The Coding Girls Educational Tour is in Pisa. 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. The sixth edition will be held on November 5-22 and will involve 10,000 young women in 14 Italian cities.
After the intensive training sessions held in schools in the city and province (IIS Galileo Galilei - Livorno, Liceo G. Carducci - Pisa, LS Buonarroti - Pisa, ITIS Marconi - Pontedera), 120 students, guided by Anthonette Peña, National Board Certified Teacher and STEM Teacher Lead, will participated in a hackathon challenge at the University of Pisa.
Girls Programming the Future
#Codingirls National Tour
Pisa, November 11, 2019 – 10:00 am – 6:30 pm
University of Pisa, Polo Fibonacci - ex Marzotto
AGENDA
10.00 | WELCOME ADDRESS
- Mirta Michilli, Director General, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
- Chiara Bodei, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and President of the University Museum System, University of Pisa
10.10 | INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Microsoft Representative
10.20 | EXPERENTIAL TALK
- Anthonette Peña, National Board Certified Teacher and STEM Teacher Lead
10.30 | HACKATHON
17.00 | PITCHES
18.30 | AWARDS AND CONCLUSION
- Raffaella Bonsangue, Deputy Mayor, City of Pisa (tbc)
We would like to thank the University of Pisa for its collaboration.
