The Ada Scotland Festival
The School of Computing Science is pleased to support the Ada Scotland Festival as it continues to champion gender balance in computing. The Festival was founded in 2020 with sponsorship from SICSA, Morgan Stanley, and VeryConnect, as well as support from the School of Computing Science, Edinburgh Napier University, and dressCode.
Having been established during the pandemic, the Festival was originally delivered entirely online. It has since grown to include in-person events in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Inverness, and the Borders. The 2024 Festival is sponsored by Barclays and runs from 1 to 11 October at venues across Scotland, as well as online. Events are delivered in collaboration with partners including:
- Apps for Good
- Barclays
- Code Club
- Code Division
- Digital Dairy Chain
- Equate Scotland
- Edinburgh Napier University
- Hunted Cow
- Morgan Stanley
- QA
- Skills Development Scotland
- Smart STEMS
- Smarter Grid Solutions
- Strawbees
- Tech She Can
The Festival is delivered by the School’s Anna Doyle and Claire Johnston as Festival Leads, with co-founder Dr Matthew Barr acting as Festival Director. Please do get in touch if you’d like to be involved in next year’s Festival!