Program
The theme of the conference is INterconnection.
"One of the stated goals that we've always had is lacing together small pockets of scattered IN women for a strong alliance, support and encouragement." -- GLORIA CHILDRESS TOWNSEND
"One of the stated goals that we've always had is lacing together small pockets of scattered IN women for a strong alliance, support and encouragement." -- GLORIA CHILDRESS TOWNSEND
The Lay of the Land: (top-down) The OAK ROOM is on the 2nd floor, the FIREPLACE LOUNGE and the BIRDHOUSE RESTAURANT are on the 1st floor, and the SYCAMORE ROOM is on the lower level. |
Friday, February 10, 2012 The celebration begins in the FIREPLACE LOUNGE. | |
4:00pm | Refreshments Registration and Poster Session I [FIREPLACE LOUNGE] Meet Gold Sponsors [SYCAMORE ROOM] Anita Borg Institute, West Monroe Partners, Microsoft, Interactive Intelligence |
5:15pm | Go — to the SYCAMORE ROOM — for the Gold Panel by Gold Sponsors: "A Day in the Life Of ..." Gold Sponsors share varied stories about their lives in the IT world — and answer your questions. |
6:00pm | Dinner [OAK ROOM] |
7:00pm | Keynote Speaker Dr. Katie Siek, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder Live, Love, Research: Developing Health Informatics Technologies (to Leave the World Better than I Found It) |
8:00pm | Break |
8:15pm | Dessert Poster Session II [FIREPLACE LOUNGE] Meet representatives from all our corporate sponsors [SYCAMORE ROOM] |
9:15pm | Late Night FUN! |
Saturday, February 11, 2012 | |
8:00am | Breakfast [BIRDHOUSE RESTAURANT] |
9:00am | Session 1 5-minute Lightning Talks: Social, Ethical, and Curricular Issues [OAK ROOM] 5-minute Lightning Talks: Problem Solving with Technology [SYCAMORE ROOM] Faculty Roundtable [FIREPLACE LOUNGE] Dr. Joanne Cohoon, NCWIT — Actively Recruiting More and Diverse Students [ slides ] |
10:00am | Break |
10:15am | Session 2 Imposter Panel [OAK ROOM] Katie Siek [moderator], University of Colorado at Boulder Ed Donahue, Microsoft Corporation Sarah Loos, Carnegie Mellon University S4 Panel [SYCAMORE ROOM] SSSS — Seniors Share Secrets to Success Lindsey Kuper [moderator], Indiana University Brittany Conway, IUPUI June Park, Indiana University Teju Shyamsundar, Purdue University Networking Skills [FIREPLACE LOUNGE] Barbara Gee, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology [ slides ] |
11:00am | Break |
11:15am | Keynote Speaker [OAK ROOM] Dr. Nadine Shillingford, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
12:15pm | Lunch [BIRDHOUSE RESTAURANT] |
1:30pm | Career Fair [OAK ROOM] RESUMES: Start preparing for InWIC now! Fine-tune your resume and bring copies to hand to the company representatives when you speak with them at the Career Fair. |