The University of Murcia participates this year in the new season of the technological entrepreneurship program 'TechnovationGirls Regi�n de Murcia'.
The presentation day will feature a round table, organized by STEM Talent and the UMU Faculty of Informatics, which will be held virtually this Thursday, January 21, at 7:00 p.m.
Participating in it, among others, Helena Flores �lvarez, president of the STEM Talent association; Beatriz Miguel Hern�ndez, rector of the UPCT; Pedro Miguel Ruiz Mart�nez, vice-rector for Strategy and Digital University of the UMU; Joaqu�n G�mez G�mez, General Director of Strategy and Digital Transformation of CARM; and Antonio Flores Gil, dean of the UMU Faculty of Informatics.
TechnovationGirls is an initiative of the international NGO Technovation that is being developed in the Murcia Region since 2018 through STEM Talent, Social Innovation for Equality and Diversity, organization without �nimo of profit founded by Helena Flores and Mar�a Jos� Candel.
TechnovationGirls is an entrepreneurship and technology program that aims to inspire girls and young women between the ages of 10 and 18 to become women leaders and innovators.
TechnovationGirls aims to reduce the gender gap that currently exists in the technology sector.
This initiative emerged in 2009, and since then, more than 15,000 girls from 100 countries have been part of it.
The objective for girls and young people is to identify a problem or challenge faced by their local community and, through teamwork and with the support of a mentor (teachers, professionals from the ICT sector and family), devise, design and produce an app as a technological solution for it.� function { ;(, , {});}
Source: Universidad de Murcia