Events 2017

Small exhibition about Ada Lovelace in Espacio Fundación Telefónica Madrid.

Suw Charman-Anderson talks about why she set up Ada Lovelace Day and some of the other women who have made outstanding contributions to computer science. With time for questions from the audience at the end. 6:30-8pm - Doors open at 6pm Suw Charman-Anderson is the founder of Ada Lovelace Day, an international celebration of the achievements of […]

We are intending to celebrate Ada Lovelace day with an artistic installation of an image of Ada made from balloons held in a grid. This coloured image is a simplistic use of the painting technique pointillism used by Georges Seurat and Pal Signac. It also reflects the activities of many computer technicians in the 60-70s […]

The Gloucestershire STEM Network invite you to join them for an online event to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, and explore the creative and accessible world of coding.  We will be setting a number of coding challenges for all abilities, which aim to demystify coding for parents, provide an introduction to the subject for children of […]

L’Università di Cassino e del Lazio meridionale partecipa il 10 ottobre 2017 alla giornata mondiale in onore di Ada Lovelace, considerata la prima programmatrice della storia del computer, una giornata che ha come obiettivo ridurre la disparità di genere e il digital divide. Il 10 ottobre sarà l’occasione per valorizzare le eccellenze femminili dell’Ateneo di […]

Following on from the success last year, on the morning of the 10th October 2017 we will be inviting school children in from local schools to give them the opportunity to see what we do here at Siemens Rail Automation Chippenham. This will include manufacturing tours, demos of products being developed in R&D, information on […]

The School of Engineering of the University of Valencia (ETSE-UV) organizes Ada Lovelace Day celebration in 2017 Ada Lovelace Day at the ETSE-UV was held on 10th October with the participation of students, faculty, staff and engineers invited to a talk-colloquium. During the morning we had a playful activity consisting in the creation of a […]

Have you ever wondered why the information in Wikipedia is extensive for some topics and scarce for others? Did you know that, as of July 2017, approximately only 17.03% of the biographies on Wikipedia relate to notable women? On Tuesday 10th October 2017, the University's Information Services team are running an edit-a-thon to celebrate Ada […]

Celebrating Ada Lovelace: The Byronic Woman "Ada Lovelace did more than write the first computer program. She was the first to realise that a general purpose computer could do anything, given the right data and instructions." Help us tell Ada's story by creating an interactive Ada chatbot.

Clark Magnet High School in La Crescenta, California, will be hosting its third annual Ada Lovelace Day event. We will have two distinguished speakers address the students followed by a question and answer session.

Martedì 10 ottobre 2017 dalle 14:30 alle 16:30, nella scuola secondaria di primo grado in via Is Pardinas a Quartu Sant'Elena, si svolge l'evento "Giornata di Ada Lovelace". L'iniziativa è realizzata da Codice Rosa e dal CoderDojo Quartu e si tiene nell'ambito della Giornata Internazionale di Ada Lovelace e della Europe Code Week, la Settimana del Coding Europea. L'attività è gratuita […]

This year, we’re celebrating Ada Lovelace Day to honour the pioneering women in technology and the public sector. Full details are TBC, but will involve a panel discussion with Q&As, followed by a fun quiz in our offices in Hoxton Square. Book your free ticket now

Join us for Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of celebration of the achievements of women in STEM. To celebrate the day and our namesake we are showcasing the talent of our students at a reception for stakeholders from industry, government and the skills sector. Before the reception we are holding a speed networking session […]

This year, October 10th is a special day at Intelliware. This day is aimed at celebrating and educating girls and women about careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and STEM-related fields.  Not only will we be hosting our sixth annual Ada Lovelace Day Celebration, we will also be hosting a Meetup for Toronto’s […]

Celebrating the North East's Leading Ladies in STEAM on Ada Lovelace Day. Panel of Leading Ladies from across STEAM fields giving insights into their career journey, challenges and experiences.

O projeto Emíli@s da UTFPR Curitiba comemora mais um ano de Ada Lovelace! Teremos oficina, palestras e entre outras atividades. Venha comemorar com as Emíli@s! Logo logo, postaremos nosso cronograma, mas lá vai algumas informações sobre o evento: Data: 10 de outubro de 2017 Local: Miniauditório da UTFPR Curitiba-Centro Endereço: Av. Sete de Setembro, 3165 Observações: Você […]

Please join NZ Tech Women on Ada Lovelace Day 10th October 2017, as they host a very special screening of CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap described by Film Journal critic Doris Toumarkine as "Polished, entertaining and informative, ‘CODE’ is mainly a trove of impressive women and articulate voices addressing an important issue". Ada Lovelace Day […]

Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology engineering and maths. The Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA) is taking this opportunity to present the commendable work of two of our own, Dr Angela Rademeyer and Dr Sheetal Silal. INFECTIOUS DISEASES: HOW CAN MATHEMATICAL MODELLING CONTRIBUTE?  Dr Sheetal Silal […]

