Music / NewsRobyn is launching a festival for women in technologyGirls to the front (in STEM subjects)ShareLink copied ✔️March 23, 2015MusicNewsTextZing Tsjeng Robyn, the world's favourite fembot, is setting up a festival to support and encourage women in technology. Launched in collaboration with the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, the one-day event is called Tekla and features motivational speakers, workshops on everything from 3D printing to electronic music and robotics, and will be capped off with performance from Robyn (duh). Tekla, which will be held in Stockholm , is strictly for girls: as in, girls between the ages of 11 to 18. The whole idea is to motivate them to get interested in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), which are still dominated by men. According to KTH, only 34 percent of its new students are women. "I thought of KTH's motto, 'science and art', and wanted to do something to inspire girls who are curious about technology, while at the same time highlighting that too few women are applying to KTH programs," Robyn said in a statement. "Tekla is a festival for girls, in which they get to sample different areas of future technology in what I believe will be a fun and imaginative environment." KTH's love affair with Robyn goes way back. In 2013, the school awarded the Swedish artist its annual Great Prize for her use of technology in music. Last year, a group of mechatronics students did one better and created their own dancing robot version of Robyn. Watch Robyn meet her android self below: Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREK-pop has an AI problemCoals are kickstarting Poland’s dream pop sceneOnMeet the creatives turning up the heat in Lagos with Burna Boy and OnEvilgiane’s camera roll from his tour with Snow StrippersFinnish alt-pop star Pehmoaino: ‘Art helps us survive this dark country’10 great albums you may have missed in the last three monthsLamb is making ‘electronic lyrical’ music that sounds like no one elseArabic shoegaze duo Kiss Facility speak a language deeper than words‘Nazis can’t dance’: Photos from London’s House Against Hate protest rave5 tracks you can’t miss from March 2026ADL: The best and worst tracks on Yeat’s new album‘A cig in one hand and an inhaler in the other’: Fcukers know how to partyEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy