7:00 am – 4:00 pm

GHC Conference Registration Open

8:30 am – 2:00 pm

Attend GHC Sessions and Lunch

2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

Engaging Girls in Computing via LEGO Robotics – What if young women recognized computing as something they could do and be inspired to consider as a career? Discover how the FIRST® suite of programs involves girls in computing. Meet two young women who will tell their stories how they went beyond their FIRST® team experience to program an NXT robot using Artificial Intelligence and to start a science and engineering camp for high school girls. Speakers include:

Cathy Swider, Project Administrator, University of Oregon System

Tesca Fitzgerald, 2010 National NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award Winner & 2011 Google Anita Borg First Years Scholar

Savannah Loberger, 2010 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award Winner

3:45 pm – 5:30 pm

K12 Computer Science Speed Dating – This fun and interactive session will give participants a chance to network with participating organizations and learn about programs in the K-12 sector.  Organizations participating in the CS speed dating event include:

· Google (Table Hosts: Terry Ednacot & Tara Cannobio)

· IBM (Table Host: Alexis Bruemmer)

· Microsoft (Table Hosts: Lindsay Lindstrom & Pat Phillips)

· National Girls Collaborative Project (Table Host: Karen Peterson)

· National Security Agency (Table Host: Grace Crowder)

· New AP CS Course (Table Host: Amy Briggs)

· Stars Alliance (Table Host: Tiffany Barnes)

· Tapestry Workshops (Table Host: Joanne Cohoon)

· Tech Corps (Table Host: Lisa Chambers)

If your organization is interested in participating in the event please contact us.

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Awards Ceremony – Announcement of the Anita Borg Awards, Denice Denton Award, Change Agent Awards, and Richard Newton Award recipients; New Investigator Best Paper and SRC Competition results.

7:30 pm – 12:00 am

Sponsor Night – This is a networking event to celebrate the conclusion of the 2011 Grace Hopper Celebration. The event features dinner, music and entertainment.

8:00 am – 8:30 am

Workshop Check-in & Networking Breakfast

8:30 am – 8:40 am

Welcome: Dr. Suzanne Westbrook, Senior Lecturer and Associate Head, Department of Computer Science, University of Arizona

8:40 am – 9:30 am

Keynote: Getting Girls into the Game: Bridging Research and Practice to Increase Diversity in Computing -  Dr. Jill Denner, Associate Director of Research, ETR Associates (Education, Training, Research)

9:40 am – 10:30 am

Breakout Sessions  I

· BYOB: Build our Own Blocks – Brian Harvey

· Computational Thinking by Analogy – Michelle Hutton

· Real Teachers Teaching Real CS – Joanna Goode & Elaine Blomeyer

10:30 am – 10:45 am

Break

10:45 am – 11:35 am

Breakout Sessions II

· AP CS – Jody Paul

· Digital Divas: Changing High School Girls’ Perceptions of IT – Catherine Lang, Annemieke Craig & Julie Fisher

· Online Presence for Professional Development, Community Engagement and Student Support – Helene Martin

11:45 am – 12:35 pm

Breakout Sessions III

· Introducing Python – Michelle Hutton

· New CS Standards for K-12 – Chris Stephenson

12:35 pm  – 1:30 pm

Networking Lunch

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

General Session: The Great Unsession Session - Chris Stephenson & Joanna Goode

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Wrap-up: Dr. Suzanne Westbrook, Senior Lecturer and Associate Head, Department of Computer Science, University of Arizona