Athens May 2018

You learn designing, prototyping and coding with the help from our coaches.

You need your own laptop, curiosity and a sprinkle of imagination!

Want to help? We are looking for Rails coaches.

Friday 4th May

19.00 -	Installation party Get to know the attendees a little bit before hand. Bring your laptop, so we can install Ruby on Rails for you. We'll use the installation guide.

Saturday 5th May

9:00 - 9:30	Registration
9:30 - 10:00	Welcome & Introduction to Workshop
10:00 - 10:30	Introduction to programming by Chrysa Tzouma
10:30 - 11:00	Try Ruby! Let's get coding!
11:00 - 11:15	Α Word from our Sponsors
11:15 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:10	Rails Workshop Jumpstart your first web application
13.10 - 13:30	Bentobox Challenge - Understanding Web Apps Recap of what we’ve learned and how it all fits together.
13:30 - 14:30	Lunch
14:30 - 14:45	Α Word from our Sponsors
14:45 - 16:15	Rails Workshop Extend your application.
16:15 - 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 - 16:45	Α Word from our Sponsors
16:45 - 17:15	Μy story in Tech by Chryssa Aliferi
17:15 - 19:00	Farewell Party Open for everyone, meet cool people interested in tech.

Information

Applications are closed.
Attendance is free.

Applications closed: Monday 9 April
Acceptances informed: Monday 23 April

Location: The HUB Events
Alkminis 5, Athens 118 54

FAQ

How much does the workshop cost? Nothing, it's free! You just need to be excited!

Who is this aimed for? Women of any age with basic knowledge of working with a computer. We’ve had people of all ages taking part. Most of the speeches are given in Greek or English. Please bring your laptop.

Can men attend? Yes, but girls are given a priority.

I know how to program - How can I help? We’re also looking for people to be coaches. We’ll have a two-three hour workshop before the event to walk you through the curriculum. Email us

Partners

Platinum sponsors

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) is a global payment technology company, which connects consumers, companies, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and states via fast, safe and reliable electronic payments.

Skroutz.gr is the leading Greek price comparison engine where users can compare products and prices offered by various merchants. In other words, Skroutz acts as your ally in order to find the best deals and make the smartest purchasing decisions. Skroutz is built on Ruby on Rails and currently also operates in the UK as scrooge.co.uk and Turkey as alve.com

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. With expertise across more than 40 industries and all business functions, Accenture delivers transformational outcomes for a demanding new digital world.

At PwC Greece, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. We're a network of firms in 158 countries with more than 236,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory and tax services. We have premises in Athens and Thessaloniki and more than 1,000 employees. Find out more by visiting us at www.pwc.gr.

Gold sponsors

Eproductions provide integrated, highly specialized web and new media services combined with prompt and excellent customer service that covers the needs of each project and of every client.

Workable is all-in-one recruiting software, trusted by over 6000 companies to streamline their hiring. From posting a job to sourcing candidates, Workable provides tools to manage multiple hiring pipelines.

Agile Actors delivers software development & data engineering services to our clients by building, coaching & managing cross-functional teams of tech professionals which augment, extend and enhance our client's development skills, competencies and capacity.

SlashData is the leading analyst firm in the developer economy, tracking global software developer trends via the largest, most comprehensive developer surveys worldwide.

Funkmartini is the innovative online guide to beauty & wellness. Funkmartini is the first complete online platform to bring together the best hair salons, nail bars & beauty centers in your city.