PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 09/22/15 — The Anita Borg Institute (ABI), a non-profit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing, announces the participation of leading men from business, technology and academia in the 2015 Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC).Blake Irving, CEO and Board Director of GoDaddy, will speak at this year–s GHC. Also participating is Brian Nosek, Executive Director of the Center for Open Science, as well as Grady Booch, Chief Scientist for Software
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 09/16/15 — The Anita Borg Institute, a non-profit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing, announces that industry luminaries Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook and founder of LeanIn.Org and Megan Smith, United States chief technology officer, will be plenary speakers at this year–s Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC.)"We are delighted to welcome back to Grace Hopper both Sheryl and Megan," sa
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 09/01/15 — The Anita Borg Institute, a non-profit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing, announces the winners of the 2015 Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) 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 2015 Grace Hopper Celebratio
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 08/18/15 — The Anita Borg Institute, a non-profit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing, announces that YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki will deliver a keynote at this year–s Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC). She will be introduced by journalist Moira Forbes, who will join Susan after her keynote speech for an onstage conversation."Susan and Moira are both trailblazers with deep roots in technology, business and medi
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 08/11/15 — The Anita Borg Institute, a non-profit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing, announces two distinguished technical women, Manuela Veloso and Clara Shih, as speakers at this year–s Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC)."We–re delighted to have Manuela and Clara speak at this year–s Grace Hopper Celebration. They are both examples of brilliant technical women who deserve more visibility, and they epitomi
PALO ALTO, CA — (Marketwired) — 07/28/15 — The Anita Borg Institute For Women and Technology (ABI), a non-profit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing, honors more than 480 students and faculty who will receive scholarships to attend this year–s (GHC). Under the theme, "Our Time to Lead," ABI welcomes diverse scholars from across the globe to Houston, TX on October 14-16, 2015."More women are entering and excelling in the field of computing, and there
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