In 2015, Prof. Valentina Dagiene received the "Best Practices in Education Award" for the development of the concept of Bebras challenge in computer science ('bebras' means 'beaver' in Lithuanian.) In the context of presentation ceremony of "Best Practices in Education Award" at the 2015 European Computer Science Summit in Vienna (AT), Judith Bishop (Microsoft Research) sad that “Involving children in all aspects of computing early on is the best way to ensure that they will continue in the discipline as a career.
