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advance women’s participation in technology,
while also internationally expanding
the reach of the Grace Hopper Celebration
of Women in Computing conference.
Recipients are recognized for their technical
leadership and advocacy work and will be
honored at the 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration
of Women in Computing Conference’s
Awards Ceremony.
Why More Women in Technology?
Gayatri Buragohain
Before starting the organization Feminist
Approach to Technology (FAT), I spoke
to many well-known people in the field of
development, women empowerment as
well as technology, trying to get ideas and
support from them. I was surprised by the
reaction from many influential people and
their questions. Today, the questions have
changed. There is more willingness to listen
than to fight back with counter arguments. I
would like to analyze the change.
How to Influence the Career of Other
Women in Technology, Ana Regina
da Rocha
Although women make up 40% of the
Brazilian workforce, they are typically
found in lower paid jobs. Successful women
in science and technology are rare. Is it
possible to change this picture? What can
be done to influence other women’s careers?
I will present the programs I have instituted
at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
to encourage young female students in their
professional development. These programs
have increased retention of women in our
Master and PhD Programs in Software
Engineering. Now women represent 50% of
my graduate students.
p r O G r a m d e Ta i L
FRIDAY | OCT 1
Role Model in ICT in Under Developed
Countries, Tayana Etienne
ICT (information and communication technology)
represents a critical opportunity
for under developed countries if and only if
it can be harnessed by enough indigenous
problem-solving minds motivated to tackle
their own local challenges. My work in the
academic world and as an entrepreneur in
the Haitian IT industry is based on simple
objectives: how to mobilize this critical mass
of problem-solving minds and how to make
the case for innovation as a way out of our
most severe issues.
K-12
Education e-Village: Creating an Online
Community to Enhance Technology
Education in Underserved Communities
Location: Regency Ballroom VI
Panelists: M. Bernardine Dias (Carnegie
Mellon University), Ermine A. Teves
(Carnegie Mellon University), Sarah M.
Belousov (Carnegie Mellon University),
Yonina Cooper (Carnegie Mellon
University in Qatar), Jamie Lockwood
(Yahoo!), and Belinda Nichols (Google)
E-Village aims to create an online
community, where educators from
around the world can share ideas, experiences,
expertise, educational resources,
and strategies customized for effective
technology education in developing regions.
In this panel discussion, we will present
E-Village’s motivation and background,
explain its objectives and design, provide
industry perspectives on the importance of
this work, and encourage discussion of the
project and ideas for future directions.
Career Track
Cracking the Fellow Ceiling: What Does
it Take to Advance as an Individual
Contributor?
Location: Montreal/ Vancouver
Panelists: Caroline Simard (Anita Borg
Institute), Mark Bregman (Symantec),
Carol Thompson Eidt (Microsoft), Judy
Priest (Cisco), and Josephine Cheng (IBM)
New research shows that technical
women are less likely than men to
advance in Individual Contributor positions,
and women in upper tiers IC positions are
rare. Women at the mid-level are faced with
choosing between advancement through
individual contribution or management,
and there are no established programs to
help women make this choice. We seek to
understand what it really takes to advance
as an Individual Contributor.
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Session Nine
Invited Technical Speaker
TakeBacktheTech: Reclaiming
Technology to End Violence Against
Women
Location: Hanover AB
Jan Moolman, Project Coordinator
MDG 3 – Women’s Networking Support
Programme, Association for Progressive
Communications
Women all over the world are discovering
the potency of technologies
and using them in advancing their rights
especially in the campaign to end violence
against women. Advocacy to stop violence
against women is a powerful force that has
freed women from harm and abuse. To this
day however, violence continues to be a
reality for many women.
This presentation is about how technology
is changing the way women experience and
confront violence. To some extent, technologies
have aided perpetrators in harassing,
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