About the Presenters
"One of the stated goals that we've always had is lacing together small pockets of scattered women for a strong alliance, support and encouragement." -- GLORIA CHILDRESS TOWNSEND
Friday, September 29, 2006
| 4:00pm | Registration and Poster Session and Refresh |
| 6:00pm | Dinner |
| 7:00pm | Keynote: Professor Sheila Castañeda, Clarke College We CAN and DO Make a Difference (abstract) Sponsored by the Computer Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research CRA-W Distinguished Lecture Series. |
| 8:00pm | Break |
| 8:15pm | Birds of a Feather |
| 9:45pm | Late night fun: Moonlight walk in the Nature Park |
| Saturday, September 30, 2006 | |
| 8:00am | Breakfast |
| 8:30am | Session 1 5-minute Lightning Talks: Technology at Work Paper Session: Issues of Computing (includes social, ethical, educational, pedagogical, outreach, non-traditional, curricular, and gender issues) |
| 9:15am | Session 2 Paper Session: Technical Talks Starting a Career in the Tech Industry (abstract) (resources) Diane Curtis and Hilary Pike, Microsoft Corporation |
| 10:00am | Break |
| 10:15am | Session 3 CRA-W Panel Debbie Perouli, Purdue University, Computer Science Khadija Stewart, DePauw University, Computer Science Nithya Vijayakumar, Indiana University, Computer Science Reach Out! How to Reach Students in the 21st Century (abstract) Samantha Foley, Indiana University, Computer Science Jennifer Franko, Indiana University, Mathematics |
| 11:15am | Session 4 The Joy of Search! (abstract) Mira Stoilova, Google 5-minute Lightning Talks: Issues of Computing |
| 12:00pm | Lunch Lightning Talk award presentation |
| 1:30pm | Career Fair Microsoft Corporation West Monroe Partners Resumes: Start preparing for MidWIC now! Fine-tune your resume and bring copies to hand to the company representatives when you speak with them at the Career Fair. |
