Newsletters ABI’s Newsletter - April 2007

WOMEN OF VISION AWARDS 2007
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION EXTENDED TO APRIL 16TH

Don ‘t miss the Anita Borg Institute’s Women of Vision Awards gala on May 3, 2007 at the Fairmont hotel in San Jose, where three recipients will be honored.

Wov2007 Women of Vision Announced

Innovation will be awarded to Deborah Estrin who is a Professor of Computer Science at UCLA, holds the Jon Postel Chair in Computer Networks, and is Founding Director of the NSF-funded Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS).

Social Impact Award will be awarded to Leah H. Jamieson who co-founded the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program at Purdue University, an engineering design program that operates in a service-learning context.

Leadership will be awarded to Duy-Loan T. Le who was the first women and first Asian-American to become TI Senior Fellow and a beacon of inspiration to everyone who hears her story.

Keynote Speaker: Esther Dyson– Authority on emerging digital technology & named by Fortune magazine as one of the most powerful women in American business.

Master of Ceremonies: Sydnie Kohara– KPIX, CBS channel 5 Eyewitness News, Early Edition.

EARLY BIRD TABLE AND SHARE THE VISION TABLE RATES ARE EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL 16, 2007:
Share the Vision and Table Sponsorship tickets available at the early bird rate of $2,500 per table through April 16, 2007. Sponsor a table of students or employees to hear leading women in technology speak about their paths to success. Purchase a Share the Vision table and donate seats to students allowing them to share-the-vision alongside the 2007 Women Of Vision award recipients. ** Single tables are intended for individuals or companies that who would like to host a table of ten people. Share The Vision tables are intended for academic institutions, companies, and individuals who would like to donate a table to students.** Individual tickets also available.
Women of Vision 2007 Gold Sponsor:
Juniper Networks
Silver Sponsors:
Symantec and Cisco, and
Bronze Sponsors:
HP & Google.
Join these prestigious organizations by participating in this tremendous event today! Event Sponsorships are still available at the Silver ($20K) and Bronze ($10K) levels.

About the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology:
The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) is changing the world for women and technology. ABI believes that involving women in technology - how it is taught, learned, created and used - benefits everyone. ABI’s mission is two-fold: to increase the impact of women on all aspects of technology, and to increase the positive impact of technology on the world’s women.ABI provides resources and programs to help industry, academia and government recruit, retain and develop women leaders in high technology careers. By providing numerous platforms that ensure women’s voices, ideas and spirits to influence technology ABI delivers programs that are changing the world for women and for technology.
The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology is a not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) charitable organization. ABI is supported by: Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Google, IBM, Cisco, Intel and Juniper Networks ~ www.anitaborg.org.