Program Theme:” Creating Technology for Social Good”
Palo Alto, CA, January 22, 2009 — The 9th Annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) has opened its Call for Participation. The annual conference, presented by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, is the world’s largest gathering of women in computing. The Grace Hopper Celebration will take place from September 30-October 3, 2009 in Tucson Arizona. This year’s theme “Creating Technology for Social Good” recognizes the significant role women play in defining technology used to solve social issues. The submission deadline is March 16, 2009 at http://www.gracehopper.org/2009/participate/call-for-participation/.
The Grace Hopper Celebration is designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. Leading researchers present their current work, while special sessions focus on the role of women in today’s technology fields, including computer science, information technology, research and engineering. The technical conference features well known keynote speakers and invited technical speakers, panels, workshops, new investigator technical papers, PhD forums, technical posters, birds of a feather sessions, the ACM Student Research Competition and an Awards Celebration.
Submissions on both technical and professional topics are encouraged. The Grace Hopper Conference committee is requesting submissions that reflect the conference theme “Creating Technology for Social Good” in the areas of innovation within a company, academia, or individual contribution through social and environmental entrepreneurship. Technical submissions that cross disciplines and other boundaries are encouraged.
The 2008 Grace Hopper Celebration attracted 1450 participants from 22 countries.
The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is a program of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology and is co-presented with the Association for Computing Machinery. For more information go to www.GraceHopper.org.
About the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
The Anita Borg Institute provides resources and programs to help industry, academia, and government recruit, retain, and develop women leaders in high-tech fields, resulting in higher levels of technological innovation. ABI programs serve high-tech women by creating a community and providing tools to help them develop their careers. ABI is a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 charitable organization. ABI Partners include: Google, Microsoft Corporation, HP, Sun, Cisco, Intel, SAP, Juniper Networks, NSF, NCWIT, IBM, Symantec, CA, NetApp, and Capgemini. For more information, visit www.anitaborg.org.
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