Worldwide Events 2014

Every year, people organise their own events to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, independently of the main event in London. Here you can find details of the grassroots events going on around the world this year. If you’re organising your own event, don’t forget to let us know! We already have events in:

  • United Kingdom: Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Lowestoft, Manchester, Oxford,  Porlock, Ramsgate, Sheffield, Sidmouth, Southampton, Stockton on Tees, York
  • Australia: Brisbane
  • Brazil: Recife
  • Canada: Burnaby
  • Czech Republic: Prague
  • France: Paris
  • India: Pune
  • Ireland: Limerick
  • Italy: Milan, Rome, Turin
  • Slovenia: Ljubljana
  • Spain: Barcelona
  • Turkey: Istanbul
  • USA: Akron OH, Ashland OR, Austin TX, Bryn Mawr PA, Chicago IL, Dallas TX, Florence SC, Hempstead NY, Los Alamos NM, New York NY, Philadelhpia PA San Francisco CA
  • Online
  • Related Events: UK: London

And we’ve a listing of related events that you might be interested in too. Just scroll down to see what’s happening near  you!

United Kingdom

Brighton: Girls Get Digital!

Curiosity Hub will be celebrating Ada Lovelace Day with FREE mini-workshops in Brighton on Saturday 11th October, sponsored by American Express! ‘Girls Get Digital’ will feature a selection of 1-hour creative digital workshops for girls including robotics, animation and creating websites and games. More info.

Tickets: Free. Book now! 
Date: 11 Oct 14
Time: 10am — 5pm
Venue: Lighthouse Arts, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton, BN1 4AJ

Brighton: Codebar Brighton

Join Codebar Brighton in celebrating Ada Lovelace Day, as we move from fortnightly to WEEKLY workshops! Codebar provides FREE computer programming workshops and mentoring to women, LGBTQ and other under-represented communities in the tech industry. Learn how to create your own website and more – all levels welcome from complete beginners to career programmers. Places are limited; please sign up to receive invitations to our upcoming workshops. More info.

Tickets: Free. Book now!
Date: 14 Oct 14
Time: 6.30pm — 9pm
Venue: The FuseBox, Wired Sussex, Level 4 North, New England House, New England Street, Brighton, BN1 4GH

Bristol: Ada Lovelace Day

The University will be celebrating Ada Lovelace Day with two days of activities. On the 14th,  the School of Mathematics will be hosting a lecture by Professor Philip Welch about Ada Lovelace – The First Programmer, whilst a number of schools across STEM will have interactive stalls in the foyers of their buildings to tell staff and students more about Ada and other inspirational women in science.  On the 15th October the University of Bristol Computer Science Society will be holding an afternoon of short talks, a lecture and a round-table discussion about the challenges and successes for women in science. More info. 

Tickets: Free
Date: 14 Oct — 15 Oct
Time: 1 — 5pm
Venue: University of Bristol

Edinburgh: Information Display

A display about Ada Lovelace Day. Information about Ada Lovelace and other inspirational women in science and technology. More info.

Tickets: Free!
Date: 14 Oct 14
Time: 9am — 10pm
Venue: Heriot-Watt University Library, Edinburgh Campus, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS

Edinburgh: Celebrating Edinburgh Napier University’s Women in STEM

An evening reception celebrating the achievements of Edinburgh Napier University’s female staff and students in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine on Ada Lovelace Day. The keynote address will be given by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, renowned astrophysicist and President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

The event is being hosted by Edinburgh Napier’s Athena Swan Self-Assessment Team and Equate Scotland as part of the university’s 50th anniversary celebrations. It also offers an opportunity for females in early STEM careers to meet and learn from role models who have enjoyed success.

Tickets: By invitation only.
Date: 14 Oct 14
Time: 6.30pm — 9.15pm
Venue: Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George St, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH2 2PQ

Exeter: Girl Geek Dinners – Ada Lovelace Day

An evening of short talks by Exeter Girl Geek Dinners members, celebrating not-so-famous women in STEM fields on Tuesday 14th October. Lucy Knight will also be speaking about Campaigning for Plain Data: The Cloche Project. A buffet is also included in the ticket price!

Tickets: £9.36. Book now!
Date: 14 Oct 14
Time: 7.30pm – 10pm
Venue: Coaver Club, County Hall, Matford Lane, Exeter, EX2 4PS

Glasgow: PianoPiano

An evening of new music uniquely written for two Grand Pianos performed live by the composers Karen MacIver & Hilary Brooks, as PianoPiano. 9 tracks, each dedicated to an iconic woman – Augusta Ada Byron, Marie Curie, Katharine Hepburn, Amelia Earhart, Cyd Charisse, Valentina Tereshkova, Emily Wilding Davison and EVE. More info. 

Tickets: £10 + booking fee. Book now! 
Date: 3 Nov 14
Time: 8pm – 9pm
Venue: Oran Mor, Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8QX

Liverpool: Ada Lovelace Day

Talks and discussion on women in science, lunch, and exhibition ‘The World in a Particle’ with Dr Claire Jones and Dr James Bainbridge.

