From the 7th to the 14th of September, 14 young coders met in Vaumarcus, Neuchâtel, for the “Girls Camp” of the Swiss Olympiad in Informatics (SOI). We asked some of them what they learned in the camp, what informatics means for their future and what they think about events meant for young women.

Alexandra Dache, coordinator of academic preparation for the Swiss Economics Olympiad, shares a message to Silvan Thut, Aline Leutwiler, Ana Van der Ree and Dario Ackermann who represented Switzerland at the International Economics Olympiad 2020.

After the final of this year's Philosophy Olympiad was reduced to an online essay competition, the participants finally met in person at the beginning of September. They spent four days traveling across Switzerland in the footsteps of two famous philosophers.

As children, she and her sisters competed over calculations and logic puzzles. Today, she passes on her knowledge to the next generation of mathematically gifted youngsters. Ivana Klasovita knows first-hand how valuable talent promotion in STEM subjects can be – especially for girls and young women.

Du hast Spass an einem oder mehreren der neun Olympiaden-Fächer? Du möchtest mehr lernen und Gleichgesinnte treffen? Du sehnst sich nach einer Herausforderung? Dann melde dich jetzt an! Reisen, neue Freundschaften, Medaillen und ganz viel Wissenschaft warten auf dich.

European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics or EGOI. If you've never heard of it, that's because it's new: This informatics competition for young women will take place for the very first time in 2021, in Switzerland. We talked to Stefanie, André and Ivana, three of the volunteers who are organizing the event.