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" Thinking through how to make sure we're bringing incredible toys and experiences and that to our girls and our boys at some point is really important for this country for the world in general. "

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" The more people we can attract to science and technology - men, women, everybody - the more economic opportunity we have as a nation. "

Megan Smith

Technology

Science

Opportunity

" Take everything you know. Take your whole selves. Be inclusive. Be open. Make history in the infinite ways that your heart takes you. "

" Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions. "

" To me, there's so much talent in the world that's locked out for the wrong reasons, whether it's innovators at the highest end where we need to change the regulation systems, or whether it's the talented people who work here who the bureaucracy's holding back, or the amazing American people. "

" I went to an inner-city school in Buffalo. We had no money. But our teachers believed in hands-on active learning - there was a mandatory science fair, which was critical. "

" Founded in 1994 by the Anita Borg Institute and growing every year, the Grace Hopper Celebration is bringing needed network connections, skill building, and visibility for women computer scientists who work at all levels of our industry. "

" I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do. "

" It's so interesting that when somebody's pregnant, we are obsessed with knowing the gender of the child so we can figure out what we need to buy that child, what the present would be. Like we're pre-programming the kid before they were born. "

" I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo. "

" I love to use technology to help people have better lives and to reduce our impact on the planet. "

" There are several places in Vietnam where they're teaching computer science from second grade in class, so they don't have a gender divide because everybody is expected to program. "

" Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally. "

" Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion. "

" I have been able to attend many technology conferences around the world over the years, including some of the largest, like Google I/O, Microsoft's Developer Conference, Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference, Oracle World, Le Web, and more. "

" Talent is everywhere. Not all talent has access. "

" Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time. "

" We very much use a prototyping model, play with ideas, and then get stuff started that way, which is how the greatest projects get started. "

" We need to have making, including computer science, shop, etc. as part of the core curriculum from the beginning, not just an optional afterschool thing. Things like First Robotics and all of those great programs need to become mainstream. "

" I've been working on the lost history of technical women. "

" Malala Yousafzai is all of our daughter, like Iqbal Masih who was all of our son. "

" You've got Americans who are making Amazon and Facebook and Twitter. That level of American needs to run future government. "

" The mandate for the CTO's office is to unleash the power of technology, data, and innovation on behalf of the nation. The CTO's office is really trying to bring best practices, possibilities, pilots, and policy advising. "

" We know that diversity can sometimes be more uncomfortable because things are less familiar - but it gets the best results. "

Megan Smith

Know

Results

" There's this fabulous innovation ship called Unreasonable at Sea, where I'm a mentor. One of the companies there was called Protei, and they're an open hardware ocean exploration and monitoring idea. "

" Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code. "

" If we're the country that makes Amazon and Facebook and Twitter, why can't the federal government have websites and digital services that are awesome? "

" We are the only country with an operating rover on Mars. We are an amazing country on tech. "

" I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves. "

" For those of you who are underrepresented in technology, know that you've always been here. Look in photos and see yourself reflecting back. "

" It's an incredibly important thing to make sure we preserve net neutrality. "