2017 Ada Awards & Digital Brusselles Celebration
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The Digital Leadership Institute has the honour of inviting our key stakeholders and community members to join us in celebrating the fifth edition of the European Ada Awards, recognising top European girls and women in tech and the organisations supporting them, AND the success stories of the 2017 Digital Brusselles project, with support from our wonderful partners and the Digital Belgium Skills Fund.
Draft Agenda:
- 16:30-16:45 - Registration
- 16:45-17:00 - Welcome by Ms. Cheryl Miller, DLI Director
- 17:00-17:30 - Opening Keynotes
- Ms. Céline Vanderborght, Brussels Region Smart City Manager
- Ms. Andrea Almeida Cordero, Member of Cabinet of Ms. Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for the Digital Single Market
- Ms. Céline Vanderborght, Brussels Region Smart City Manager
- 17:30-17:40 - 2017 Digital Muse After School Graduation - with Ms. Valentina Cala, DLI Digital Creative Manager
- 17:40-18:20 - 2017 Digital Brusselles "Female Digital Starters" Graduation & inQube / Digital Brusselles Pitch Session - with Ms. Katja Legisa, Digital Brusselles Director
- 18:30-19:15 - 2017 European Ada Awards Ceremony - with Ms. Loredana Bucseneanu, DLI Strategy Officer
- 2017 European Ada Awards Keynote Addresses:
- Ms. Gabriela M. Juric, 2016 European Digital Girl of the Year
- Ms. Dinah Barret, Amazon Web Services
- 2017 European Ada Awards with trophies presented by Ms. Nicola Walsh, Amazon Web Services
- Digital Impact Organisation of the Year Award - announced by Ms. Michela Palladino, Director of European Policy at Developers Alliance
- Digital Girl of the Year Award
- 15-17 Year Old Category - announced by Ms. Afke Schaart, VP and Head of Europe at GSMA
- 11-14 Year Old Category - announced by Mr. Laurent Roux, Impact Officer at EIT
- 10 Years and Under Category - announced by Ms. Tomislava Recheva of European Schoolnet
- Digital Woman of the Year Award - announced by Ms. Austeja Trikunaite, Secretary General of CEPIS
- 19:15-20:00 - Reception catered by From Syria With Love
