This was my second time attending Grace Hopper ( last year in Phoenix was my first) and this time I wore two hats – one of a student, one of a professional – so I got to see GHC through multiple lenses. This GHC brought in a record-smashing number of attendees – over 12,000 women and men in the tech joined together for a three-day conference featuring presentations from over 500 speakers including CEO of YouTube Susan Wojcicki and COO of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg. "Inspiration was rife and passion was tangible in the air at the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, held this year in Houston, Texas. " Sage Franch, Bachelor of Computer Science student As the President of the Women in Technology Society I'm hoping to not only open the doors for more people to attend this event, but to bring a small slice of the conference with me back to our Faculty so that everyone has the chance to feel the same energy and feel that you belong in this industry. What I learned is that as long there are strong and inspirational role models in our community, it will encourage more and more people to become involved - and more importantly stay with the community. I originally intended on attending panels focused on increasing the diversity in the work place, and bringing some of those things back into our Faculty. It was one of the most eye-opening and confidence building events I've ever had the pleasure to attend. "I was given the opportunity to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing thanks to Dal FCS. A look back at the 2015 conference Brittany Kelly, Bachelor of Computer Science student Learn more about how to attend the Grace Hopper Conference in 2016 & see some photo highlights from the 2015 conference. On February 23rd, we hosted a session to recap on the successes and challenges that everyone experienced with the conference, to provide advice to students and faculty interested in attending, and to help the everyone work through the different ways you can get involved to hopefully attend in 2016. It is produced by the Anita Borg Institute and presented in partnership with ACM. Six members of the FCS community (including: undergraduate and graduate students, a recent alumna, and a faculty member) attended the 2015 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, the world's largest gathering of women in technologies. Photo of Sage Franch, Keerthana Kumar, Sarah Morash (BCS '15), and Brittany Kelly
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