AdaCamp was the only conference that focused on women's participation in open technology and culture, including the development of free and open source software and contributions to projects like Wikipedia.

[2][3] AdaCamps were among the projects and resources the Ada Initiative provided to make workplaces more friendly for women.

[4] AdaCamps were held in Melbourne (January 2012),[4] Washington, D.C. (July 2012),[3] San Francisco (June 2013),[5] Portland (June 2014), Berlin (October 2014), Bangalore (November 2015), and Montreal (April 2015).

[6] One hundred women from 10 countries participated at the July 2012 event, and it was larger than the initial Melbourne AdaCamp.

[1][7] Co-founder Valerie Aurora said that the reasons for AdaCamp included "to make progress quickly on difficult problems, to share knowledge, and to network with each other.