Catania is the last stop for the Coding Girls Educational Tour, the programme promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and the United States Diplomatic Mission to Italy in collaboration with Microsoft to fight gender stereotypes in the scientific and technological fields. After intensive training sessions in the city and province, (Galilei, Marconi, Mangano, Principe Umberto, Archimede), today a hackathon will be held at the University of Catania. The hackathon will be coordinated by American Supercoach Emily Thomforde, Code Educator and Science Technology Engineering Art and Mathematics (STEAM) Specialist.
CODING GIRLS IN CATANIA
Hackathon
Catania, November 20, 2018 – 9:00 am
University of Catania – Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Viale Andrea Doria, 6
AGENDA
9.00 am | ARRIVAL
9.30 am | WELCOME ADDRESS
- Giovanni Gallo, Director, Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of Catania
- Maria Eloisa Castagna, Technology Development Staff Engineer, Member of Technical Staff, STMicroelectronics
- Cecilia Stajano, School Innovation Coordinator, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
10.00 am | CHALLENGE RULES
- Emily Thomforde, Code Educator and Science Technology Engineering Art and Mathematics (STEAM) Specialist
Q&A with students
10.15 am | PROGRAMMING IN TEAMS
3.30 pm | COMMUNICATING THE IDEA: PRESENTING THE PROJECT IN THREE MINUTES
The teams work on the project presentation
4.30 pm | TEAM PITCHES
Moderator: Cecilia Stajano, School Innovation Coordinator, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
5.45 pm | AWARDS CEREMONY
- Daniela Averna, Regional President, ADI
- Filippo Stanco, President, Computer Science Programme, University of Catania
PRESS KIT
- Agenda
- Project Profile
- The Association
- Data
- Stories
- University
- Statements
- Photo Gallery (press conference)
- Photo Gallery (tour)
- Blog
