Hi all, I hope this isn't too off-topic -- here's the call for lectures for the Computing Women Congress, a conference for women in Information Technology. It will be in Hamilton, New Zealand, in the second half of February, 2006. More information is in the forwarded email, so I won't write much more of that here ;) I've helped organise and given a course in this year's CWC, which was the first one ever. I already knew the concept from a similar German summer university, the informatica feminale. Just like the informatica feminale, the CWC was a lot of fun and a great opportunity to meet lots of interesting women! I'll definitely be going to the 2006 one. This is my first post to debian-women btw, so hello! I'm from Germany and just about to finish my Master's (well, "Diplom") in computer science. I've started to use Linux (starting with Mandrake, moved over to Debian, lately a bit of Ubuntu) some five years ago. cheers, Andrea
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- Subject: Computing Women Congress 2006: Second Call for Lectures
- From: Annika Hinze <hinze@cs.waikato.ac.nz>
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:12:16 +1200
- Message-id: <4329E3B0.70106@cs.waikato.ac.nz>
Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to participate as a presenter and/or attendee at the second Computing Women Congress (CWC) in February 2006 at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. The CWC is a conference for female students, academic and professional staff who study or work in Information Technology. Presentations will range from shorter seminars to extended courses, covering the whole spectrum of computer science and also IT-related gender research. Moreover, if you know of anyone who would be interested in participating in CWC, either as a presenter or an attendee, please forward them this email. Even if you are not able to attend, we would value your support in helping us raise awareness of the CWC. Background: The Computing Women Congress is the Pan-Pacific congress for women in IT; we welcome submissions from around the world, but primarily focus on those from the Pan-Pacific region. The congress aims to provide role models for those early in their computing careers and also a meeting place for those well into their careers. We welcome female students at undergraduate and graduate level, and professionals from academic, scientific or commercial backgrounds. Participants may stay for a single day only or for a few days up to the whole week. CWC provides an arena to learn about and share the latest ideas of computing related topics in a supportive environment. CWC provides an open, explorative learning and teaching environment. Experimentation with new styles of learning is encouraged, with an emphasis on hands-on experience and engaging participatory techniques. Each day of the CWC will offer a number of individual courses followed by a keynote presentation in the evening. Dates and Location: CWC will run from 11th-19th February 2006, at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Hamilton is central to many of the main places of interest on North Island - mountains, geysers and beaches. The University of Waikato has a pleasant, green campus environment and is the hub of New Zealand’s international internet connection. Note that the deadline for the call for lectures is the 26th September. Important Dates for CWC 2006: 26 September 2005 submission of course offers 30 September 2005 preliminary program 3 October 2005 final program available October 2005 call for participation early November 2005 early bird registration deadline end November 2005 registration deadline December 2005 assignments of participants to courses 11. - 19. February 2006 Computing Women Congress Further details about CWC and the call-for-lectures can be found online at www.cwc.org.nz Thank you, Annika Hinze for the Computing Women Congress Department of Computer Science University of Waikato Hamilton NEW ZEALAND organizers@cwc.org.nz
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