G20 Brisbane Global Cafe

Published: Thursday, 20 November 2014

Spoke about my robotic arm at the G20 Brisbane Global Cafe.

G20

World Entrepreneurship Forum

Published: Thursday, 30 October 2014

After Utah, I flew to Lyon, France to speak at the World Entrepreneurship Forum.  It was fantastic to meet with successful entrepreneurs from all over the world and share battle scar stories.

World Entrepreneurship Forum

Real Girls Change the World

Published: Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Went to Utah and spoke at the Girl Scout National Convention in front of 6000 young women from all over America.  Pretty insane!  The panel was called, "Real Girls Change the World".

Rehearsals the day before...

Girl Scouts Utah

 

Girl Scouts Chairs

 

And the real thing!

Real Girls Group

 

Real Girls Marita

 

Robogals Asia Pacific SINE 2014

Published: Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Robogals Asia Pacific SINE Perth 2014.  120 participants from Australia, Philippines, Japan, New Zealand and China.  Our biggest SINE to date!

SINE stands for Seminars Inducting New Executive Committee Members.  We hold the SINE annually in each of our regions - Asia Pacific, North America, Europe/UK.  Executive committee members from each of our chapters attend to get trained in running Robogals chapters, to compare notes on best practices for running a chapter and to network with like-minded peers from all across the region.

Robogals Perth SINE 2014

Q&A

Published: Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Q&A on ABC alongside two Nobel Laureates:  Peter Doherty and Brian Schmidt, Chief Scientist of Australia Ian Chubb and respected microbiologist Suzanne Cory.

Q&A Panel

Q&A Collage

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About Me

Marita ChengForbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.

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