Diana Knodel
Founder, App Camps, Germany
Dr. Diana Knodel has a background in computer science, psychology and educational research. After graduating from university she co-founded CyberMentor, an e-mentoring program for girls and women in STEM. She worked as a project manager and team lead in in the IT industry and was a product manager at XING.
In 2014 Diana started App Camps, a non-profit that aims to bring coding and digital skills into the classroom. Teachers in different countries use App Camps' teaching resources and thousands of young people have already participated in courses on app development or HTML & CSS.
From October 2016 Diana will be a guest professor at the Technical University Berlin.
Diana is an ambassador for the Hamburg Geekettes, a community of women dedicated to helping aspiring and established female tech innovators. Edition F and D64 named her as one of the 25 leading women in Germany for the digital future.