{"id":872,"date":"2018-09-05T13:58:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T13:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/?p=872"},"modified":"2018-10-05T13:51:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T13:51:08","slug":"ada-lovelace-day-1-month-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/ada-lovelace-day-1-month-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Ada Lovelace Day – 1 month to go!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Tuesday 9th October 2018, the University\u2019s Information Services<\/a> team are running an edit-a-thon to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day 2018 which is an international celebration day<\/a> of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a little over a month until Ada Lovelace Day 2018 so do pop it in your calendar now and we\u2019ll announce further details about the University\u2019s plans on our Ada Lovelace Day website shortly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year the event will have a particular focus on Contemporary<\/em> Women in STEM<\/strong> and #ALD2018 is to be hosted at the JCMB building (subject to room confirmation) with a evening networking event in the social space at the Joseph Black building (wine and nibbles supplied by the Royal Society of Chemistry).<\/p>\n

There will be a range of guest speakers in the morning followed by fun STEM activities in the afternoon (see below for details). Full Wikipedia editing training will be given at 2-3pm. Thereafter the afternoon\u2019s edit-a-thon will focus on improving the quality of Wikipedia articles related to Contemporary<\/strong> <\/em>Women in STEM<\/a>! This year we will also be hosting a Women in STEM data hackathon.<\/p>\n

Following on from last year’s panel discussion, to close the day there will be a more informal discussion and networking event. Five guest speakers from a variety of career stages have been invited to say a few words to promote discussion inc. Dr. Jenni Garden, Christina Miller Research Fellow at the School of Chemistry and Professor Lesley Yellowlees.<\/p>\n

All three events (morning, afternoon and evening) will be free and open to all so taking part in Ada Lovelace Day is as as easy as 1,2,3.<\/p>\n

You can book to attend one session, two sessions or all three and booking will open very<\/em> soon. Watch this space<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who is your STEM heroine?<\/h3>\n

A regular activity for Ada Lovelace Day (ALD) at the University of Edinburgh is the Wikipedia editing event or editathon. This year the focus is contemporary women in STEM <\/abbr> who do not currently have Wikipedia pages.<\/p>\n

Nominate your contemporary STEM heroine for consideration at the Wikipedia editathon Tuesday 9th October. This should only take 5-10 minutes and it will really help us to create new role models for young and old alike on the world’s go-to source for information, Wikipedia.<\/p>\n

Submit your STEM heroine nomination (Google Form)<\/a><\/p>\n

Please note the deadline for submissions is now Monday 8th October<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Assistant Principal Melissa Highton welcoming attendees to Ada Lovelace Day 2017<\/p><\/div>\n

Draft Programme<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Morning session 11am-12:30pm: Talks<\/strong><\/span>
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Morning of short talks chaired by Anne-Marie Scott.<\/b><\/p>\n

Confirmed room:<\/b> Teaching Studio G.07 at Murchison House<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tea and coffee will be served at 11am.<\/p>\n

Talks will commence at 11.15am.<\/p>\n