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