Celebrating WTM International Women's Day 2019 IWD19 & Arduino Day 2019

GDG Coast Lebanon

International Women's Day (IWD) is marked on March 8th every year. In different regions, the focus of celebrations ranges from general respect and appreciation for women to a celebration of women's economic, political, and social achievements. Is it only for women?! We strive to have a broad representation of attendees in tech including developers, designers, technology entrepreneurs, and many

Mar 23, 2019, 7:30 AM – 2:30 PM (UTC)

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About this event

International Women's Day (IWD) is marked on March 8th every year. In different regions, the focus of celebrations ranges from general respect and appreciation for women to a celebration of women's economic, political, and social achievements.

Is it only for women?!
We strive to have a broad representation of attendees in tech including developers, designers, technology entrepreneurs, and many others across all phases of their careers, backgrounds, genders, and walks of life. We welcome all to apply!

• Agenda for the Day:
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9:30am - 10:00am:
Registration
10:00am - 10:20am:
Opening Ceremony - Alaa Salam & The Olive Grove
10:25am - 10:40am:
Women in Engineering IEEE Intro - Dr.Sirine Taleb
10:40am - 11:10am:
Women in Field Service Engineering - Eng. Alaa Salam
11:10am - 11:40am:
AI for Everyone - Alaa Maarouf
11:40am - 12:05pm:
My Journey Through Sustainable Fashion- Ayah Hoteit
12:05pm - 1:05pm:
Lunch
1:10pm - 4:10pm:
Workshop 1: Smarty Pants Plants - IoT Home Plants Monitoring System (Based on Wemos D1 Mini board; platforms used include Ardunio IDE - Thingspeak - IFTTT) - Presented by Eng. Alaa Salam
1:10pm - 4:10pm:
Workshop 2: Mini UX Masterclass - Presented by Fadi Bou Debs
4:10pm - 4:30pm:
Closing Ceremony & Raffle*

* Raffle eligibility rules: must participate in one of the workshops and be present throughout whole day

• What to bring
Laptops with Arduino 1.8.5 installed (for those partaking in the workshop); required material for the workshop will be announced soon

• Important to know
Basic knowledge in C or Arduino are preferred.

Preferred color of attire is purple (not the entire thing of course, just a hint :D)

Organizers

  • Abdul Rahman Masri Attal

    GDG Core & Lead Organizer

  • Ahmad Zein

    GDG Coast Lebanon

    Co-Founder

  • Riham Zeidan

    GDG Coast Lebanon

    GDG Organizer || WTM Ambassador || GDSC Mentor

  • Mahmoud Mashoun

    GDG Organizer || GDSC || Software Developer

  • Marilyn Haber

    GDSC Lebanon Facilitator || Software Developer

  • Hadi Chahine

    Organizer

  • Yasmine Noueihed

    GDG Coast Lebanon, WTM

    Organizer

  • Zaynab Atwi

    Islamic Uuniversity of Lebanon

    GDG Team Member

  • Fatima Baher

    WTM Ambassador

  • Mohamad Ali Tabbara

    Lebanese American University

    Partnership Manager

  • Maghi Haidar

    American University of Beirut

    Team member

  • Ayman Hamdan

    Chedid

    Lead software developer

  • Elie Hannouch

    Product Manager | MUG Champion | Community Builder

  • Mohamad Nassif

    American University of Beirut

    Organizer

  • Shafik Houeidi

    American University of Beirut

    GDG on Campus Organizer

  • Amir Bou Ghanem

    GDG on Campus • Lebanese University

  • Sandra Fawaz

    Organizer

  • Georgio Nassar

    Organizer

  • Dani Jaffal

    Organizer

  • Nour Darwish

    Organizer

  • Sarah Rashidi

    Organizer

  • Sandra Farhat

    Organizer

  • Mohammad Jaafar Farhat

    LAU

    Organizer

  • Joya Sakr

    Organizer

  • Charbel AL Bateh

    Organizer

  • Rayna Mhanna

    Volunteer

  • Hanin Albayoud

    CCI - ICT Innovations

  • Taline Zeidan

    Organizer

  • Georgio Nassar

    Organizer

  • Line Hammoud

  • Hadi Elham

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