Announcements

Joint Grant Thornton for it's 13th Annual Washington Women Speak!
As a supporter of inclusion and gender diversity, please check out this upcoming WIT sponsored event.

The 13th annual Washington Women Speak! – an inspiring and enriching event that brings woman’s real world experiences to light. A breakfast and panel discussion, Washington Women Speak! is designed to bring together professional women and men to discuss how our values and cultural experiences impact our work, our personal lives, and our communities.

The theme for this year’s event is Together, We are Stronger. Check out the speaker line up:

Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH) represents the 3rd congressional district in Ohio and sits on the House Committee on Financial Services and serves on three Subcommittees: Diversity and Inclusion (Chair), Housing, Community Development and Insurance, and Oversight and Investigations.
Lisa Hershman, acting Chief Management Officer, Department of Defense (DOD)
Natalie Rico, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Melinda Rogers, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of Justice (DOJ)
Patricia Collins Weedon, Senior Vice President (SVP) & Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Discovery Communications

Reserve your spot today! Hope you will join together with hundreds from across the Washington, DC area for this year’s event.
When: April 2, 2019 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Where: National Press Club, (529 14th St NW, Washington, D.C.)
Register Here

Rides on Olli, the first self-driving electric Shuttle, are available at National Harbor!
Local Motors is a ground mobility company focused on shaping the future for the better byway of manufacturing safe, smart, and sustainable mobility solutions. We manufacture Olli, the world's first co-created, self-driving, electric shuttle.

Currently, rides are only available to organizations and businesses, but public rides begin this summer. Would your organization like to experience a self-driving vehicle? Schedule a visit with us to take a ride on Olli! Email [email protected] to RSVP and book your spot!

Beaver Works Summer Institute

The MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI) is a rigorous, world-class STEM program for talented students who will be entering their senior year in high school. The four-week program teaches STEM skills through project-based, workshop-style courses. BWSI began in 2016 with a single course offered to 46 students, a mix of local daytime students and out-of-state residential students. In this course, RACECAR (Rapid Autonomous Complex Environment Competing Ackermann steering) students programmed small robotic cars to autonomously navigate a racetrack. Find out More Here.

Girls In Technology is Looking for Locations for its 2019-2020 Program Year!
If you know of classroom or conference space that can accommodate 40-125 people for an evening meeting or event, please let us know. GIT offers programming in downtown DC, Montgomery County, MD and Northern Virginia.

Contact Paula Prettyman, GIT Program Manager, at [email protected].

Girls in Technology Committee is in Search of Volunteers to Support Many of its Programs
Girls In Technology seeks hand-on STEM opportunities for the girls in our programs. If you know of an opportunity for #GITgirls to spend small group time with a STEM professional to learn about jobs in STEM, please let us know.

Contact Paula Prettyman, GIT Program Manager, at [email protected].