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Get Involved, Get Connected – Grace Hopper Celebration Online
October 4-7, 2006
PALO ALTO, Calif., September 7, 2006 – In less than a month women computer scientists from throughout the world will converge at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference in San Diego, California to present their technical work and celebrate women’s contributions to computing technology.
Feel the excitement and build community before the conference gets underway. There are many opportunities for you to get involved online:
- Represent! Add yourself to the GHC06 Frappr! map.
- Get connected! Find things to do in San Diego, share your words of wisdom, share a ride or a room, or organize your own affinity.
- Blog! Volunteer to become a LIVE blogger or notetaker.
- Pioneer! Do you already podcast or video blog (vblog)? Bring GHC to those who are unable to attend by podcasting or video blogging some GHC06 sessions.
- Tag! Tagging is a way of publicly bookmarking web content. We ask you to tag your blog posts and webpages with “ghc06“. It will help you and others keep on top of what people are saying about the conference.
- Network! GHC sponsors are looking for interns and employees. You will have an opportunity to add your resume soon.
- Syster! Systers is the world’s largest email community of technical women in computing. Become a Syster, join the Systers lunch at GHC06, or support a Syster by giving to the Pass It on Grants program.
The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference is produced jointly by ABI and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Grace Hopper Celebration is the world’s largest technical conference for women in the field of computing. Attendance is expected to top 1200 technical people, including women and men from the undergraduate level to seasoned technical leaders and educators. The conference program includes plenary sessions, technical papers and workshops designed to inspire, educate and encourage technical
Grace Hopper Celebration Sponsors
Gold sponsors: CA, Cisco Systems, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Yahoo! – Silver sponsors: Amazon, Arrow Electronics, Cadence, EMC, Fair Isaac, SAIC, Symantec, Thoughtworks, USENIX – Bronze sponsors: Adobe, AT&T Labs, BMC, Goldman Sachs, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NCWIT, Oracle, Qualcomm, Walmart.com, Wells Fargo, Virsalent. Gold academic scholarship underwriters: California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Princeton University, UC Irvine, University of California Santa Barbara, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Silver academic scholarship underwriters: Information Networking Institute at Carnegie Mellon, DePaul University, Georgia Tech, Michigan State University, NCSA, New York University, Purdue University – Bronze academic scholarship underwriters: Tufts University, University of California Berkeley, University of California Santa Cruz, University of Texas at Austin. Founding Sponsors: CRA & CRA-W Government Sponsor: The National Science Foundation About the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing:
About the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing:
The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) is a program of The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) and is co-presented by ABI and the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). Inspired by the legacy of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, this technical conference is the world’s largest gathering of women in computing, and is designed to bring the technology, research and career interests of women in IT-related professions to the forefront. Open to women and men from the undergraduate level to seasoned technical leaders and educators, GHC receives financial support from major corporations and universities and from the government through The National Science Foundation. GHC was founded by the late Dr. Anita Borg and Dr. Telle Whitney in 1994.
About The Anita Borg Institute
Founded in 1997, the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) is a nationally recognized organization committed to advancing women into the mainstream of technology innovation and leadership. The Institute accomplishes its goals through collaboration with industry, academic and government organizations. A growing list of leading corporations—including partners HP, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Google and sponsors, IBM, Cisco, and Intel—recognize that by investing in ABI’s programs to engage and develop technical women, they can achieve a more diverse, globally competitive workforce capable of producing higher levels of technology innovation and better financial performance. With their support, and the partnership of other visionaries and thought leaders, the Institute is delivering programs that are changing the world for women and technology. The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology is a not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) : www.anitaborg.org.
