PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 08/09/16 — The (ABI), a nonprofit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing, announces the winners of the 2016 Grace Hopper Celebration ABIE Awards. Each year, the GHC ABIE Awards recognize female leaders in the categories of technical leadership, social impact, innovative teaching practices, emerging leadership and international change agent.ABI will celebrate the ABIE Award Winners at the on October 19-21 held in Houston, Texas."Th
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 02/17/16 — The (ABI), a non-profit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing announces the (CFP) and are open for the 2016 (GHC), which will take place in Houston, Texas on Oct. 19-21, 2016."GHC is, at its core, a reflection of the work and passions of our global women technologists, and participation from this community is essential to the success of the conference," said Mona Sabet, Vice President and General Manager of GHC.
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 02/11/16 — The Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing (GHC) has been included in the February 2016 report: "Developer Conferences Speed Your Transition To Modern Application Development" by Forrester Research."I–m proud to see GHC cited by Forrester Research," said Telle Whitney, President and CEO of the Anita Borg Institute. "We–ve worked incredibly hard to make GHC the leading conference for a diverse audience of women tec
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 11/10/15 — The Anita Borg Institute (ABI), a non-profit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing, announces the addition of seven new members to its Board of Trustees. The new board members bring a variety of diverse perspectives to ABI–s mission, from technology icons to prestigious academic institutions.The new board members are: Aditya Agarwal, Vijay Anand, Diana Bersohn, Ashley Conard, Dorothy Nicholls, Pankaj Patel and Kevin Scott.&q
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 10/14/15 — The Anita Borg Institute (ABI), a non-profit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing, announces the launch of ABI.Local, a network of locally organized communities that brings together women technologists in cities around the world.Developed under the guidance of ABI and with seed funding from Google and an anonymous donor, ABI.Local helps technical women get connected, find new opportunities and meet their career goals. In a s
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 10/06/15 — The Anita Borg Institute, a non-profit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing, announces that Janet George, fellow and chief data scientist at SanDisk, and Isis Anchalee, engineer at OneLogin and the driving force behind the trending hashtag #ILookLikeAnEngineer, will discuss the importance of diversity in technology during a plenary session at this year–s Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC). The plenary sess
