2008 Conference Information: Program Schedule

Session Schedule 

Download the Session Schedule (pdf version) to see the details of each session.  (updated 06-09-08)
 

The schedule is subject to change.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Start Time End Time Description Location
7:00 am 5:30 pm Registration Open TBD
8:00 am 9:30 am Continental Breakfast TBD
8:30 am 9:30 am “Hoppers” Meeting TBD
9:30 am 10:00 am Welcome TBD
9:00 am 5:30 pm Childcare TBD
9:00 am 5:30 pm CyberCafe and Wireless Access TBD
9:00 am 5:30 pm Nursing Mothers Room TBD
10:15 am 12:00 pm PhD Forum and New Investigators TBD
1:00 pm 2:30 pm Recession-proof your career by enhancing your networking savvy with Jo Miller TBD
2:30 pm 5:30 pm Resume Workshop TBD
2:30 pm 5:30 pm Structured and Unstructured Networking Activities with Jo Miller and using the CONNECT Project TBD

Grace Hopper Celebration for Women and Computing Begins

Start Time End Time Description Location
5:30 pm 9:00 pm Nursing Mothers Room TBD
5:30 pm 9:00 pm Childcare TBD
5:30 pm 9:00 pm Exhibits Open TBD
5:30 pm 7:00 pm For the Newcomer Meeting for First-Time GHC Attendees & Scholarship Recipients TBD
7:00 pm 9:00 pm Opening Reception and Poster Session TBD
9:00 pm 10:00 pm “Hoppers” Meeting TBD

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Start Time End Time Description Location
7:00 am 5:30 pm Registration Open TBD
7:00 am 6:30 pm CyberCafe and Wireless Access TBD
7:30 am 8:45 am Continental Breakfast TBD
8:00 am 11:00 pm Nursing Mothers Room TBD
8:00 am 11:00 pm Childcare TBD
8:00 am 5:30 pm Exhibits Open TBD
8:30 am 9:45 am Welcome: Anne Condon, General Chair, Telle Whitney, President, Anita Borg Institute Keynote Speaker: Fran Allen, IBM Fellow Emerita and 2007 Turing Award Winner TBD
9:45 am 10:00 am Break TBD
10:00 am 11:00 am Session 1 TBD
11:20 am 12:20 pm Session 2 TBD
12:20 pm 1:20 pm Conference Lunch TBD
12:20 pm 1:20 pm Women of Color Lunch TBD
12:20 pm 1:20 pm Systers Lunch (Prior RSVP required) TBD
1:20 pm 2:45 pm Plenary Session – Leading Technology: A View From the Top Sophie Vandebroek, Xerox, Nan Mattai, Rockwell Collins, Greg Papadopoulos, Sun Microsystems, Justin Rattner, Intel. Moderated by Kate Greene, MIT Technology Review TBD
2:45 pm 3:45 pm Session 3 TBD
3:45 pm 4:10 pm Break TBD
4:10 pm 5:10 pm Session 4 TBD
5:25 pm 6:25 pm Session 5: Birds of a Feather TBD
6:30 pm 7:30 pm Banquet Reception TBD
7:30 pm 12:00 am Awards Banquet Welcome: Anne Condon, GHC General Chair, Telle Whitney, President, Anita Borg Institute. Announcement of the Anita Borg Award and Denice Denton Award recipients, music and dancing TBD

Friday, October 3, 2008

Start Time End Time Description Location
7:00 am 5:30 pm Registration Open TBD
7:00 am 5:30 pm CyberCafe and Wireless Access TBD
7:30 am 8:45 am Continental Breakfast TBD
8:00 am 6:00 pm Nursing Mothers Room TBD
8:00 am 10:00 pm Childcare TBD
8:00 am 5:30 pm Exhibits Open TBD
8:30 am 9:45 am Welcome:Heidi Kvinge, Program Chair. Keynote Speaker: Mary Lou Jepsen, Founder and CEO, One Laptop Per Child TBD
9:45 am 10:00 am Break TBD
10:00 am 11:00 am Session 6 TBD
11:20 am 12:20 pm Session 7 TBD
12:20 pm 1:30 pm Main Lunch TBD
12:20 pm 1:30 pm GHC Scholarship Reunion Lunch TBD
12:20 pm 1:30 pm Latinas in Computing Lunch TBD
12:20 pm 1:30 pm LGBT Lunch TBD
12:20 pm 1:30 pm ResearcHers Lunch TBD
1:30 pm 2:30 pm Session 8 TBD
2:50 pm 3:50 pm Session 9 TBD
3:50 pm 4:00 pm Break TBD
4:00 pm 5:00 pm Session 10 TBD
5:10 pm 6:10 pm Session 11 TBD
7:00 pm 11:00 pm Sponsor Night TBD

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Start Time End Time Description Location
7:00 am 10:00 am Registration Open TBD
7:00 am 8:00 am Continental Breakfast TBD
8:00 am 10:00 am Nursing Mothers Room TBD
8:00 am 10:00 am Childcare TBD
8:30 am 9:30 am Town Hall Meeting TBD

End of Conference