2019 European Ada Awards Open
Under the esteemed patronage of Ms. Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, the Digital Leadership Institute and its partners are honoured to announce the opening of nominations for the 2019-2020 European Ada Awards recognising top girls and women* in digital fields from across Europe.
Online nominations for outstanding girls and women in digital sectors will be open until 20 September 2019, and winners will be celebrated at the sixth annual European Ada Awards ceremony, taking place on 16 October in Brussels as part of European Code Week and the WomenInTech.Brussels Women Code Festival. The event is open to members of the public who register, on a first-come-first-served basis. Official 2019 European Ada Awards timings may be found on the Awards calendar.
Nomination Details
Submission details and nomination forms for the 2019 European Ada Awards may be found at the links below:
Official 2019 European Ada Awards timings may be found on the 2019 European Ada Awards calendar.
Important Dates – 2019 European Ada Awards
19 June | – 2019-20 European Ada Awards Online Nominations Open | |
27 September |
– 2019-20 Ada Awards Online Nominations Close at midnight | |
4 October | – 18:00 CET Online Announcement of 2019-20 European Ada Award Finalists | |
16 October |
– 2019-20 European Ada Awards Ceremony at Google Atelier in Brussels |
For more information about the 2019 European Ada Awards, including sponsorship opportunities, please contact us!
Thank you to the European Ada Awards 2019-20 partners and sponsors!
*Anyone who identifies as a girl or woman
DLI Update – September 2015
Autumn 2015 got off to an exciting start at the Digital Leadership Institute. From lunch at the House of Lords in London, to a European Parliament hearing in Brussels on “Women in the the Digital Age”, to a ground-breaking meeting on cyberviolence at the United Nations in New York, in September DLI traversed the globe to bridge the gender gap and digital divide. Please read more about our activities below.
The DLI Board and Executive Team are actively involved in initiatives with partners and stakeholders around the world that promote ESTEAM* leadership by girls and women. Find out below about our work in September 2015, learn here about future activities we are involved in, and visit our calendar for upcoming events that DLI is organising. *entrepreneurship, science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics
10 September – EU Code Week Ambassadors Meeting (Brussels): DLI Cofounder, Ms. Rosanna Kurrer, attended the second annual meeting of European Code Week Ambassadors taking place on 10 September in Brussels at the European Commission.
10-12 September – European Youth Awards on Digital Creativity for Good (Cluj-Napoka): DLI Founder, Ms. Cheryl Miller, was grand jury member for the 2015 European Youth Awards on Digital Creativity for Good, with selection taking place in Cluj-Napoka, Romania 10-12 September. Winners of the 2015 European Youth Awards will be announced in Graz, Austria on 21 November.
15 September – European Parliament FEMM Committee Hearing on “Gender Equality and Empowering Women in the Digital Age” (Brussels): DLI Founder, Ms. Cheryl Miller, attended a European Parliament hearing on “Gender Equality and Empowering Women in the Digital Age” organised by Ms. Terry Reintke, Green/EFA Member of European Parliament.
16 September – UK Parliament House of Lords, African Union Foundation, Royal African Society and Africa All Party Parliamentary Group Tech Lunch (London): DLI Founder, Ms. Cheryl Miller, was invited by the Honourable Lord Steel of Aikwood KT KBE to join a luncheon at the UK House of Lords on “the role of technological innovation in Africa’s sustainable development.” The luncheon was chaired by Ms. Chi Onwurah, Member of UK Parliament, on behalf of the African Union Foundation, Royal African Society and Africa All Party Parliamentary Group.
21 September – EPP Study Visit for Masters Students (Brussels): Ms. Cheryl Miller, DLI Founder, spoke on “Digital jobs: the right skills to fast-track into the labour market?” at a study visit for masters students hosted by the European People’s Party Group at the Committee of the Regions.
24 September – UN ITU Broadband Commission Working Group on Gender Meeting (New York): Ms. Cheryl Miller, DLI Founder, joined the September meeting of the Broadband Commission Working Group on Gender for release of the report on “Cyberviolence Against Girls and Women” edited by Ms. Nidhi Tandon.
29 September – EYES “Adopting Cloud Computing within European Entrepreneurship” (Brussels): On 29 September, Ms. Rosanna Kurrer, DLI Cofounder, contributed to an European Young Entrepreneurs event on cloud computing and entrepreneurship at the Microsoft Executive Briefing Center in Brussels.
Be sure to visit our Calendar, Upcoming Activities page, and sign up for the DLI Newsletter in order to keep up with DLI events and activities!
Supporting Girls in ICT Day
International Girls in ICT Day is being celebrated around the world this year on 24 April 2014. The Digital Leadership Institute will join in the festivities by organising two Digital Muse workshops in Brussels and Geneva, and DLI founder, Cheryl Miller, will contribute to an expert panel on “Celebrating Successes, Inspiring Girls” at the UN International Telecom Union‘s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 15 April. To join the Geneva event live, please click here.
Looking for a way to celebrate Girls in ICT Day 2014? Please consult the ITU’s Girls in ICT Day portal to find resources for organising your own event and to learn about activities being organised in your area. UN Women is also promoting Girls in ICT Day around the world. And if you would like to do something simple and effective to get more girls into tech, please consider contributing your own 1-minute video to the European Commission’s #Passion4Tech campaign via their “Every Girl Digital” Facebook page.
As always, if you are an girl or woman working and studying in digital sectors, or part of an organisation promoting more girls and women in tech, please consider nominating yourself or your organisation/project for a 2014 European Ada Award, deadline 16 September 2014!
Questions? Please contact us!