To mark Ada Lovelace Day 2017, Gunnersbury Park Museum is pleased to present two talks discussing her life, work and family connections to Ealing, namely her mother – renowned education reformist Lady Byron. ‘Lady Byron & Ealing’ – Dr. Jonathan Oates; Ealing Borough Archivist and Local History Librarian ‘Ada Lovelace: Bride of Science’ – Miranda Seymour; novelist, biographer […]

The Dev Picnic is a technical meet-up for the developer community, giving a platform to some of the most brilliant and inspiring tech talent to show off their skills, knowledge, and projects. Each event will have a number of short talks from our speakers, a game or quiz during the break, and drinks and picnic […]

Ada Lovelace Day Live! is a ‘science cabaret’ event, celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. Playing host to the UK’s most fabulous women in STEM, ALD Live! is an entertaining evening of geekery suitable for everyone over the age of 12. Our speakers this year are: Dr Praminda Caleb-Solly, Associate […]

A roundtable about Ada Lovelace hosted by the journalist and writer Marta Fernández in Espacio Fundación Telefónica Madrid. Adela Muñoz Páez (researcher), Bolli (YouTube star) and Zoe Philpott (artist) will be our guests.

Found Stages is celebrating Ada Lovelace Day, and we want you to join us! There will be free food, open bar, and live music at a lovely, backyard venue in Kirkwood, Atlanta. Let's be real, who doesn't want to eat and drink outside under twinkling lights in early October? Is there a better way to […]

Lesbian-Feminist University will be celebrating Ada Lovelace Day 2017 with workshop in web technologies. We will be building web design and development skills and prepare for certification at Lezba.si. More information at https://www.lezfemuniverza.org/dan-ade-lovelace-2017/

The University of Southampton Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WiSET) group are unveiling a mosaic made up of hundreds of selfies of women from across the university. The aim of the mosaic is to increase the visual representation of women within the university whilst celebrating their achievements. The mosaic is located at the Southampton […]

A meeting of like-minded individuals applying their STEM talents to the art of baking and crafts. Bring science themed cupcakes and mathematical meringues to share, and spend an hour knitting a numbat, painting a peptostreptococcus, quilting a quaternary arch, or borrow a crochet hook and start your own amigurumi STEM role model library or coral reef. Alternatively, just […]

For the first time we organise the Ada Lovelace Day in the Institute of Biosystem Engineering, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland. Our teachers/scientists, our alumnus and our guests will tell us about their experiences working in STEM.  

Our Ada Lovelace Day evening event. Ada Lovelace wrote the world’s first complex algorithm in 1843 and was then written out of history. This performance tells her story using an LED dress which she operates – live on stage – using her wearable tech satin glove. Ada.Ada.Ada exists to help people, especially girls and women, engage with technology and […]

Come and join puppet Ada Lovelace, a Victorian visionary and the first computer programmer as she explores the history of computing and modern technology. Say hello to her side kick Robo Rob and join them in various games and activities. part of the international Ada Lovelace Day, a celebration of women in the sciences. Tickets […]

HIDDEN FIGURES is the hitherto untold tale that reorients our view of the space race of the 1960s by telling the stories of 3 brilliant African-American mathematicians at NASA (Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson) who serve as the brains behind a stunning achievement that galvanised the world but who were then written out of history. This is the incredible […]

Þriðjudaginn 17. október kl.18-21 Fab lab Ísafjörður býður stelpur og konur sérstaklega velkomnar í smiðjuna þar sem við munum heyra hver Ada Lovelace var, spjalla við konur á svæðinu sem eru rannsakandi og skapandi og boðið verður upp á smiðjur t.d. þrívíddarprentun. Ada Lovelace alþjóðlegur dagur sem fagnar afrekum kvenna í vísindum, tækni, verkfræði og […]

Jean Bacon was the first woman to be appointed to a Lectureship in the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge in 1985. She is now Professor Emerita of Distributed Systems at the Computer Laboratory where she co-headed the Opera Research Group from its founding in the 1990s. Don't miss this chance to hear Jean […]

Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration day for the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). It aims to increase the profile of women in these areas, and, in doing so, create new role models who will encourage more girls into STEM careers and support women already working in STEM. Every […]

A talk by Elly Zupko — equity, diversity & inclusivity activist and communications expert Monday October 23rd 12:30pm-1:30pm Senate Chamber, N940 Ross Building Keele Campus In 2014, people across the world saw a lead scientist from the European Space Agency appear on international television to talk about the Philae lander mission wearing a garment covered […]

Finding Ways to Honour the Trailblazing Women of the Past & Future. In 2014, people across the world saw a lead scientist from the European Space Agency appear on international television to talk about the Philae lander mission wearing a garment covered in scantily-clad women. It became known as “that shirt.” Elly responded by designing […]

Ada Lovelace is widely celebrated as "the first programmer”, the “enchantress of numbers” whose unique “poetical science” enabled her to make startling predictions about modern computing in a famous 1843 paper about Charles Babbage’s proposed analytical engine. In this talk, Professor Ursula Martin (CBE FRSE, University of Oxford) will separate fact from myth, talk about what […]