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Today’s guest is Marianna Lubanski.Marianna has a MSc degree in International Business from Copenhagen Business School. She has extensive international experience with innovation, entrepreneurship, business, and regional development.Apart from ten years of being an entrepreneur, her background includes being the director for Investment Promotion in Copenhagen Capacity, executive director of the Danish Innovation Center in Silicon Valley, and Director for Business Development in Grundfos. Today, she leads Science City Lyngby, a public-private partnership of 80+ organizations around the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).One of Science City Lyngby’s mission objectives is to promote collaboration across sectors between schools, private companies and educational institutions by creating new engaging experiences with science and technology for children and young adults. I am interviewing Marianna to hear more about why we need more girls in technology and how schools, teachers and parents can engage with this mission through Science City, for example.Stay tuned for Hello Ada’s mini podcast series. Every Wednesday morning. Sign up to be the first to hear about our website launch here: https://helloada.ai/ and get the latest news from Hello Ada on LinkedIn!

Today’s guest is Maria Planes.Maria is a Design Strategist with a passion for creating innovative eco-systems for a better future. She truly cares about doing good (not just less bad), for the people and the planet. Born and raised on the sunny coast of Spain, growing up she wanted to be an inventor. So, what better fit than her current role at LEGO? where she is a Senior Design Manager, building digital experiences for kids from a point of ethics, using digital technologies to make LEGO values available and accessible for everyone. Maria is an Industrial Designer, an engineer by trade, and later also specialized herself on trend forecasting. She says it's like predicting the future! Today she is keen on the importance of representation and including more women in tech, so we can ensure the future shaped by tech doesn't leave anyone behind. Her podcast, 'How I met my Mentor', brings forward women in leadership roles, for valuable advice and mentorship.I am interviewing Maria to hear more about why we need more girls in technology and how parents can engage with this mission through LEGO, for example.You can find Maria's podcast here: https://howimetmymentor.buzzsprout.com/You can check Maria's recommended LEGO product for getting girls (and boys) introduced to technology and coding: https://spike.legoeducation.com/Stay tuned for Hello Ada’s mini podcast series. Every Wednesday morning. Sign up to be the first to hear about our website launch here: https://helloada.ai/ and get the latest news from Hello Ada on LinkedIn!

Today’s guest is Marianne Andersen, the founder of High5Girls. She has more than 25 years of international experience within the MedTech industry and Robotics/AI. She is also the 2020 Agnes and Betsy award winner – an award given to an engineer that has done something extraordinary for diversity in technology. High5Girls is an organization focused on attracting young women, between the ages of 13-19, into the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).High5Girls organizes hackathons and hands-on camps for girls and young women. And, at the events, female role models with a background in the industry share their passion for STEM. I am interviewing Marianne to hear more about High5Girls, why we need more girls in technology and how parents can engage with this mission through High5Girls, for example.Stay tuned for Hello Ada’s mini podcast series. Every Wednesday morning. Sign up to be the first to hear about our website launch here: https://helloada.ai/ and get the latest news from Hello Ada on LinkedIn!

Today’s guest is Martin Exner, an IT didactic consultant at Future Classroom Lab, the initiator behind Coding Pirates and Coding Class and the co-host of the podcast ‘The Cryptographers’Coding Pirates is an organisation that teaches kids to code and be it-creative through interactive workshops. Two hours a week, kids can go to Coding Pirates to explore their invention-drive, creative skills and lets them produce their own computer games, software programs, robots, electronics, etc.Coding Pirates now has 100 departments all over the country and is an ever growing institution, with about 1000 volunteers and hosts a great it-didactic network.I am interviewing Martin to hear more about Coding Pirates, why we need more girls in technology and how parents can engage with this mission through Coding Pirates, for example.If you want to sign up to Coding Pirates: members.codingpirates.dkIf you want to check where your closest Coding Pirates department is located: https://lnkd.in/g6tYhxmUIf you want to read more about Magic Pirates: https://lnkd.in/gewJ6QEQStay tuned for Hello Ada’s mini podcast series. Every Wednesday morning. Sign up to be the first to hear about our website launch here: https://helloada.ai/ and get the latest news from Hello Ada on LinkedIn!