The Coding Girls Educational Tour, which will be held on November 5-22 and will involve 10,000 young women in 14 Italian cities, is in Cagliari. The programme, promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and the United States Embassy in Italy in collaboration with Microsoft Italy, aims to promote gender equality in science and technology.
After the intensive training sessions held in schools in the city and its province (ITE Martini, LCS Siotto Pintor, LSS Pacinotti, IIS Asproni Fermi di Iglesias), today, 100 students, guided by American super coach Anthonette Peña, National Board Certified Teacher and STEM Teacher Lead, will participate in a un hackathon at the Faculty of Economics, Law and Political Science at the University of Cagliari.
Girls Programming the Future
#Codingirls National Tour
Cagliari, November 13, 2019 – 10:00 am – 6:30 pm
University of Cagliari
Faculty of Economics, Law and Political Science – Lecture Hall A
AGENDA
10.00 | WELCOME ADDRESS
- Maria Del Zompo, Rector, University of Cagliari
- Cecilia Stajano, Project Coordinator and School Innovation Coordinator, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
10.10 | INAUGURAL ADDRESS
- Tiziana Candiloro, Cultural Programme Coordinator, U.S. Embassy Rome
- Alice Soru, Co-founder and CEO, Open Campus Tiscali
10.20 EXPERIENTIAL TALK
- Anthonette Peña, National Board Certified Teacher and STEM Teacher Lead
10.30 | HACKATHON
5.00 | TEAM PITCHES
6.30 | AWARDS CEREMONY AND CONCLUSIONS
- Paolo Truzzu, Mayor of Cagliari
- Christian Rossi, Deputy Director, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Cagliari
- Gianni Fenu, Rector’s Delegate for Computer Science, Information Systems and ICT, University of Cagliari
We would like to thank the University of Cagliari for its collaboration
PRESS KIT
- Press Note
- Declarations
- Conference Programme
- Project Profile
- Coding Girls Hubs and Universities
- Coding Girls Association
- Stories
- Data on the Gender Gap
- Info-graphic
Tour Photo Gallery
