Girl Geek Dinners

Summary

Girl Geek Dinners is an informal organisation that promotes women in the information technology industry,[1] with 64 established chapters in 23 countries.[2] The organization was founded in London, United Kingdom, by Sarah Lamb (née Blow), who realized how under-represented women are at information technology events after attending a Geek Dinner in 2005.[3]

Chapters organise local events featuring both female and male speakers with mostly female attendees. As the name suggests, it is like a Geek Dinner but with one significant rule: men can only attend as invited guests of women, ensuring that women will never be outnumbered by men at events.

A typical event is an informal dinner, followed by one or more presentations by featured speakers.

Chapters edit

  • Girl Geeks Scotland (GGD)
  • Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners (BAGGD)
  • Girl Geek Dinners Sydney
  • Reading Girl Geek Dinners (RGGD)
  • Girl Geekdinners Berlin (ggdb)
  • Manchester Girl Geeks (mgg)
  • Girl Geek Dinners Milano (GGD MI)
  • Girl Geek Dinners Nordest (GGDNE - Italy)
  • Bath Girl Geek Dinners (UK)
  • Bristol Girl Geek Dinners (UK)
  • Girl Geek Dinners Oslo (Norway)
  • Girl Geek Dinners Bergen (Norway)
  • Girl Geek Dinners Kristiansand (Norway)
  • Girl Geek Dinners (Boulder/Denver)
  • Boston Girl Geek Dinners
  • Zurich Girl Geek Dinners
  • Girl Geek Dinners Waterloo Region Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  • Girl Geek Dinner NL (Amsterdam)
  • Austin Girl Geek Dinners
  • Girl Geek Dinners Cagliari
  • Belgian Girl Geeks
  • Seattle Geek Girl Dinners

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Saini, Angela (22 October 2008), "Girls geek out over dinner", BBC News, BBC, retrieved 10 April 2010
  2. ^ "Girl Geek Dinners website". Archived from the original on 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  3. ^ "Girl Geeks — turning IT stereotypes on their head". Computer Weekly. Reed Business Information. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2010.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Girl Geek Dinners
  • Short documentary about Girl Geekdinners