A celebration of STEM: Ada Lovelace Day 2026
Description
Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration held annually on the second Tuesday of October to honour the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
The College of Systems and Society will be coming together as a community of students, academics and professional staff to celebrate all fields and disciplines in the college, and acknowledge the importance of pioneers across our fields.
Pop in throughout the day to:
write postcards,
make badges,
create poetry magnets and bookmarks
learn about Ada Lovelace and the history of computing and;
chat to our student groups.
Register for the special events below as there are limited spots available.
Special events
- 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Welcome and panel
- 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Refreshments
- 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Loom-weaving interactive session with Sandy Ma
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Ada Lovelace board game with Thomas Biedermann
- 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
LLMs Unplugged - Ada Lovelace themed with Ben Swift and Cole Cooney
Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity
