Girls’ Club mentioned at South by Southwest & WNYC’s “The Greene Space”

Jessica Lawrence, Executive Director of the NY Tech Meetup, mentioned Brooklyn Robot Foundry’s Girls’ Club during a speech at South by Southwest and during a panel discussion on WNYC’s The Greene Space!

Jessica’s speech at SXSW was entitled, “There’s No Ambition Gap: Truth About Women in Tech”. The panel discussion on WNYC was on “How Tech is Changing the Way Woman Work”. We feel so honored to be mentioned in both!

She talks about an experience she had while eating at a local restaurant. One of our Girls’ Club members came into the restaurant and brought her newly created robot cat. She was giddy with pride as she showed the other restaurant patrons the robot she had just completed. Jessica was so struck with the experience that she decided to include it in her SXSW speech as well as to talk about it again during the panel discussion.

In the South by Southwest talk, we are mentioned around 37:50. During the panel discussion, we are mentioned around 38:00.

And here is a quick video of the cute kitty itself!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aLoG7xogdCQ