Ada Lovelace Day Live! 2018
This year’s Ada Lovelace Day Live!, our annual ‘science cabaret’ in celebration of women in STEM, will be held at The IET on the evening of Tuesday 9 October. Playing host to the UK’s most fabulous women in STEM, ALD Live is an entertaining evening of geekery, comedy and music suitable for everyone over the age of 12. Our featured speakers this year are:
Prof Sunetra Gupta, epidemiologist- Chanuki Seresinhe, computer scientist (right)
- Dr Susie Maidment, palaeontologist
- Dr Hilary Costello, engineer
- Prof Emma McCoy, mathematician
- Dr Diva Amon, marine scientist
- Natasha Simons, science demo builder
- Helen Arney, compère
Find out more about our speakers and book tickets on our ALD Live! event page. And if you’d like a taster, our videos from 2017 are available on YouTube, where you can also take a look at talks from 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013!
Worldwide events
Every year, people around the world organise their own events. You can find out if there’s anything on near you via our Worldwide Events page, and if you’re organising your own event, please create an account and add your event to our map. After the event, you can also upload an video, photos, or other event materials to our Figshare media hub.
If you want a bit of help organising your event, download our handy organisers’ pack for inspiration, advice and resources. The pack is now available in four languages:
- Organising an ALD event (English)
- Organizar un evento ALD (Español)
- Trefnwch digwyddiad Diwrnod Ada Lovelace (Cymraeg)
- ALD tapahtuman järjestäminen (Suomi)
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