2007 Conference Information: Program Schedule
Schedule at a Glance
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Wednesday, October 17
Wednesday Pre-Conference Events
| Start Time |
End Time |
Description |
Location |
| 7:00 am |
5:30 pm |
Registration Open |
Crystal Foyer |
| 10:00 am |
5:00 pm |
Bridge Day Activities with the Richard Tapia Conference Hosted by Disney and Microsoft (By invitation only) |
Various |
| 11:00 am |
5:00 pm |
Childcare Hosted by Symantec; Check in at the ABI Booth in the Crystal Foyer |
Lanai Room |
| 11:00 am |
5:00 pm |
CyberCafe Hosted by HP; Wireless access hosted by Juniper Networks |
Crystal Room |
| 11:00 am |
5:00 pm |
Nursing Mothers Room |
Fuschia Room |
| 11:00 am |
5:00 pm |
Anita Borg Institute TechLeaders |
Salon I and II |
Grace Hopper Celebration for Women and Computing Begins
| Start Time |
End Time |
Description |
Location |
| 5:00 pm |
9:30 pm |
Nursing Mothers Room |
Fuschia Room |
| 5:30 pm |
9:00 pm |
Childcare Hosted by Symantec; Check in at the ABI Booth in the Crystal Foyer |
Lanai Room |
| 5:30 pm |
7:00 pm |
For the Newcomer Meeting for First-Time GHC Attendees & Scholarship Recipients |
South Ballroom |
| 7:00 pm |
9:00 pm |
Opening Reception and Poster Session |
Salon IV and V |
| 9:00 pm |
10:00 pm |
“Hoppers” Meeting |
South Ballroom |
Thursday, October 18
| Start Time |
End Time |
Description |
Location |
| 7:00 am |
5:30 pm |
Registration Open |
Crystal Foyer |
| 7:30 am |
8:45 am |
Continental Breakfast |
Salon IV and V |
| 8:00 am |
11:00 pm |
Nursing Mothers Room |
Fuschia Room |
| 8:00 am |
11:00 pm |
Childcare Hosted by Symantec; Check in at the ABI Booth in the Crystal Foyer |
Lanai Room |
| 8:00 am |
5:30 pm |
Exhibits Open |
South and Grand Foyers |
| 8:30 am |
9:45 am |
Welcome: Lucy Sanders, General Chair, Telle Whitney, President, Anita Borg Institute, Stu Feldman, President, ACM, Bill Strachan, IBM Keynote Speaker: Donna Dubinsky, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Board Chair of Numenta |
Palm Ballroom |
| 9:45 am |
10:00 am |
Break |
Salon IV and V |
| 10:00 am |
11:00 am |
Session 1 |
Various |
| 11:10 am |
12:10 pm |
Session 2 |
Various |
| 12:15 pm |
1:45 pm |
Conference Lunch |
Palm I, II and III |
| 12:15 pm |
1:45 pm |
Women of Color Lunch (Prior RSVP required) |
Palm IV and V |
| 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 |
Salon IV and V |
| 4:20 pm |
5:20 pm |
Session 5 |
Various |
| 5:30 pm |
6:30 pm |
Session 6: Birds of a Feather |
Various |
| 6:00 pm |
7:00 pm |
Banquet Reception |
Tropical Pool Area |
| 7:00 pm |
12:00 am |
Awards Banquet Welcome: Lucy Sanders, GHC General Chair, Telle Whitney, President, Anita Borg Institute
Announcement of the Anita Borg Award and Denice Denton Award recipients, music and dancing |
Palm Ballroom |
Friday, October 19
| Start Time |
End Time |
Description |
Location |
| 7:00 am |
5:30 pm |
Registration Open |
Crystal Foyer |
| 7:30 am |
8:45 am |
Continental Breakfast |
Salon IV and V |
| 8:00 am |
6:00 pm |
Nursing Mothers Room |
Fuschia Room |
| 8:00 am |
6:00 pm |
Childcare Hosted by Symantec; Check in at the ABI Booth in the Crystal Foyer |
Lanai Room |
| 8:00 am |
5:30 pm |
Exhibits Open |
South and Grand Foyers |
| 8:30 am |
9:45 am |
Welcome: Anne Condon, Program Chair, Ellen McLatchey, Juniper Networks Keynote Speaker: Maria Klawe, President of Harvey Mudd College |
Palm Ballroom |
| 9:45 am |
10:00 am |
Break |
Salon IV and V |
| 10:00 am |
11:00 am |
Session 1 |
Various |
| 11:10 am |
12:10 pm |
Session 2 |
Various |
| 12:15 pm |
1:30 pm |
Main Lunch |
Palm I and II |
| 12:15 pm |
1:30 pm |
Latinas in Engineering Lunch (Prior RSVP required) |
Gardenia Room |
| 12:15 pm |
1:30 pm |
Systers Lunch (Prior RSVP required) |
Palm V |
| 12:15 pm |
1:30 pm |
GHC Scholarship Reunion Lunch |
Salon I and II |
| 12:15 pm |
1:30 pm |
ResearcHers Lunch (Prior RSVP required) |
Camellia Room |
| 1:40 pm |
2:40 pm |
Session 3 |
Various |
| 2:50 pm |
3:50 pm |
Session 4 |
Various |
| 3:50 pm |
4:00 pm |
Break |
Salon IV and V |
| 4:00 pm |
5:00 pm |
Session 5 |
Various |
| 5:10 pm |
6:10 pm |
Session 6 |
Various |
| 6:10 pm |
11:00 pm |
Platinum Sponsor Evening A Networking Event hosted by GHC Platinum Sponsors Cisco, Google, IBM, Intel, HP, Microsoft, and Sun |
Meet buses at Convention Entrance |
Saturday, October 20
| Start Time |
End Time |
Description |
Location |
| 7:00 am |
12:00 pm |
Registration Open |
Crystal Foyer |
| 8:00 am |
8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
Salon IV and V |
| 8:00 am |
12:00 pm |
Nursing Mothers Room |
Fuschia Room |
| 8:00 am |
12:00 pm |
Childcare Hosted by Symantec; Check in at the ABI Booth in the Crystal Foyer |
Lanai Room |
| 8:30 am |
9:45 am |
Welcome and Panel of Workshop Leaders |
Palm Ballroom |
| 9:45 am |
10:00 am |
Break |
Salon IV and V |
| 10:00 am |
11:00 am |
Breakout 1 |
Various |
| 11:10 am |
12:10 pm |
Breakout 2 |
Various |
End of Conference
