September 20, 2007
5:30 pm to 9:00 pm
(5:30-6:30 Dinner/Networking, 6:30- 9:00 Panel Discussion and Audience Participation)
The Association of MIT Alumnae (AMITA) and Google invite you to a unique event, “Challenges and Changes Through the Generations”. We have assembled a panel of remarkable women - come hear them talk about the challenges women in technology have faced and overcome through the years. This is a great opportunity to network, exchange stories, and take away ideas about how to succeed in your own career!
Venue: Tunis Tech Talk, Building 43, Google
Location: 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043
Cost (includes dinner): Register by 9/19: $20 MIT alums/Google employees; $25 Others
Walk-ins: $25 MIT alums & Google employees; $30 Others
Contact: Radha Nayak
(Space is limited: pre-registration is strongly encouraged)
We have assembled a panel of remarkable women from industry and the academy. This event is for you - to participate in the discussion, add your perspective, meet like-minded technical women, and expand your network. We look forward to seeing you there!
The event will focus on how the science and technology workplace has changed over the last 30 years. What was it like to be a woman in science and technology in the 1970s and 1980s? How did the social attitudes of the day create challenges? Who were the pioneers who brought about change? How can we learn from them?
We will talk about the challenges faced by women in science and technology today. What lessons can we take away from past successes? Women have fundamentally redefined their role in science and technology over the last few decades. If we have once successfully overturned accepted views about women and science, how can we do it again?
PANELISTS
Andrea Henderson: Research Director, Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University
Rhona O’Leary: Director, Early Stage Purification, Process R&D, Genentech
Neerja Raman: Senior Research Fellow, Digital Vision Program, Stanford University
Telle Whitney: CEO, Anita Borg Institute
Rose Yao: Product Manager, Google
MODERATOR
Ellen Spertus: Associate Professor of Computer Science, Mills College and Software Engineer, Google
For biographies of the panelists and moderator please visit the AMITA website