!!Award Winners Announced Soon!!
Presentations made at Grace Hopper Awards Banquet Dinner
Thursday, October 7th, 2004
$10,000 Anita Borg Award for Social Impact,
sponsored by Microsoft. (more)
$10,000 Anita Borg Award for Technical Leadership,
sponsored by Greg Papadopoulos, in memory of Anita
(more)
### $10,000 Anita Borg Award for Social Impact, sponsored by Microsoft. In a world that she saw as rapidly using technology across all borders and human boundaries, Anita Borg spoke out on behalf of a large, underrepresented segment of the world's population - women. She believed emphatically that women's lives must benefit from technology. Anita Borg stressed that women's voices, representing multiple approaches and priorities, are essential and that where women define the benefits, technology is developed for the good as well as for profit. Throughout her life, she worked to make her vision of relevant, valuable technology become the norm. This award was created to honor those who fulfill her vision.
The Anita Borg Institute will present this award at each Grace Hopper Conference. The first award will be presented at the 2004 Grace Hopper Celebration, October 6-9, 2004 in Chicago, Illinois. In addition, the award recipient will receive a cash grant of $10,000.
This award identifies achievements by an individual or team who has increased the positive impact of technology on the lives of women.
• Impact will be measured by the degree and type of social change, amount of women's increased empowerment through the technology or increased influence over technology.
• The award recipient may have developed the technology, motivated social change and empowerment through that technology, or increased women's influence over and decision-making about technology. $10,000 Anita Borg Award for Technical Leadership, sponsored by Greg Papadopoulos, in memory of Anita
Recognizes a woman technologist for inspiration to the women's technology community through her outstanding technological and social contributions. Through her leadership she should have increased the impact of women on and in technology.
Anita Borg excelled in technology development, was vocally passionate about technology, the technology community and inspired many women to bring their own passion to the field. This award honors the life she shared with us and the great passion in which she lived and worked to make the world a better place for women and for technology.
The award celebrates outstanding women technical leaders. Leaders cover new ground and change the world in some way; this award recognizes the leadership that has increased women's impact, representation, and effectiveness in the technology arena. The criteria for leadership changes as the world changes, the leadership contribution needs to be evaluated in the context of the timeframe of the leadership.
This award will be presented bi-annually at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference by the Anita Borg Institute for Woman and Technology. The first award will be presented at the 2004 Grace Hopper Celebration, Oct 6-9, 2004 in Chicago, IL. In addition, the award recipient will receive a cash grant of $10,000.
contact: media@gracehopper.org or 650.236.4079
About Dr. Anita Borg, 1949 - 2003 (click here)
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