Stelpur og tækni (GirlsInICTDay Iceland)

5/3/2018

Europe, Iceland, Reykjavik University, Menntavegur, Reykjavík, Iceland

750 participants

In Iceland the "Girls in ICT day" will be May 3rd 2018.

The aim of the day was to raise the girls´ interest in the numerous possibilities presented by technology education and careers in technology. The project is a collaboration between Reykjavik University, Ský (The Icelandic Computer Society) and Samtök iðnaðarins (Federation of Icelandic Industries).

This year around 750 girls in 9th grade are invited to take part in the day.

They are invited to workshops at the University and to visit tech companies in the Reykjavik area. The girls can select between different workshops. The workshops are in Reykjavik University and taught by the school´s professors. 

With the workshops completed, the girls will go and visit different technology companies and meet female role models working in the companies.  This year around 30 companies will invite girls to see their tech world.