The fourth edition of the Women and Girls in STEM Forum on “Women in AI: Driving Empowerment and Innovation” was a fantastic celebration of creativity, innovation, and collaboration! 👩🎓 📚 We were thrilled to welcome 75 Girls Go Circular students and 25 teachers from 24 countries to the Forum, an amazing and engaged group that made the event even more memorable!
Let's look at some of the highlights:
🎤💡 Pitch Training and Teacher Focus Group Our students followed an 'elevator pitch' training to learn how to present their ideas creatively and convincingly within a short timeframe. In the meantime, their teachers explored and provided feedback on the brand-new Girls Go Circular curriculum.
🌍 Forum Day!
24 European countries represented
1,700 online participants + 180 on-site attendees
The day featured insightful panel discussions on AI and Gender Equality, with ten inspiring speakers sharing their expertise and exploring how AI can help break gender barriers and create a more inclusive digital future. Find out more in our Policy Brief.
🎓✨ Girls Go Circular Student Challenge Three finalist teams amazed us with innovative AI solutions:🩺 On Her Care (Finland & Italy) Tackles gender biases in healthcare,🏅 SMEEQ (Estonia) Ensures equal media coverage for female athletes, and 📚 EqualED (Cyprus) Addresses gender gaps in education by providing AI-powered personalised tutoring.
Congratulations to On Her Care for winning the grand prize 🏆 and to Equalife (Serbia) for the Audience Choice Award! 👏
A big thank you to everyone who made this event unforgettable!
Watch the highlights video to relive the excitement! 🎥✨
Girls Go Circular Success Stories
In the last two months, our newly appointed Girls Go Circular Ambassadors travelled across Europe to share their personal story and inspire other young women at various public events:
Mia at Connect in Alicante, Spain
Mia shone at EIT Alumni CONNECT 2024 in Alicante. During the panel "How has the EIT helped your career?", Mia shared her journey from discovering robotics 🤖 with Girls Go Circular to excelling in the Conrad Challenge at NASA 🏆 and contributing to the European Commission’s Digital Education Action Plan 🇪🇺 Review event. Mia’s story is a testament to the transformative power of education and innovation! 🚀
Sofiya at JA Europe's STEM4Entrepreneurship in Brussels, Belgium
Sofiya, our Girls Go Circular Ambassador from Malta, spoke at the 'STEM4Entrepreneurship’ Gala Dinner in Brussels, hosted by JA Europe. Sharing the stage with Manuel Irun Molina from EIT, she highlighted her journey in STEM, from completing our climate-neutral hospital's course to leading her team to victory at the 2023 Student Challenge with their CO2-reducing robot prototype! 🤖
Aanvi and SMEEQ at the DigiEduHack Event in Tallinn, Estonia
At just 13 years old, Aanvi captivated the public in the AI in Education panel discussion. She argued that integrating AI into schools could provide personalised support for students, particularly those with disabilities. Hear her insights here.🎤
SMEEQ, our Finalist team from Estonia, joined her by presenting the AI solution that earned them second place in the Student Challenge. 🏅
Daniela at Leadingirls Event in Málaga, Spain
Finally, our former student Daniela hosted a Girls Go Circular booth at Leadingirls 2024! This transformative event connected students with trailblazing role models like Daniela through 90+ workshops involving 50+ companies and 4,300+ young women.
We thank Daniela for her continuing support in empowering the younger generation!✨
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If you enjoyed participating in our Student Challenge on AI & Gender Equality, don’t miss the AI in STEM Challenge by our partner organisation, Science on Stage.
Your students will explore how AI can help solve a regional or global problem of their choice, design, code, and refine an AI application. 💡
Submit yours by 23 February 2025 and be one of the ten selected teams to present their projects at thefinal event in Berlin in June 2025! 🌟
Ideas Powered@School by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Ideas Powered@School fosters creativity, innovation, and digital responsibility among young Europeans. Developed by EUIPO, it offers teachers ready-to-use activities. 📚
A highlight is the Generative AI in Education interactive leaflet, which provides a quick overview of AI’s role in education and its copyright impact.
