Ruiz-Garcia, AurelioSubirats, LaiaFreire, Ana2016-07-052016-07-052016Ruiz-Garcia A; Subirats L; Freire A. Lessons learned in promoting new technologies and engineering in girls through a girls hackathon and mentoring. In: Gómez Chova L, López Martínez A, Candel Torres I, editors. EDULEARN16 Proceedings 8th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies; 2016 July 4-6; Barcelona, Spain. Valencia: IATED; 2016. p. 248-56. DOI: 10.21125/edulearn.2016.1042978-84-608-8860-42340-1117http://hdl.handle.net/10230/27002The under-representation of women in engineering is becoming a matter of concern as it has implications both for the women themselves and for the development of the digital economy sector. To address this issue, a girls hackathon and a mentorship program have been held at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain) with the aim of bringing more women into computing. Questionnaires deployed after the event indicate that it was a powerful initiative to encourage girls to study engineering degrees and to increase the visibility of women in ICT.application/pdfeng© The authors and IATEDinfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjecthttp://dx.doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2016.1042HackathonTechnologyICTWomenEducationDiversity issuesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess