Hey Everyone, I’m Avanti!

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 Avanti's vision - Gen Z would meet the challenge of NetZero 2050 goal and emerge as a 'Superhero Generation'. Her mission is to empower 1 million youth by 2035 to take on the challenge. 

Impact-Driven Initiatives 

• SDG 4 - Quality Education

Codeutainment™  - a revolutionary concept launched in 2019 to combine Coding, Science, and Technology and present it in a fun, engaging manner in the movie hall, to inspire the youth to take up STEM subjects.

Aftermovie Edition 3, Trailer Edition 3, Global Launch Edition 2,  Trailer Edition 1, Audience Feedback Edition 1.

Delivered Keynote Speech at Deloitte Belgium ESTEAM Fest infront of all-girls audience aged 7-14 years and ran all-girls workshop for 50 7-14 year olds in European School Brussels IV, May 2022 

• SDG 5 - Gender Equality

Launched cybersecurity intiatives to keep youth safe online. Girls are the most targeted victims of online impersonation attacks, cat-fishing, and harassement.

Studified - A software process to verify student identities on social media. Works to prevent adult impersonators from targeting teens. Won 'honorable' prize, the only prize awarded to International Delegates at the Largest Science Expo Portugal, May 2023

R-U-SURE - a software plug-in to help teens make more informed decisions online, whilst attempting to access dangerous websites eg. Chatrooms. Listing possible threats of site usage and real-life cases. Acts as a friendly guiding voice confirming with the teen “Are you sure?” allowing them to reflect on their decision before making a spontaneous action. 

The project was presented to Luxembourg's Minister of Research and Education Stéphanie Obertin, who showed interest in the software.

Inspiring Leaders to get involved

• TEDx HU Berlin, February 2020 - How an iGen would implement the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
• Codemotion Milan, Closing Keynote, October 2023 - How the SDGs can learn from the journey of technology 
• Nexus 2050 Keynote, June 2024 - Luxembourg Edition: How the SDGs can learn from the journey of technology
• ICT Spring Keynote, October 2021 - Post-Pandemic Edition: How an iGen would implement the Sustainable Development Goals 
• Addressed Deloitte's 10th Horizon conference, September 2021 as the youngest keynote speaker on Technology, Innovation, and Sustainability

 Creating Awareness in Youth - SDG-focused hackathons 

• Partnered with Orange to introduce pre-teens to coding with Scratch. Thereafter, conducted a hackathon where the teams must make a project showcasing their ideas to solve one of the SDG Goals.

The hackathon was judged by CEO of Orange Luxembourg, Corrine Lozé, and held at Orange headquarters.

• In Workshop4Me sessions, we run a SDG hackathon at the end of the academic year, 2023, with our students. Students have three weeks to individually develop a project focusing on one SDG goal. Projects are pitched, to develop entrepreneurship skills.

• Won the 'honorable prize', the only prize awarded to International Delegates, and a sum of 500€  at the Largest Science Exhibition in Portugal representing Luxembourg with her project Studified™ . Avanti presented her project under the 'Engineering Technology' category. June 3 2023
• Won the opportunity of presenting her project Studified™ at the National Science Exhibition Portugal 2023, as a young scientist in Jonk Fuerscher 2023
• Invited to Esch 2022 Mars Exposition as a 'young scientist', published in Phase 1 № 23, October 8 2022
• Named 'Top Fifty Women in Belgian Tech' by InspiringFifty, October 6, 2022
• Selected as a Finalist for the WomenInTech Europe Awards, September 20 2022

• In March 2018, had been nominated for the Technology Playmaker award 'Rising Star of the Year' category. Avanti was invited to the inaugural ceremony at the Museum of London hosted on International Women's Day with a gala dinner with 100 women leaders in technology. Avanti was felicitated by Gilian Tans, President and CEO Booking.com. Randi Zuckerberg, CEO of Zuckerberg Media mentioned Avanti in her speech and spent time talking about a possible collaboration in her DOT Complicated project aimed towards encouraging teenage girls to take up coding. Soon after, she invited Avanti on her Business Radio show Dot Complicated. Recording: Radio Recap.
• Efforts were formally recognised by KPMG after Avanti co-hosted a 5-day session for EUCodeWeek at KPMG Luxembourg, October 2018 and introduced 70 KPMG employees to HTML and CSS along with my brother, Atreyam (Leo). Also, conducted coding workshop for KPMG Employee kids.
• In April 2017, along with the Luxembourg team, Avanti participated in the Technovation Challenge. The team coded a mobile app One-Click Safety App and also wrote a business plan for it.

• Master of Ceremony alongside Atreyam (Leo) Sharma at TN'Teens 2025, an event by The Dots Luxembourg, April 3 2025 
• Master of Ceremony at MOMENTUM 2025, Deloitte's annual sustainability conference.
  Introduced as MC and called upon the stage by CEO & Managing Partner John Psaila of Deloitte Luxembourg. Delivered the Closing Speech, April 3 2025 
• Panelist on International Women's Day Event hosted at Spuerkees Palace by LUXWMN on the theme of Intergenerational Conversations for Change. The event was opened by Minister Yuriko Backes (Minister of Equality) and supported by Luxembourg's Ministry of Gender Equality and Diversity. Discussion moderated by Beate Stiehler-Mulder, and co-panelists were Amanda Roberts (She/Her), Martine Capus, Olga Jeczmyk, March 7 2025 
• Panelist at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona on Empowering the Next Generation: Inspiring Women and Youth to Lead in STEM. Co-panelists with Katherine Ainley, CEO of Ericsson UK & Ireland, Dr. Alessandra Sala, Senior Director of AI & Data Science at Shutterstock, Dr. Claire Thorne, founder of Tech She Can. The panel was moderated by Wini Hebalkar, Chief Services Officer at SquareTrade/Allstate Protection Plans, March 5 2025
•  Invited to share thoughts on exclusive roundtable by Lara Dewar, CMO of GSMA on the Women in STEM Circle, March 5 2025

• Master of Ceremony on the Main Stage during Nexus2050. Had the privilege of inviting H.R.H. the Crown Prince, Minister Gilles Roth, Minister Lex Delles, Commissioner Illiana Ivanova, and others on stage. Co-hosted the opening ceremony with Sophia the robot, by Hanson Robotics. Master of Ceremony during the Closing Seated Dinner where Sophia the robot was assembled on stage, the first-time in history, June 26-27 2024
• Interviewed Maurice Lévy on a fireside chat on the main stage at Nexus2050, June 27 2024
• Interviewed Alexandre Mars on a fireside chat on the main stage at Nexus2050, June 27 2024
• Keynote address at the MyConnectivity side event during Nexus2050 on "Intergalactic Communication", June 26 2024
• Keynote address at Nexus2050 on "How the SDGs can learn from the journey of Technology - Luxembourg Edition" on the Main Stage at Nexus2050, June 26 2024
• Keynote address at the Joy of Coding conference Rotterdam,  speaker's invite-only event, June 21 2024

• Master of Ceremony at Deloitte Disrupt GenAI Conference, held at Luxembourg House of Startups, LHoFT, December 7 2023
• Speaker at Women Economic Forum held in Wembley, London, on the SDG Panel and Power of Language Panel. Received two awards in the event, "Young Innovators Creating a Better World for All" and "Exceptional Woman of Excellence",  October 30 2023
• Delivered Closing Keynote at Codemotion Milan, on the topic of "How the SDGs can learn from the journey of technology", October 25 2023
• Panelist at Girls in Tech Luxembourg x Workshop4Me AI For Families event as part of Meet and Code, October 7 2023
• Master of Ceremony at TN'Teens, March 30, 2023
• Presented her project Studified™ at Jonk Fuerscheur, March 18, 2023

• Addressed Deloitte's Horizon conference, on 28th September 2021 as the youngest keynote speaker on Technology, Innovation, and Sustainability
• Addressed ICT Spring conference on Sep 14th, 2021 as youngest keynote speaker. She spoke about "How an iGen will implement the sustainable development goals"
• Addressed Economic Times Women in Tech conference on Feb 24th 2021 as youngest keynote speaker. She spoke about "Girl Power: What it means to be a girl in tech" 
• Addressed Women Tech Global Conference 10-12 June 2020 as youngest speaker. She spoke about "How the virus is changing our perception of technology"
• Addressed Women in Tech Global Virtual Tour on the Youth panel as the youngest speaker on 28 May 2020. She shared her coding journey and role as Youth Ambassador at Women in Tech  
• Addressed EU Robotics Forum: panel on women in robotics, 3-5 March 2020 as youngest speaker in Malaga Spain. She was also interviewed and invited to present the awards

•  Addressed the Diversity Summit at KPMG, 20 September 2018, where Avanti’s co-Panellists were highly accomplished professionals, entrepreneurs and politicians from all over Europe, including the former and the lady Dy. Prime Minister of Luxembourg. Video here
• Spoke at Campus Italia technology conference in Milan in July 2018 on the subject of making technology more accessible to children.
• Delivered the special address at the awards dinner the Wonder Woman in Tech conference in London on June 15, 2018 during London Tech Week, photos of the event.
•  Was in the panel at the Women and Girls in Science conference in London on 10-11 Feb 2018 at Microsoft Accelerator, together with women leaders in technology.

