October 18, 2012
ada lovelace day in italy
Milan: Girl Geek Dinners Milano Celebrates Ada Lovelace
Girl Geek Dinners Milano wants to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day 2012 with old and new friends! We will meet at the Hoepli International Bookstore in Milan where four wonderful women who built their career in some of the most important IT companies and in Academy will tell us more about themselves. The invitation is open to anyone who is interested in technology, computer science, mathematics, engineering. And after the presentation, we shall have a Milanese aperitivo!
Tickets: Free
Date: 19 Oct 12
Time: 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Venue: Hoepli International Bookstore, Via Ulrico Hoepli 5, 20121 Milan, Italy
Turin: Museo Piemontese dell’Informatica celebrate Ada Lovelace Day
Museo Piemontese dell’Informatica (MuPIn) will celebrate women’s role in technology on 16 October in Turin. Elia Bellussi will begin the evening with a brief presentation of Ada Lovelace’s life and achievements. There will then be a debate about women’s role in science and technology, with questions after. Speakers include Simona Ronchi, Della Rocca, Bice Fubini, Debora Fino, Anita Calcatelli and Cristina Bonin. MuPIn will then launch their programming contest for young women.
Tickets: Free
Date: 16 Oct 12
Time: 6.00pm
Venue: Town Hall, Piazza Palazzo di Città, Turin
Vicenza: Ada Lovelace Day Brunch
ADA Lab (English) is a steampunk infolab with bed & breakfast in Vicenza, near Venice, Italy, which is dedicated to Ada Lovelace in particular and to women and hacking in general. ADA Lab will celebrate Ada Lovelace Day on the following Sunday, 21st October.
After the usual Sunday brunch (accompanied by a DJ-set), there will be a presentation of a book on the history of women involved in electronic music (including Ada herself!), a show with an electronic mini-orchestra revolving around the Fibonacci numbers and a series of live-set and dj-set organized by the Electronic Girls, an electronic label run by women.
Tickets: Free
Date: 21 Oct 12
Time: 11.30am
Venue: Via Btg. Framarin 42, Vicenza, Italy