Today, Saturday, November16, the Coding Girls Tour 2019 will be in Bari and in Naples for the 9^th and 10^th stops.

The programme, promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and the United States Embassy in Italy in collaboration with Microsoft Italy, aims to promote gender equality in science and technology. The sixth edition will be held on November 5-22 and will involve 10,000 young women in 14 Italian cities.

In Bari, after the intensive training sessions held in schools in the city and province (IISS Marconi-Hack, LSS Scacchi, LSS Fermi, LSS Salvemini, LSS Socrate e LCS Da Vinci di Molfetta), 120 students, guided by American super coach Anthonette Peña, National Board Certified Teacher and STEM Teacher Lead, will participate in a hackathon at the “Aldo Moro” University of Bari.

In Naples, intensive training sessions were also held in schools in the city (IIS Nitti, LCS Caro, IIS Vico, LSS Cacioppoli, IIS Ferraris di Scampia) and province (ISIS Tassinari di Pozzuoli, ISS Pitagora di Pozzuoli, IIS Da Vinci di Poggio Marino). The creative programming challenge held at the Apple Developer Academy was held by American super coach Emily Bradford, independent writer and software developer based in Silicon Valley.

Thanks to the Microsoft Give Campaign, even Michele Cerreto, Senior Premier Field Engineer, and Vincenzo Esposito, intern, helped with the hackathon.

Girls Programming the Future

#Codingirls National Tour

November 16, 2019 – 10:00 am – 6:30 pm

  AGENDA - BARI

10.00 | WELCOME ADDRESS

• Donato Malerba, Director, Department of Computer Science, University of Bari
• Cecilia Stajano, Project Coordinator and School Innovation Manager, Fondazione Mondo Digitale 

10.10 | INAUGURAL ADDRESS

• Pierluigi Dal Pino, Central Director, Institutional and Industrial Relations, Microsoft Italy
• Antonella Di Pierro, Software Developer, Masmec

10.30 | EXPERENTIAL TALK

• Anthonette Peña, National Board Certified Teacher and STEM Teacher Lead

10.40 | 16.30   HACKATHON

5.00 | TEAM PITCHES

6.30 | AWARDS AND CONCLUSIONS

• Eugenio Di Sciascio, Deputy Mayor, Bari
• Claudia d'Amato, Rector’s Delegate for Orientation, University of Bari

We would like to thank the University of Bari for their collaboration.

  AGENDA - NAPLES

10.00 | WELCOME ADDRESS

• Giorgio Ventre, Scientific Director, Apple Developer Academy, “Federico II” University of Naples
• Mirta Michilli, Director General, Fondazione Mondo Digitale

10.10 | INAUGURAL ADDRESS

• Karen P. Schinnerer, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Consulate General, Naples

10.15 | EXPERENTIAL TALK

• Emily Bradford, Independent writer and software developer based in Silicon Valley  

10.30 | HACKATHON

5.00 | TEAM PITCHES

6.30 | AWARDS AND CONCLUSIONS

• Chiara Marciani, Education, Equal Opportunities, Youth Policy Councillor, Regione Campania
• Mariangela Contursi, Director General, Campania New Steel

We would like to thank the Apple Developer Academy for their collaboration.

PRESS KIT

• Press Note
• Declarations
• Conference Programme
• Project Profile
• Coding Girls Hubs and Universities
• Coding Girls Association
• Stories
• Data on the Gender Gap
• Info-graphic

• Poster
• Photo Gallery

Tour Photo Gallery