2014 NCWIT Summit on Women and IT

May 19, 2014 to May 21, 2014

Registration is now open! Prepare to leverage your efforts for encouraging more girls and women to pursue computing. The 2014 NCWIT Summit on Women and IT: practices and ideas to revolutionize computing will take place at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa in Newport Beach, California from May 19-21, 2014.

This year’s NCWIT Summit, our 10^th anniversary, will be a special celebration — a time to recognize the significant accomplishments of our heroes and evangelists. Be there as we equip hundreds of change leaders from our community of educators, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and social scientists with research, ideas, and action items for increasing girls’ and women’s participation in computing.

"The strong camaraderie of folks with common interest and goals, and who are very open to sharing their experiences and expertise make this a very rewarding conference."

~ Survey Respondent

Huge thanks to our supporters

We're honored to have Qualcomm, a local NCWIT Alliance Member, as a co-host of the 2014 NCWIT Summit.

Can't make it this year? Catch many of the enlightening and inspiring conversations about women in tech on our livestream. We greatly appreciate our Investment Partner Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. for media production and making the livestream possible. You can tune in at www.ncwit.org/livestream.

Profiles

Chelsea Clinton

Vice Chair

Clinton Foundation

Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, works with her parents, President Bill Clinton and Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, to drive the vision and work of the Clinton Foundation. Over the past 12 years, the Foundation has built partnerships with great purpose among governments, businesses, NGOs, and individuals everywhere to strengthen health systems in developing countries, fight climate change, expand economic opportunity in Africa, Latin America, and the United States, and help Americans live healthier lives.
Andrea Jung

President and CEO

Grameen America

Andrea Jung is President and Chief Executive Officer of Grameen America, the fastest-growing microfinance organization in the United States. Ms. Jung, the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avon Products, Inc.
Mitch Baranowski

Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer

BBMG

A seasoned writer-producer, design thinker, and creative strategist, Mitch Baranowski co-founded BBMG with longtime friend Raphael Bemporad in January 2003 to help create disruptive business solutions and delightful brand experiences. He has overall responsibility for the brand innovation firm’s creative direction and operations.
Donna Brazile

Founder and Managing Director

Brazile & Associates LLC

Veteran Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile is an adjunct professor, author, syndicated columnist, television political commentator, Vice Chair of Voter Registration and Participation at the Democratic National Committee, and former interim National Chair of the Democratic National Committee as well as the former chair of the DNC’s Voting Rights Institute.
Iveta Brigis

Senior Program Manager, People Operations

Google

In her seven years at Google, Iveta has worked on various initiatives across People Operations (what other companies call HR), including compensation, performance management, and education outreach. She is currently working on a new initiative to share some of our learnings about people processes and strategy with teams outside of Google. Prior to Google, Iveta worked as a community college instructor and nonprofit manager. She holds a BS in Human Development from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of California, Irvine.
Shawn A. Covell

Vice President, Government Affairs

Qualcomm

Shawn Covell is Vice President of Government Affairs for Qualcomm Incorporated. In this capacity, Covell helps manage global operations and strategic planning of a government affairs team of over sixty.
Jeffrey Forbes

Program Director

National Science Foundation

Jeff Forbes works at the National Science Foundation as a Program Director for the Education and Workforce Cluster in the Division of Computer and Network Systems, Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering.
Mark Guzdial

Professor, College of Computing

Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Mark Guzdial is a Professor in the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology. His research focuses on learning sciences and technology, specifically, computing education research. His books on Media Computation teach programming through creating and manipulating digital media. Media Computation has had a significant impact on retention at adopting institutions. He was the original developer of "Swiki," the first wiki designed for educational use.
Hai Hong

Program Manager, K-12 Education Outreach

Google

As part of the team at Google whose mission is to inspire the next generation of computer scientists, Hai manages the RISE Awards and research on computer science education. Prior to Google, he held roles at Roll Global, the German Federal Foreign Office, and the Fulbright Commission in Berlin. He worked on evaluation of educational programs, employee engagement and wellness, international human resources, and matters of geopolitical importance like the UN resolution declaring 2008 the “International Year of the Potato.” Hai received his MS in International Education and BA in Psychology an
Farnam Jahanian

Assistant Director for CISE

National Science Foundation

Dr. Farnam Jahanian serves as the National Science Foundation Assistant Director for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate. He guides CISE in its mission to uphold the nation's leadership in scientific discovery and engineering innovation through its support of fundamental research in computer and information science and engineering and transformative advances in cyberinfrastructure. Dr.
Rane Johnson-Stempson

Director

Microsoft

Rane Johnson-Stempson is a certified partnership broker and Principal Research Director at Microsoft Research. She engages with academics worldwide to identify high-impact areas for research investigations. She is working on projects that use technology to transform how we learn about history and how we eradicate human trafficking. Johnson also serves as Microsoft Research’s lead for growing, attracting, and retaining women in research, science, and engineering.
Michael Kimmel

Distinguished Professor of Sociology

Stony Brook University

Dr. Michael Kimmel is an American sociologist, specializing in gender studies. He holds the position of Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the Stony Brook University in New York and is the founder and editor of the academic journal Men and Masculinities. Michael is a spokesperson of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS). He is considered a leading figure in the academic subfield of men's studies.
Ed Lazowska

Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering

University of Washington

Dr. Ed Lazowska holds the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, where he also serves as the Founding Director of the University of Washington eScience Institute.
Christopher Metzler

Senior Associate Dean for Applied Management Degrees at the School of Continuing Studies and Associate Dean for Human Resources and Diversity Studies

Georgetown University

Dr. Christopher J. Metzler is Senior Associate Dean for Applied Management Degrees at the School of Continuing Studies and Associate Dean for Human Resources and Diversity Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Margaret "Maggie" Neale

Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Director of the Managing Teams for Innovation and Success Executive Program, Director of the Influence and Negotiation Strategies Executive Program, Co-director of the Executive Program for Women Leaders

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Dr. Margaret A. Neale is the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management. She was the Graduate School of Business John G. McCoy-Banc One Corporation Professor of Organizations and Dispute Resolution from 2000-2012. Trust Faculty Fellow in 2011-2012 and in 2000-2001. From 1997-2000, she was the Academic Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Prior to joining Stanford’s faculty in 1995, she was the J.L. and Helen Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Dispute Resolution and Organizations at the J.L.
Lucy Sanders

CEO and Co-founder

NCWIT

Lucy Sanders is CEO and Co-founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) and also serves as Executive-in-Residence for the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU).
Bobby Schnabel

Dean, School of Informatics and Computing

Indiana University

Dr. Robert Schnabel is Dean of the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing, where he leads a multi-campus school of over 100 faculty with graduate and undergraduate degrees in computer science and informatics.