Ada Lovelace Day

It's with a very heavy heart that we announce the closure of Ada Lovelace Day due to a significant funding shortfall. Full details in this article.

As the clocks reach midnight on Baker Island and Howland Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, our fabulous celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths draws to a close! Thank you for joining us for #ALD24, and here's to next year!

Could Jurassic Park Happen? Palaeontologist Dr Susannah Maidment talks about her top three scientific problems with the Jurassic Park franchise, including how fast a T rex could really run, naked velociraptors, and dino DNA. #ALD18 https://lnkd.in/exSaXei4

Prof Sophie Scott, a cognitive neuroscientist and standup scientist who studies laughter, explains why we laugh, how our bodies are trying to kill us when we do, and the social nature of laughter. #ALD13 https://lnkd.in/eFaDzicy

Chi Onwurah, MP for Newcastle, talks about her career as an electrical engineer, why she went into engineering, the challenges women face, the opportunities ICT has to offer women and what women can offer ICT. #ALD13 https://lnkd.in/ezuW2WRW

Scorpions glow in the dark to help themselves hide, whilst laundry brightener glows under UV to make shirts brighter. Physicist Helen Czerski shares her passion for science, and explains how household items can demonstrate scientific principles. #ALD14 https://lnkd.in/etrEnu9p

Roma Agrawal, civil engineer from the team that built The Shard in London, walks us through her life in engineering, talks about some of the women who inspired her, and discusses the joy of seeing something you designed be built. #ALD14 https://lnkd.in/eG5NYYug

Professor Uta Frith explains what makes us social. Are we born social or do we learn to be social? From foundations of bonding and nurturing to 'mentalising' (the ability to think of others as having agency) and regulating social interactions. #ALD15 https://lnkd.in/egbd2qWs

User experience researcher and designer Steph Troeth talks about designing for real people in the real world. Can simple solutions solve problems of humans in the wild? And can Mary Berry make you do the washing up? #ALD14 https://lnkd.in/ekMYhZj8

Comedy writer and technologist Leila Johnston encourages us to ‘do things we’re not supposed to’. What happens when you stop thinking about what makes tech 'unappealing' and start thinking about why people, especially women, enjoy it? #ALD13 https://lnkd.in/eMszbzgZ