The Purpose of the Grace Hopper Celebration is :
Bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront.
Provide a supportive, collaborative, and uplifting network for women in technology.
Conference Features :
Largest technical conference for women in computing.
Conference presenters are leaders in their respective fields, representing industry, academia and government.
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Special sessions focus on the role of women in today’s technology fields.
Benefits for Attendees :
Networking with women from around the world in all areas of computing.
Mentoring for junior women.
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Increased visibility for the contributions of women in computing.
GHC Community Links :
Blog http://ghcbloggers.blogspot.com/
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/gracehoppercelebration
Twitter http://twitter.com/ghc
Themes
2010 "Collaborating Across Boundaries",
Atlanta, GA
2009 "Creating Technology For Social Good",
Tucson, AZ
2008 "We Build a Better World", Keystone, CO
LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2118727
Photos http://www.flickr.com/groups/ghc2010
Videos http://www.youtube.com/user/abiwt
Two of the featured speakers for 2010
Duy-Loan T. Le
Texas Instruments Senior Fellow
First and only woman at TI elected to the rank of Senior Fellow
Barbara Liskov
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MIT, Institute Professor, Department of
Some previous speakers:
Megan J. Smith
Vice President, New Business Development
& General Manager, Google.Org
Josephine Cheng
IBM Fellow and Vice President
Fran Allen
IBM Fellow Emerita and 2006 Turing
Award Winner
Mary Lou Jepsen
Founding Chief Technology Officer of One
Laptop Per Child
Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science
First woman to earn a PhD in Computer
Science in the United States
Recipient of the ACM Turing Award in
2008, and the IEEE John von Neumann
Medal in 2004