Ahead of Inspirefest 2016 next June, attendees at this month’s Coder Girl Hack Day offered their life’s ambitions by writing down what they want to be when they grow up.
The Coder Girl Hack Day initiative is timed to celebrate International Day of the Girl and EU Code Week and is run by a combination of CoderDojoGirls, Coding Grace and Girls Hack Ireland.
The one-day event focused on programming music and developing game apps and took place on 10 October at Dublin City University’s (DCU) Innovation Campus and also included the TOG Dublin hackerspace team running an awesome hardware hack.
For the 100-plus attendees who made it to the event, there were also talks from major female figures working in the games industry, including Jen Carey from Havok and Elaine Reynolds from Simteractive.
Of course, the parents who attended also got to develop their own coding skills as part of a ‘Python for Parents’ course as well as a science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education workshop for both teachers and parents.
Siliconrepublic.com was also down there on the day and posed the question to those at the event: “What’s your ambition?”
In the end, the Inspirefest campaign saw a huge response from girls and adults alike offering their aspirations to the world, as has been so well documented on Twitter.
Also for one of those attending the event, there is cause for celebration, as Jacinta McFall was confirmed as the winner of a guardian-plus-child ticket for Inspirefest 2016.
@InspirefestHQ That’s great to see. We wish her all the best, and hope we see her at Google someday. 🙂
— Life at Google (@lifeatgoogle) October 12, 2015
Vanessa wants to be a social entrepreneur & #changetheratio in #STEM #inspirefest ambitions #codergirlhackday pic.twitter.com/KGe80VhdhS — Inspirefest 2016 (@InspirefestHQ) October 10, 2015
Niamh wants to be a designer #inspirefest ambitions #codergirlhackday pic.twitter.com/DYjdl0qO1e — Inspirefest 2016 (@InspirefestHQ) October 10, 2015
Our first scientist for the #inspirefest ambition wall #codergirlhackday pic.twitter.com/aMu2FCztIO — Inspirefest 2016 (@InspirefestHQ) October 10, 2015
Such a variety at #codergirlhackday #inspirefest ambitions pic.twitter.com/5oqLpFIfGa — Inspirefest 2016 (@InspirefestHQ) October 10, 2015
Our first teacher on the #inspirefest wall thanks Sarah #codergirlhackday pic.twitter.com/LjPXErKq10 — Inspirefest 2016 (@InspirefestHQ) October 10, 2015
The fab @EdelBrownie wants to be apart of the next big thing in biotech #inspirefest ambitions #codergirlhackdaypic.twitter.com/l1oRCjWPVe — Inspirefest 2016 (@InspirefestHQ) October 10, 2015
Inspirefest is Silicon Republic’s international event connecting sci-tech professionals passionate about the future of STEM. Join us again from 30 June to 2 July 2016 for fresh perspectives on leadership, innovation and diversity.
Women Invent is Silicon Republic’s campaign to champion the role of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. It has been running since March 2013, and is kindly supported by Intel, Open Eir (formerly Eircom Wholesale), Fidelity Investments, Accenture and CoderDojo.
