Our Latest Workshops


​We strive to inspire girls and underserved communities to develop interest and confidence in STEM through quality hands-on activities
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IoT For Good Technical Workshop at Riyada Youth Innovation Summer Program - Beirut Digital District

During this 2-week program, we trained and mentored youth aged 14-18 to create projects using IoT to tackle environmental issues. Participants learned to design and program circuits and connect them to the Internet.
​At the end of the program, participants were able to transform their innovative ideas into working prototypes.

JSConf EU & Asia

Deploying and Building WebThings Workshop by Mozilla

 We assisted the Mozilla Team in their workshop at JSConf EU in Berlin and led the workshop at JSConf Asia in Singapore. We demonstrated Mozilla's WebThings Gateway, an IoT framework to protect user privacy and security, and to improve cross-brand interoperability. We also showed how to develop and build custom "web things" out of microcontroller boards, and got hands-on with MicroBlocks.

TechWomen Delegation Trip - Uzbekistan

Central Asia Women in Tech and Science Week

We provided technical mentorships to entrepreneurs, as well as to young girls who are part of the Technovation program

Mozilla IoT Workshop

This workshop provided an overview of Mozilla's IoT technology as well as an introduction to hardware coding, using Micro:Bits and Circuit Playground Express

Green Business Day

In this panel discussion, we highlighted our effort to tackle environmental problems through technology innovation

Innovation and IoT Workshops at GGIT Beirut & Chouf - Lebanon


The workshop was designed to provide an introduction to IoT technology and innovation for girls aged 15 to 17.
It was broken down into hands-on projects based on an environmental use case and into presentations with demos and in-depth exercises.

​Learning Outcomes:
  • Understanding the benefits of Internet of Things
  • Learning how to model, connect, analyze and build an IoT platform
  • Introduction to code development using Makecode and MicroBlocks
  • Building an end-to-end device using electronic components and a Micro:bit
  • Understanding and testing micro-computers and programmable boards such as the Micro:bit and the Circuit Playground 
  • Acquiring skills in the use and functionality of sensors used in IoT applications

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