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ICT 2015 - Lissabon - Digital Agenda for Europe

On 21th Octobre I went to Lissabon where I was invited by de European Community to speak at ICT2015 conference. It was the first time I was in Lissabon. I spoke about my experience as European Digital Girl and participated to a speed mentoring for girls also talking about the importance about more technology in education. My trip was possible with the help of Coderdojo Belgium - Thank you for this opportunity.  

Speaker at Lady Pitch Night - Paris (Girls in Tech Paris)

On the 7th of october I was invited to speak to Paris at the Lady Pitch Night. I was very glad I could speak at this event of Girl in Tech (GIT Paris). I saw a lot of new amazing startups. Thank you Roxanne Varza  & GIT Paris for the invitation to this great event.

Invitation to SAP London - Early Talent & Diversity program

Visit to SAP UK @adaawards - ‪#‎ experience‬ SAP tour, big data F1 simulation, interactive Design Studio, Virtual Studio and visit to London.

Visit to Hilde Crevits - minister of education

Visit to the cabinet of Hilde Crevits to express my thoughts about tech in schools. It was great talking to her. To be continued ....

MegaDojo - 1000 kids learn to code

Today I participated to the first MegaDojo where more than 1.000 kids learned to code. It was an amazing experience - there also was a techshow and a tech hangout. You can watch the video on you tube.

Opening ceremony for the 2015 launch of the European Ada Awards

Tonight I went to the opening ceremony for the 2015 European Ada Awards. This was part of the Girls in ICT Day. I talked about my experience as European Digital Girl 2014 thelast 6 months and how I feel about it. You can participate to the Awards in the following categories: 2015 European Digital Woman of the Year 2015 European  Digital Girl of the Year 2015 European  Digital Impact Organisation of the Year

Opening Digital Innovation Center for Girls and Women

On 9 March in Brussels, the Digital Leadership Institute and 150 of its closest friends and supporters celebrated International Women’s Day with the grand opening of  DLI ‘s  Digital Innovation Centre for Girls & Women, a first of its kind in Europe!  This very special occasion was marked with fun, hands-on digital activities for all ages ,  a high-level roundtable with Brussels, Belgian and European stakeholders, and a reception for all in attendance. See and read more in the website of the Digital Leadership Institute. http://www.dlii.org/2015/03/19/dli-grand-opening/

International Women Day 2015 - speech at the european Parlement

It was a unique experience to speech today at the European Parlement about Empowering women through Education. It was very excited that I could do this testimonial. You can have a look at the summary video on the link below of the European Parlement. http://audiovisual.europarl.europa.eu/Assetdetail.aspx?id=3dabb2cc-0601-4d48-8f44-a452009cdf50

Girls in STEM - TedXGhentSalon

Today I was invited to speach at TedXGhentSalon to talk about girls in STEM. I talked about how I got interested in Technology and STEM. I was very impressed that I was invited to speach. I was nervous before the start but afterwards very happy that I had done it.     http://www.tedxghent.be/events/tedxghentsalon-women-stem-feb-12th-2014/#speakers