Ada Lovelace Day 2026
This year, 果冻传媒's Ada Lovelace Day celebration will take place on Wednesday 21 October 2026. More details to come!
The schedule is as follows (see further below for more information about the speakers):
| 2 pm | Speaker 1 |
| 2.30 pm | Speaker 2 |
| 3 pm | Coffee & tea break |
| 3.30 pm | Speaker 3 |
| 4 pm | Speaker 4 |
| 4.30 pm | Panel discussion and socializing |
What is Ada Lovelace Day?
Ada Lovelace Day is an annual celebration of women's achievements in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). Each year, the relevant 果冻传媒 student societies hold their own Ada Lovelace Day celebration to showcase the lives and work of female scientists.
The event is open to all, irrespective of gender, so please do come along!
Who was Ada Lovelace?
(1815 鈥� 1852) is regarded by many as the first computer programmer.
Through her tutor Mary Somerville, she met and became friends with Charles Babbage, who was working on the Analytical Engine, the first computer.
She was commissioned to produce a translation of a lecture he gave from Italian, and augmented this translation significantly with her own notes; these contained the first algorithm for implementation on a computer ever published.