Call for Contributions
We seek your contribution to the third Computing Women Congress (CWC) in February 2008 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.
The CWC is a different kind of conference. 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. By learning from each other's skills and experiences, we seek to form a community that shares interests and knowledge.
We are looking for women to give presentations, short seminars, or courses on
- hands-on skills
- current trends and new technologies
- career advice for women
- projects featuring women in IT
- IT-related gender research
Students at all levels, and professionals from academic, scientific or commercial backgrounds are all welcome to present and addend courses. By learning from each other's skills and experiences, we seek to form a community that shares interests and knowledge.
If you know of anyone who would be interested in participating in CWC, either as a presenter or an attendee, please point them to this web page. Even if you are not able to attend, we would value your support in helping us raise awareness for the CWC.
CWC provides an arena to share the latest ideas of computing-related topics in a supportive environment. CWC offers an open, explorative learning and teaching environment with emphasis on hands-on experience and engaging participatory techniques.
We invite contributions from all women in the community. Seasoned professionals are encouraged to share their experiences. Experts from industry and academia are invited to experiment with new styles of training and learning. Advanced students can develop their teaching skills while sharing their IT knowledge.
We welcome submissions from around the world, but primarily focus on those from the Pan-Pacific region. Each day of the CWC will offer a number of individual courses followed by a keynote presentation in the evening. Participants may stay for a single day only or for a few days up to the whole week.
CWC 2008 will include a student day in which students present their work to all attendees. We will call for paper submissions for this session at a later time.
Dates and Location
The deadline for this call for contributions is the 16th November 2007.
CWC runs from 11 to 13 February 2008 at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand.
See important dates for details.