To celebrate the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we collaborated and took part in the second edition of Potenti’ELLE en Science, hosted at the International School of Lausanne.
Our goal was to inspire the next generation to pursue their STEM passion. For this, the event showcased many female leaders in STEM, to make them more visible and inspire the next generation to think and act differently. Represented fields included solutions to public health issues, artificial intelligence, health entrepreneurship, development of more sustainable infrastructure and food provision…
Insights
Facts and figures
> 95% of the participants would like to hear from female role models again
> 80% of the young girls think differently about their futures after hearing from role models
Girls chose our speed networking session as their favourite activity in the event
Feedback
“Begoña's day in the life made me rethink my choices for future careers as I resonated a lot with her interests but didn't know about her career and what it consisted of”
12-15 years old girl
“Hearing from role models more personally, being able to ask questions and have a conversation was really nice and gave me a lot of insight. It was also good because they asked us questions and gave us advice depending on what we would answer or what we would ask. The speed networking was really good in that way and I would've loved to hear from more models.”
15-18 years old girl
Impressions
Keynote Speech - Inspiring Girls Switzerland
A classroom before one of our Day in the Life Workshops
A classroom during one of our Day in the Life Workshops