Sixty of the world’s most creative and visionary software designers will descend on the Bay Area this summer, and they all have two things in common: they’re all female and under age 19.
The girls — finalists in an annual global software design competition that this year drew thousands of participants from almost 100 countries — will gather at the Google campus in Mountain View Aug. 7-11 to showcase their mobile software applications in hopes of winning a $15,000 grand prize.
The contest, called Technovation, is one of numerous programs aimed at encouraging girls to study and pursue technology.
