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

  • Riham Zeidan

    GDG Coast Lebanon

    GDG Organizer || WTM Ambassador || GDSC Mentor

  • Ahmad Zein

    GDG Coast Lebanon

    Co-Founder

  • Zena Kamel

    Organizer

  • Mahmoud Mashoun

    GDG Organizer || GDSC || Software Developer

  • Marilyn Haber

    Logisoft

    GDSC Lebanon Facilitator || Software Developer

  • Hadi Chahine

    Organizer

  • Yasmine Noueihed

    GDG Coast Lebanon, WTM

    Organizer

  • Layale Matta

    Neo Technologies

    Android Engineer

  • Ayman Hamdan

    Chedid

    Lead software developer

  • Zaynab Atwi

    Islamic Uuniversity of Lebanon

    GDG Team Member

  • Fatima Baher

    WTM Ambassador

  • Maghi Haidar

    Team member

  • Elie Hannouch

    GDG Organizer

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