Tickets: £27 Buy now!
Date: 14 Oct 14
Time: 10.30am — 3.15pm
Venue: Victoria Gallery & Museum, Ashton Street, University of Liverpool, L69 3DR

London: #digitalwomen Teacamp

This year the #digitalwomen Teacamp event will focus on practical information and real life experience to help #digitalwomen make their way in the professional world. There will be four talks, two workshops and a panel discussion, all focused on solving the practical issues we face as women in digital or STEM on a daily basis. The event will be sponsored by dxw and will feature the following talks and workshops:

Talks:

  • Sarah Jennings (@ladyleolion) will be talking about digital as the enabler for innovation and collaboration, and considering why women are doing so well in this space.
  • Sinead Mac Manus (@sineadmacmanus), CEO of Fluency, will be talking about her experiences getting a startup off the ground.
  • Mazz Mosely (@mnowster) will be talking about leadership skills in technical teams, and what it’s like being a manager in a very male industry.

Workshops:

  • 300 seconds (@300_seconds) will be running a workshop on public speaking, and how it can help us develop our visibility and online presence.
  • Gemma Hale and Alex Hazell from The Up Group (@theupgroup) will be running a workshop about CV writing, interviewing skills and salary negotiation.

The workshops will be run in parallel, please select the one you’d like to attend when booking your tickets.

Tickets: Free. Book now! 
Date: 9 Oct 14
Time: 4pm — 7pm
Venue: National Audit Office, 157-197 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9SP

London: Restart Party Honouring Women Fixers and Tinkerers

We help people learn to repair their own electronics in community events called Restart Parties. We have been leading women’s skillshare events to increase female volunteer participation, as we do not want to give the impression that only men know how to fix electronics! On 14 October we are aiming for a record turnout of female Restarter volunteers. Restart Project co-founder Janet Gunter will say a few words about the importance of women getting involved in fixing, and we will have a special Ada cake. More info.

Tickets: Free. Book now!
Date: 10 Oct 14
Time: 7-10pm
Venue: Basil Jellicoe Hall, Drummond Crescent, London, NW1 1LE

London: Conrad Shawcross: The ADA Project

The Vinyl Factory is proud to present The ADA Project by Conrad Shawcross at its exhibition space at Brewer Street Car Park in Soho, London.

For the project, four renowned female musicians created works in response to the movements of an industrial robot that has been hacked and programmed by the artist to create four unique choreographies. In this first-of-its-kind collaborative artwork, Conrad Shawcross takes a new approach to commissioning music, reversing the traditional process, so that the robot’s dance provides the inspiration and parameters for the music. On the evening of 10 October, Dillon & Clervaux, Mira Calix, Tamara Barnett Herrin & Mylo will perform their compositions live.

Each composition will be pressed by The Vinyl Factory as one of four limited edition laser etched 12” vinyl records, each accompanied by one of four artist’s prints, hand signed and numbered by Conrad Shawcross. The singles alone will also be available as a larger edition.

For this piece Shawcross found inspiration from Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) the mathematician (and daughter of Lord Byron). Working alongside Charles Babbage, inventor of the first proto-computer, Lovelace predicted that this complex counting machine “might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent”, pre-empting the birth of programmed music by more than a century.

The musicians, all of whom use electronic programming in their work, worked closely with Shawcross in his studio discussing Babbage and Lovelace’s discoveries, and studying the robot as it played out one of four programmed patterns created by the artist. Each distinctive pattern is based on ratios and drawings for the computer which Babbage never fully realised, a fact that provides added significance to the programming that depicts them and the computer generated music which they inspire.

11-19 October open every day, 11am-5pm,
23-31 October open Thursday – Sunday only, 11am-5pm

Tickets: Free!
Date: 11 – 31 Oct 14
Time: 11am — 5pm
Venue: The Vinyl Factory Space at Brewer Street Car Park (top floor), Brewer Street, London, W1F 0LA

Impact Women: Tech Meet Social Event

Digital Science and Ogunte CIC, the organisation for Women Social Entrepreneurs, are delighted to invite you to a new Impact Women event, and this time we are celebrating Digital Science AND Social Entrepreneurs. The event will be a healthy, fast-paced mix of peer mentoring, coaching, keynote tips, drinks and nibbles!

Together we will:

  • Make women who navigate in this space more visible
  • Share what you need to do to access the £15,000 Catalyst Fund grant (deadline November)
  • Get precious tips to acquire and manage finance for your tech/science/social enterprise
  • See how Digital Science & Social Entrepreneurs can learn from each other and embrace each others’ world!

Your hosts:

  • Servane Mouazan: Founding Partner at Conscious Innovation and Ceo OGUNTE CIC
  • Laura Wheeler:Community Manager and Editor at Digital Science
  • Paulina Sygulska: Co-founder and Ceo at GrantTree

Doors open at 6pm for networking with a 6:45pm start. Bring your demos, products and tablets to showcase what you do! Follow our media journey through #impactwomends, @ogunte and @digitalsci. More info.

Tickets: Free.