Katy Dickinson

Sun at Hopper 2008

Sun is a long-term supporter of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing and the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.

About Hopper

The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is an annual conference designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. Presenters are leaders in their respective fields, representing industrial, academic and government communities. Leading researchers present their current work, while special sessions focus on the role of women in today's technology fields, including computer science, information technology, research and engineering. International participation is encouraged.

This year's Hopper 2008 conference theme is "We Build a Better World". Hopper 2008 will be held October 1-4, 2008 in Keystone, Colorado.

The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is presented by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology and the Association for Computing Machinery.

Why go to Hopper?

1. Professional education, celebration, and excitement
2. Networking and Visibility
3. Recruiting (University and Professional)

Here is one example of what happens at Hopper:

In 2007, a group of senior women Engineers and Executives got together and created MAGIC, a new mentoring program for middle school and high school girls. MAGIC was kicked off as a BOF (birds of a feather session) at Hopper 2007, and a group of interested potential mentors signed up. MAGIC is now partnering with Girls' Middle School on its pilot program with volunteer mentors from Sun Microsystems, Google, NASA, and other organizations. An update BOF is scheduled for Hopper 2008.

Sun's Participation

Congratulations to Sun staff who are on panels or BOFs accepted by the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2008! This is a starting list - there are always changes and additions as panel rosters are developed.

Sun Submissions Accepted for Hopper 2008

1. BOF - Best Practices for Latina Grad Students
2. BOF - Experiences with Maternity Leave and Returning to Work
3. BOF - Setting Up An Effective Organization To Support Girls
4. Panel - CTO Panel
5. Panel - Letting the Cup Overflow; expanding your experiences outside your research lab
6. Panel - Mid-Career Course Correction
7. Panel - Online Social Networks - Impact to our careers
8. Panel - Women in the Brave New World of Free and Open Source Software
9. Panel - Project Fortress: A Multicore Language for Scientists and Engineers
10. Panel - Synergistic Evolution of Software & Hardware Technologies
11. Panel - Taking the Long View - Many Careers in One Company
12. Presentation - Innovating with Chip Multi-Threading Technology

Posted at 09:56AM May 27, 2008 by katysblog in Hopper - Anita Borg Institute  |  Comments[1]