Welcome to the May 2009 NCWIT Meetings! Please join us May 13 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, for a workshop on the "Global Status of Women in IT."
We live in a global community, and IT is a particularly global discipline: what does this mean for women and technology? What might we learn from other countries that we could apply here in the U.S.? How do we prepare women to compete – to study, publish, innovate, and start-up – on a global level?
Join us as we explore different approaches to technology education and employment, learn about the interaction of culture and gender stereotypes, and discover how a cross-national perspective can help identify opportunities for intervention and reform within our own institutions. Our May 2009 workshop speakers will show us the bigger picture of issues related to women in computing: how educational structure and cultural beliefs about gender affect women’s representation.
In addition, Google is throwing NCWIT a 5th birthday party!
TRAVEL INFORMATION
NCWIT has blocked rooms at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Palo Alto. MAKE A RESERVATION now and visit our Logistics page to find out more about lodging, transportation, maps, driving directions, and other details.
Here’s a brief summary of the workshop agenda. Visit the Workshop page to find out more.
Workshop, 8:15 AM - 2:30 PM
Google Crittenden Campus, Mountain View, California (map)
Building 1400, Olympus Mons (PDF driving directions)
- 8:15AM-2:30PM: Workshop: “Global Status of Women in Technology” (Google headquarters, Crittenden Campus)
- 3-6PM: What is NCWIT: an overview discussion; plus a tour of Google's campus, and refreshments and workspace in the wireless lounge
NCWIT 5th Birthday Party, 6-8 PM
Google Main Campus, Building 43, Tunis
