Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
Technology: The Great Equalizer…
7.3 Billion People in the World
Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
The Great Equalizer? Men Online
18%
16%
Offline
Women Online
66%
2013 - Doubling Digital Opportunities, ITU, UNDP
Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
The down & dirty • 13% of European Publicly-traded Boards • 1 in 5 Employees in ICT (in Europe)
20% of Girls Want Career in Tech
25% of Computer Science degrees
• 1 in 8 in Industry • 3% of Tech Starters (e.g. in Belgium)
30% of ICT Sector Jobs
20% of Tech Roles in ICT
• Better decision-making • Resonance with user-base
20% of Mgt roles in ICT
10% of ICT Boards
• Positive impact on bottom-line Fortune 500: 4%
Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
Rewind… 49% of Young People: 32M
20% of Girls Want Career in Tech
55% of University Students: 18.5M
25% of Computer Science degrees
31% of STEM
President 7%
19% of Researchers (UK) CEO 4%
21% Board
22% of Professors 14% of Executive Management 33% of Mgt
Rectors
11%
30% of ICT Sector Jobs
20% of Tech Roles in ICT
20% of Mgt roles in ICT
10% of ICT Boards
22% of Middle Management Fortune 500: 4%
Makers and Researchers
46% of Total Workforce: 99.4M
Core digital
Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016 Business
Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
The down & dirty
80% • 85% of women starters fly solo
• FFF: Fleeing, Fed up Forty-somethings
• Mature, mothers, business partners of husbands
Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
80% Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
Europe’s “secret weapon”
• GDP: • Employment:
Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
The down & dirty • 5% of VC Funding • 85% of VC Firms have no women partners • Women angel-investors? • Startup? - Scaleup? - Steady-state?
Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
What do we do?
Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
Restore Balance
Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
Cultivate & Nourish! • • •
Girl-focused Community: g-hive.org
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Flagship initiatives:
Women-focused Community: inQube.eu ESTEAM skills, role models, confidence- & community-building
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Ada Awards: Digital Girl, Woman & Organization of the Year
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Digital Muse Girl Tech Fest inQube Move It Forward Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
Move It Forward
• 15-16 October 2016 • Move It Forward for Women Refugees • Beginners, ESTEAM skill-focused, social mission
• Projects become eligible for inQubation ;) • replicable, scaleable… Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
Girl Tech Fest • 29 April 2017 in Brussels • ESTEAM skills for Girls (11-14 years old) • 500 girls; 200 volunteers; 100 workshops • replicable, scaleable…
Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
The Ada Awards
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Europe Partnership: DLI, CEPIS, DIGITALEUROPE, ECWT & European
SchoolNet
• Recognising Digital Woman, Girl & “Impact Organisation” of the Year Patronage: • Inaugural UN ITU Secretary General Hamadoun Touré • •
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EU Commission VP Neelie Kroes
Scope: Europe, Africa, … Ongoing Pledge of the EU Grand Coalition for Digital Skills & Jobs
2014-2016 EU Eskills for Jobs Campaign Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016
@roningirl
Cheryl Miller, Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute - DSI4EU - 29 June 2016