Katy Dickinson

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http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/date/20090324 Tuesday March 24, 2009

Savvy Geek Chix and Anita Borg

I just got home after attending the successful first Savvy Geek Chix event, put on by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI). On this celebration of Ada Lovelace Day, it seems appropriate to have attended an event for women in computing. There were 110 women present. I learned some, talked with old friends, and met some very impressive new friends whom I look forward to knowing better. It was a typical ABI event - interesting, well managed, and a valuable use of my time.

Savvy Geek Chix, 24 March 2009, Palo Alto California, Anita Borg Institute photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

ABI was named in honor of Dr. Anita Borg (1949-2003), whom I had the honor to meet several times during the last years of her life. Sun Microsystems was one of the companies which provided Anita Borg with funding to start the organization now known as ABI. In addition to starting ABI, Anita also created the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference and the Systers email community of technical women in computing. With Anita's example before me, it is hard to say "it can't be done".

Image Copyright 2009 by Katy Dickinson

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