Ada Lovelace Day

Ada Lovelace Day

Online Face-to-face
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
12 pm - 1:30 pm (AEDT)
Free

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For Ada Lovelace Day on Tuesday 10 October 2023, the Faculty of IT is exploring the role of Australian women in early digital computing – and opportunities in the future. Join us for insightful speeches, a thought-provoking panel discussion and networking over a light lunch.

Ada Lovelace Day honours all the innovative women in STEM, commemorating their ingenuity that has changed the course of history.

In the same vein, join our celebration ‘Australian women in IT yesterday, today and tomorrow’ which will be opened by Professor Ann Nicholson, the first woman Dean of our faculty. It will then venture into the life of Ada Lovelace and how women can carry on her legacy of impact today and tomorrow.

This event is proudly sponsored by:

ResearchCurrent studentsIndustry and community Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Speakers

Professor Judithe Sheard

Group Lead, EF/ TF

Barbara Ainsworth

Curator, Monash Museum of Computing History

Moderator and panellists

Professor Yolande Strengers

Dr Catherine Lopes

Non-Executive Director, EPA, Co-Founder, Ada’s Tribe, Strategy Advisor, Infosysria, Co-founder, Ada’s Tribe

Rebecca Ostergaard

Chief Digital Officer, CSIRO

Professor Maria Garcia De La Banda

Professor

Ruchi Sembey

Lecturer (Ed-Focused)

Event contact

Heather Beveridge

Senior Events Coordinator E: heather.beveridge@monash.edu

About Ada Lovelace

Ada King née Byron, Countess of Lovelace born in 1815 in England, was the daughter of Lord George and Lady Anne Byron. A brilliant mathematician, she was introduced to Charles Babbage in 1833.

Published in 1843, Ada translated a French paper on Babbage’s work to build an Analytical Engine with his early ideas on modern computing concepts and discussed the potential of a general purpose computer given the right data and instructions.

Most notably, she wrote a computer program which would take 100 years for digital computing to be able to execute.

Ada was ahead of her time in an era where few women could join computing. What’s changed for women in IT – and where to next?

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