Millennia2015 "Women actors of development for the global challenges" is a foresight research process launched by The Destree Institute and its international partners in 2007. Millennia2015 works with foresight as a method and the information society as context in solidarity.

More than 50 companies - such as Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, France-Telecom, Google, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft,Οrange, Panasonic and SAP- have signed the ‘‘Code of Best Practices for Women and Technology’’- committing themselves to implement actions to eliminate women’s underrepresentation in the ICT sector. Since December 2010, the PEOPLECERT Group has recognized the problem and has been participating in the European Commission’s initiative by signing the Code of Best Practices for women in ICT.

Sonja Bernhardt, CEO of ThoughtWare Australia, was on Australia's National Day, the 26th of January awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her outstanding contribution to the information technology industry.

National Point of Contacts (N-PoCs) of the ECWT are rapidly increasing multi-stakeholder based organizations implementing the strategy of the European Centre for Women and Technology with the goal to measurably and significanly increase the number of girls and women in ICT and technology.

The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology announced it has opened the Call for Nominations for three awards: the Anita Borg Social Impact, Anita Borg Technical Leadership and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader Awards. Nominees may be submitted by high-tech companies, universities, private industry, and the general public. One winner will be selected in each category.

The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology announced it has opened the Call for Nominations for the Anita Borg Change Agent Awards. The Change Agent Awards celebrate the accomplishments of technical women from, and who work in, developing countries. These awards are designed to recognize up-and-coming leaders that impact or advance women’s participation in technology.

The U.S. Department of State’s TechWomen initiative is now accepting cultural and technical mentors for its cutting-edge international exchange program that will bring the power of global business, technology, and education together to empower women and girls.

This annual one-day event is open to all undergraduate AND taught postgraduate women in computing and related disciplines across the UK, and beyond. The day comprises a poster competition for students, speakers from industry and academia, and concludes with a social event. The event is named after Ada Lovelace, a computing pioneer and often considered to be the first programmer. The aims of this event are: to provide a forum for undergraduate women to share their ideas and network; to provide a stimulating series of talks from women in computing, both from academia and industry; to provide both formal (talks) and informal (networking) advice to undergraduate women about careers in computing from a female perspective.

In connection with the high-level Joint DG INFSO and Hungarian EU Presidency conference the National Innovation Office (Hungary), the European Commission’s Directorate General for Information Society and Media (DG INFSO) and the European Centre for Women and Technology (ECWT) have announced a European drawing competition for girls around the theme of European girls draw the future of ICT (information and communication technologies.

European policymakers have singled out knowledge, education and innovation, as key drivers for sustainable growth and prosperity of the European society, with research and innovation placed at the centre of the EU 2020 Strategy. Gender equality goals have been highlighted in September 2010 by the Council for European Union, which called for implementation of systematic and visible gender mainstreaming actions and advised that to accelerate progress towards equality between women and men, more coordinated cooperation is needed between all relevant actors. The European Science Foundation and genSET have partnered to deliver the first European Gender Summit. This conference brings together leaders in science research and in policy to discuss emerging trends and advances in understanding how gender issues impact science research and innovation at the European Level.