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ALDABA WIB Chair: Women, ICT & Business

The ALDABA WIB Chair: Women, ICT & Business was established in September 2019 by ALDABA, the University of A Coruña, and the University of Vigo, with the aim of promoting and enriching the progress of ICT: on the one hand, by promoting the growing participation of women in its development; and, on the other, by establishing two-way channels of collaboration between universities and businesses.

The centers affiliated with this Chair are the Faculty of Computer Science, on the A Coruña campus of the UDC, and the Escola Superior de Enxeñaría Informática, on the Ourense campus of the UVigo. As an inter-university Chair, it seeks to promote synergies between both Schools of Computer Science, propose joint activities, and strengthen ties.

One of the strategic lines of action envisaged by the Chair is to contribute to the high-level training of future graduates of the FIC-UDC and the ESEI-UVigo through activities that bring the student body closer to the needs and possibilities of ICT use in companies. It also aims to facilitate their integration into the world of work by promoting the acquisition of the skills, knowledge, and abilities demanded by the Galician business community.

Furthermore, the Chair promotes the development of activities that contribute to raising the profile of women's contributions in the world of ICT, with a view to creating role models to spark the interest of girls and young women in technology careers. It will also promote the dissemination of the countless and noteworthy contributions of ICT to the improvement of social, cultural, and health services and, in general, to a more human vision of progress, far from purely technological stereotypes.

Specifically, as part of its initiatives to reduce the gender gap in ICT, the Chair has made BBG-TIC (Barometer of the Gender Gap in ICT Studies) available to the public. This free web tool graphically reflects and allows users to filter by different criteria and time periods to consult the evolution of female underrepresentation in ICT engineering studies (mainly computer engineering and related degrees), compared to other fields of study. This “barometer” will be continuously updated with new data on enrollment, academic results, etc., as published by public education authorities, and will make it possible to determine whether the measures being implemented by different sectors of society to reduce the gap are successful or not.

Upcoming events

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Latest events

02/26/2023 ALDABA-TIC Camp: Mission to Mars_June 26-30, 2023

07/03/2023  Round table discussion ‘Women's work in the field of technology’ at the UDC's main event for 8M

02/16/2023  Face-to-face/virtual meeting with staff from the High School and Higher Level Vocational Training Guidance Departments

03/07/2023  Talk for International Day of Women and Girls in Science and Technology at the Ramón Menéndez Pidal Institute in Zalaeta

12/16/2022  Presentation of BBG-TIC, Barometer of the Gender Gap in ICT Studies

A Coruña

School of Informatics - UDC Camiño do Lagar de Castro, 6, 15008 A Coruña

Chair Director

Virginia Mato Abad - virginia.mato@udc.es

Ourense

Superior School of Computer Engineering (ESEI). Ourense Campus (University of Vigo) Politechnic Building no number, 32004 Ourense

Chair Director

Alma Gómez Rodríguez - alma@uvigo.es