IFEES GEDC IUCEE Global Webinar:

Celebrating the 2021 GEDC Diversity Award Recipient: Patrones Hermosos

Beautiful Patterns is a 5-day bootcamp developed jointly by the MIT Geospatial Laboratory and the School of Engineering and Sciences of Tecnológico de Monterrey, to promote the study engineering and science among middle and high school girls.

Oriented to development algorithmic thinking and programming skills and taught by female engineering students,  Beautiful Patterns seeks to motivate girls to study science and technology so that the next generations of young engineers have a higher percentage of women among their graduates, which is expected to impact the economic development of the country.

In this Webinar we will show you the origins of the program, what it consists of, what motivates us to expand its promotion to other countries, the way we have organized ourselves and the strategies that will allow us to synergize with other universities to promote the development of logical thinking. and programming among young students. Mainly we will love to show you the testimonials that the participants themselves have shared with us after having participated in the program.

We will be joined by a representative from the 2021 GEDC Diversity Award Sponsor: Siemens.

Leticia Almaguer has been a teacher for over 30 years in the area of information systems, with a focus on strategic management, project management, technological innovation and IT-based solutions. She currently participates in continuing education programs with project management topics and coordinates the Agile Project Management Program in Online modality.

Patricia Jacques is an energy driven and result oriented professional with 20 years of experience in the education, innovation and financial sectors. She specializes in Higher Education, internationalization, innovation, operations, finance, project management, and building collaboration opportunities between and among people and organizations.