• Invited as one of 25 influential minds to look forward and share a vision on Luxembourg 2050. The magazine marked Paperjam's 25th anniversary. Pg 84-86, May 21 2025 
• Silicon Luxembourg Article: 'From Scratch To Cyber Security: How Avanti Sharma Is Shaping The Future', May 21 2025 
• Les Sutras (Luxembourg-based fashion company) post and reel highlighting Avanti's article on Forbes magazine, April 28, May 2 2025
• Forbes Perspectives, on "The Next Generation of Change: From Green Rides to Young Leaders", April 28 2025  
• Featured on Forbes Luxembourg website, article titled "How Avanti Sharma Is Shaping The Future", April 25 2025
• Featured in Forbes Luxembourg 5th Magazine Release. The Magazine celebrated the first anniversary of Forbes Luxembourg and became the first all-English edition.
  During the release party, Avanti spent enriching moments with CEO Charles-Louis Machuron and COO Pierre-Yves Lanneau Saint Léger, April 3 2025 
• Introduced MOMENTUM 2025 Sustainability Conference by Deloitte in the Forbes aftermovie, April 3 2025 
• Featured in Top 100 under 40 in Paperjam's #NextGen edition. This edition was printed and mailed to every mailbox in Luxembourg.

• Article about MWC 2024 on Luxembourg Government Website with Elisabeth Margue, Minister of Connectivity, February 27 2024
• Interview about MWC Barcelona 2024 published on Digital Innovation Luxembourg a branch of the Gouvernement de Luxembourg, Februrary 2024 
• Article on My Connectivity Luxembourg about MWC 2024 with links to both the panel discussions Avanti took part in, Feburary 2024 
• PwC Luxembourg Article about panelist at International Women's Day event, March 8 2024
• Techsense Article about DisruptAI Conference, December 2023
• Silicon Luxembourg Article about winning the Women In Tech Europe Awards under the 'Aspiring Teen Category'.
• Graffiti Interview at Radio Ara about her project Studified™ and upcoming participation in the Luxembourg International Science Expo (LISE) 2023

• Podcast at the Europe Code week about the importance of starting to code early on, Feb 1, 2022 
• Podcast on Coder's mindset for Unbinary Life, December 20, 2021 
• Interviewed at EU Code week Kick off event on Oct 7th, 2021
• Gave an interview for Italian magazine after being youngest speaker at Campus Italia technology conference in Milan in July 2018 on the subject of making technology more accessible to children.
• Maker Magazine of December 2018
• Journal.lu French newspaper of 27th November 2018
• Le’ essential of 24th March 2019
• Randi Zuckerberg, CEO of Zuckerberg Media interviewed me on a Business Radio show Dot Complicated aimed towards encouraging teenage girls to take up coding Recording: Radio Recap. 2018
• Nash Squared Podcast, April 18th 2018

• Ran the Lëtz Get More Girls in Digital Workshop by the European Commission x Workshop4Me where Minister Yuriko Backes and Minister Elisabeth Margue inaugurated the event, after Anne Calteux mentioned Avanti as a role model for young girls. Minister Yuriko Backes mentioned Avanti in her address. Avanti interacted with Minister Elisabeth Margue, June 25 2024
• Facilitated a workshop on App Development led by Atreyam (Leo) Sharma at TN'Teens Edition 3, March 28 2024
• Ran an SDG Hackathon Workshop at Orange Luxembourg Headquarters, and interacted with the CEO of Orange Luxembourg, Corinne Lozé, October 19 2023

• Mentored 2 teams for the eSTEAM challenge, June 25 & 26 2022
• Won 3rd Place at Luxembourg Youth Robotics Competition (LYRC) as part of Team Ro-bert CodeClub, June 25 & 26 2022
• Facilitated coding workshop during D'Yep Shoulfoire, May 5 2022
• Ran all-girls workshop for Deloitte Belgium as a part of ESTEAM Fest in European School Brussels IV, May 20 2022
• Was youngest Coach facilitating the Moonhack event of Code Club Australia to create world record, as part of Code Club Luxembourg on May 30, 2020.
• Facilitated coding workshop during Makerfest in June 2018 in Luxembourg and was featured in the summary video.
•  During the Women and Girls in Science conference in London on 10-11 Feb 2018 at Microsoft Accelerator, I ran a Creative Computing workshop to inspire young girls to code.
• Hour of Code event at Microsoft Luxembourg aimed for 6-13 year old children, in December 2017.