cagliari.
In addition to training and competition, the project offers opportunities for discussion with role models, creating an important occasion for orientation and inspiration for the participants, with the aim of promoting more equal access to STEM careers.
AGENDA
9.30 | WELCOME TO THE SCHOOLS
Aula Turing, central building, Faculty of Humanities, Via Is Mirrionis, 1, Cagliari
9.45 | WELCOME
Moderator Maria Cristina Carrisi, associate professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Cagliari
- Gianni Fenu, vice-rector and ICT delegate, University of Cagliari
- Debora Cavallo, project officer, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
- Riccardo Scateni, director of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Cagliari
10.00 | LAUNCH OF THE CHALLENGE
By the tutors of the University of Cagliari
10.15 | HACKATHON
12.45 | LUNCH BREAK
13.30 | PREPARATION OF PRESENTATIONS AND SELECTION OF FINALIST TEAMS
14.30 | PITCHES BY THE EIGHT FINALIST TEAMS
15.45 | AWARDS CEREMONY
Presentation of plaques to the winning teams
