Today, over 120 young women students from ITI Marconi, IPSS Mangano, LSS Galilei and LAS Greco in Catania will compete in a programming marathon at the University of Catania’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science on Viale Andrea Dorian 6.
The National Coding Girls Tour, which began in Naples on November 6, is promoted by the by Fondazione Mondo Digitale and the United States Embassy in Italy in collaboration with Microsoft. A series of intensive training sessions will be held for the teams by American Coach Emily Thomforde, Code Educator and Science Technology Engineering Art and Mathematics (STEAM) Specialist, to interest young women in scientific subjects and fight the gender gap.
TODAY’S PROGRAMME
9.00 am | TEAMS ARRIVE
9.15 | WELCOME
- Giovani Gallo, Director, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Univesity of Catania
- Cecilia Stajano, School Innovation Coordinator, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
9.30 am | CHALLENGE RULES
- Emily Thomforde, Code Educator and Science Technology Engineering Art and Mathematics (STEAM) Specialist
Q&A with students
10.00 am | TEAM PROGRAMMING
Hackathon begins
3.30 pm | COMUNICATING THE IDEA: THE PROJECT IN 3 MINUTES
Teams work on project idea presentation
4.30 pm | TEAM PITCHES
Moderator: Cecilia Stajano, School Innovation Coordinator, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
5.30 pm | AWARDS PRESENTED TO WINNING TEAMS
Awards presented by:
- Filippo Stanco, Dean, Degree Programme in Computer Science, University of Catania
- Sebastiano Battiato, Coordinator, Computer Science PhD, University of Catania
- Carmen Russo, Fab Lab Catania
6.00 pm | CONCLUSIONS AND GOODBYES
Cecilia Stajano, School Innovation Coordinator, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
