Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Celebrates Women Technology Leaders
Palo Alto, CA, December 11, 2007 — The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology opened the nominations for the third Women of Vision Awards, now offered annually. The Women of Vision Awards honor women making significant contributions to technology in three categories: Innovation, Leadership, and Social Impact. Nominees may be submitted by high-tech companies, universities, private industry, and the general public. One winner will be selected in each category.
The Innovation award recognizes a woman who has contributed significantly to technology innovation. The innovation might be creating unusual and important technology or approaching developing technology in a significantly new and innovative way, such as by bringing diverse people and experiences together in the technology creation process.
The Social Impact award recognizes a woman who developed or applied technology with a significant impact on society and/or the community. These people are creating or employing technologies that are changing our world in positive ways.
The Leadership award recognizes a woman who has led an important technology development or innovation, made a significant contribution to the technology industry, and someone who inspires others.
“The Women of Vision award winners are truly leaders in the technology field,” said Telle Whitney, President and CEO of the Anita Borg Institute. “The winners are role models to technology women everywhere. The video story of Duy-Loan Le, our 2007 Leadership award winner, has been downloaded more than 13,000 times from YouTube and provides ongoing inspiration.
The Women of Vision Awards will be presented on May 8, 2008 at a Banquet Celebration at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. Nominations are being accepted until January 3, 2008 at http://anitaborg.org/initiatives/women-of-vision.
About the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI):
In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, the Anita Borg Institute provides resources and programs for industry, academia, and government to help them recruit, retain, and develop women leaders in high tech fields resulting in higher levels of technology innovation. ABI programs serve high-tech women by creating a community and providing tools to develop their careers. ABI is a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 charitable organization. ABI Partners include: Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Google, IBM, Intel, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Career Action Center, National Science Foundation, Symantec, NetApp, and Capgemini. www.anitaborg.org.
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