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Schedule at a Glance

Wednesday, October 4th

Pre-Conference Events
Start Time End Time Description Location
7:00 am Registration Begins, TechLeaders, FDN, Grace Hopper Celebration Atlas Foyer
7:30 am 5:30 pm TechLeaders (By Invitation Only) Pacific 1
8:30 am 5:30 pm Feedback and Dynamics in Nature Workshop (FDN) Pacific 2
8:30 am FDN Posters Pacific 3 - Moving to Golden Ballroom after lunch

Grace Hopper Celebration for Women and Computing Begins

Start Time End Time Description Location
5:30 pm 7:00 pm GHC Newcomer Meeting Pacific 3
7:00 pm 9:00 pm Opening Reception Golden Ballroom
7:00 pm Technical Posters Session Golden Ballroom

Thursday, October 5th

Start Time End Time Description Location
7:45 am 8:30 am Continental Breakfast Atlas Foyer/California
8:30 am 5:30 pm Exhibits Open Atlas Foyer/California
8:30 am 8:45 am Welcome: Jan Cuny, Conference Chair, Telle Whitney, President, Anita Borg Institute President and Stu Feldman, President, ACM Town & Country/San Diego
8:45 am 9:45 am Keynote Speaker: Shirley Tilghman, President, Princeton University Town & Country/San Diego
9:45 am 10:00 am Break Atlas Foyer/California
10:00 am 12:00 pm So, You Want to be a CEO? San Diego
10:00 am 11:00 am Session 1 Various
11:10 am 12:10 pm Session 2 Various
12:15 pm 1:45 pm Lunch Royal Palm Court
12:15 pm 1:30 pm Women of Color Lunch Town & Country
1:55 pm 2:55 pm Session 3 Various
3:05 pm 4:05 pm Session 4 Various
4:05 pm 4:20 pm Break Atlas Foyer/California
4:20 pm 5:20 pm Session 5 Various
5:30 pm 6:30 pm Session 6 - Birds of a Feather Various

End of Sessions

Start Time End Time Description Location
5:30 pm 6:30 pm Private Reception (by invitation) Terrace Pavilion
6:00 pm 7:00 pm Banquet Reception Foyer Town & Country / San Diego
7:00 pm 9:00 pm Awards Banquet Town & Country/San Diego
9:00 pm midnight Grace Hopper Celebration “Making Waves” Disco Town & Country/San Diego

Friday, October 6th

Start Time End Time Description Location
7:30 am 8:30 am ResearcHers Breakfast (Prior Reservation Required) Stratford
8:00 am 9:00 am Continental Breakfast Atlas Foyer/California
8:30 am 5:30 pm Exhibits Open Atlas Foyer/California
8:30 am 8:45 am Welcome: Peter Freeman, Assistant Director, National Science Foundation Town & Country/San Diego
8:45 am 9:45 am Keynote Speaker: Sally Ride, Former NASA Astronaut Town & Country/San Diego
9:45 am 10:00 am Break Atlas Foyer/California
10:00 am 12:00 pm Academic Leadership Panel, Dedicated to Denice Denton San Diego
10:00 am 11:00 am Session 1 Various
11:10 am 12:10 pm Session 2 Various
12:15 pm 1:30 pm Box Lunch Royal Palm Court
12:15 pm 1:30 pm Faculty Lunch Terrace Pavilion
12:15 pm 1:30 pm Systers Lunch Town & Country
12:15 pm 1:30 pm GHC Scholarship Reunion Lunch Stratford
12:15 pm 1:30 pm Lunch Discussion. IGERT: NSF-funded interdisciplinary PhD Programs Dover
1:40 pm 2:40 pm Session 3 Various
2:50 pm 4:05 pm Session 4 - Young Investigators and PhD Forum Various
4:05 pm 4:15 pm Break Atlas Foyer/California
4:20 pm 5:20 pm Session 5 Various
5:30 pm 6:30 pm Session 6 - Birds of a Feather Various

End of Sessions

Start Time End Time Description Location
7:00 pm Gold Sponsor Events & Treasure Hunt See Map in Conference Bag

Saturday, October 7th

Start Time End Time Description Location
8:00 am 9:00 am Continental Breakfast Atlas Foyer
8:30 am 8:45 am Welcome: Opening Remarks Lucy Sanders, GHC Program Chair San Diego
8:45 am 9:45 am Keynote Speaker: Helen Greiner, Co-founder iRobot San Diego
9:45 am 10:00 am Break Atlas Foyer
10:00 am 11:00 am Session 1 Various
11:10 am 12:10 pm Session 2 Various
12:20 pm 1:20 pm Session 3 Various

End of Sessions

Lunch on Your Own

End of Conference