Ada Lovelace Day events in London
It is Ada Lovelace Day, and events are happening all over the world to celebrate Ada’s life and the continued contribution women make in science and technology. We’ve created a short round-up of things you can do to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day in London.
Ada Lovelace Day Live! 2019
A day of performance and talks from interesting women in UK tech, Ada Lovelace Day Live! is a great way to celebrate UK women and non-binary people in tech. It will be held at The IET on the evening of Tuesday 8 October and is suitable for those 12+. Book your tickets here.
Global Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
“Wikipedia famously bears one of the starkest gender gaps in contemporary culture.” — New York Magazine
In 2011, only 10% of wiki contributors were female and only 17% of 2018 entries were about women. Wikipedia suffers from some weighty gender and diversity gaps and to challenge this. The Zebra partnership is co-ordinating a global Wikipedia ‘edit-a-thon’ to draft women back into history. The London division takes place at the Ada National College for Digital Skills on the 9th October between 10am and 4pm and you can drop in at any time.
Rebel Girls: Ada Lovelace Cracks the Code
From the writers of “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls” comes this new book- ‘Ada Lovelace Cracks the Code’- an accessible retelling of Ada’s life and work. It is aimed at 6–9-year-olds and is a perfect way to get the children in your life inspired by Ada’s story. As it is only available to pre-order, you will have to wait till November 9th to get your hands on one. In the meantime, you can listen to the Rebel Girls podcast on Ada Lovelace here.
Listen to the Guardian Podcast on Ada’s story
The Guardian’s Chips with Everything Podcast features Dr Tilly Blyth who explains more about Ada’s life and why she was so ahead of her time. Plus, the founder of Ada Lovelace Day, Suw Charman Anderson, discusses why she started it as well as concrete ways to close the gender gap in tech.
Ada Lovelace Day @ The Financial Time
— Startup Life: Behind the scenes with 3 founders
An eclectic evening of lightning panel talks features three inspiring founders speaking on their experiences of working in tech and developing a business. Our very own CEO Anisah Osman Britton will be speaking on how to make technology consumption and creation more accessible, and you can register your interest here.
