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barcelona girl geek dinners

There wil be two Girl Geek Dinners in Barcelona on the 7th and 14th of November, organised by the lovely Sarah Blow, of London Girl Geek Dinners fame. Details here.

Men are allowed to attend, of course, provided they are invited by a girl who's also going. Says Sarah:

The idea of the girl geek dinners was to get the girls/ women feeling happier in a social tech environment and not worry about being the only female there... I was also hoping that by providing a way of getting people to meet each other that they would arrange to meet at such events having been to a girl geek dinner. I hope that this trend continues and that it really does help to bring more females into the industry and for those in the industry to not feel like they are the only ones out there!

The number of guys looking to get invites to the dinners is some what amusing... It means that if they want to come along they really do have to find some of those girl geeks that I know are out there and get themselves invited. At least it gives the men a reason to actually take note of the girl geeks around them and maybe they could also be persuaded to help encourage more females into the industry too.

Sounds like a good reason to visit Spain to me.

Posted by hugh macleod at October 23, 2006 10:53 AM | TrackBack