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Anita Borg Institute Newsletter | June 4, 2012 Registration Now Open for the 2012 Grace Hopper Celebration Registration is now open for the 2012 Grace Hopper Celebration, October 3 - 6 in Baltimore, Maryland. Super Early Bird Rates available through June 22.   Full information... Grace Hopper Celebration Keynotes Announced This year's conference features two exceptional keynote speakers: Nora Denzel, Senior Vice President, Intuit Anita K. Jones, University Professor Emerita, University of Virginia        More details about these inspirational women... Sponsor the 2012 Grace Hopper Celebration Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Corporate Sponsorships are available. Contact Cara de Urioste, Director of Development, for information. Sponsor specific conference activities like the Poster Session, Awards, Lunches, Leadership Workshop, Mobile app, and more. Full details about Additional Sponsorship Opportunities here. Gold, Silver, and Bronze Academic Sponsorships are available. For details, contact Tina Pratt, Program Manager and GHC Academic Liaison. The deadline to sign up for sponsorship is Aug. 7. Grace Hopper Celebration India Date Announced and Upcoming Planning Meetings   Please join us for the 2012 conference! Grace Hopper Celebration India December 13 - 14 The Lalit Ashok Hotel, Bangalore   The Call for Submissions will open in July.   We will be holding a series of planning meetings across India in June. If you are interested in being involved with this year's conference, please contact Jagruti Bhikha, Director, Grace Hopper Celebration India. Planning meeting schedule:   June 22: Mumbai - location and time TBD June 23: Pune - Symantec 10am to 1pm June 25: Delhi - FirstRain, 10am to 1pm June 28: Bangalore - Cisco Systems, 10am to 3pm July 2: Hyderabad - Microsoft, 10am to 1pm  Don't Miss RockIT Science and Systers 25th Anniversary Celebration at GHC 2012 Be sure to attend the celebratory event of this year's Grace Hopper Celebration: the RockIT Science and Systers 25th Anniversary Celebration! Held on Friday night at the Maryland Science Center and sponsored by EMC, Google, and Microsoft, this event will feature museum exhibits, IMAX and planetarium shows, dancing, dessert, and more.  Thank you to our sponsors: Strengthen Your Leadership Style: Apply to Attend Senior Women's Summit   Senior technical women working in industry or government who oversee large groups or teams and/or have strategic impact are encouraged to apply to attend Senior Women's Summit at the 2012 Grace Hopper Celebration.   The summit will provide actionable insights for ongoing advancement and success in senior leadership roles, provide a venue where women can develop their network of senior women and executive colleagues, and increase their collective impact as a group of senior technical leaders.    Apply to attend...  Key Takeaways from the Top Company Workshop   The 2012 Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Workshop, held May 10 in Santa Clara, featured solutions that companies and managers can implement to increase the representation of technical women and improve their retention and advancement.   Read on for key takeaways... Book Your Hotel for the Grace Hopper Celebration   Hotel information for the 2012 Grace Hopper Celebration is now posted. Be sure to book your room before they sell out! Defining Computing for Women Laurian Vega, Best of Systers blog When the discussion of dearth of women in computing comes up, researchers of arecent article and book argue that there are differing camps: those who argue that computing just isn't interesting to women, and then those that argue that computing isn't a gender issue at all but more of a targeting the right people issue. Read on... Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award Nominations Due June 15 Nominations for the Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award are due June 15. Nominate an exceptional technical woman today! In This Issue Registration Now Open for the 2012 Grace Hopper Celebration Grace Hopper Celebration Keynotes Announced Sponsor the 2012 Grace Hopper Celebration Grace Hopper Celebration India Date Announced and Upcoming Planning Meetings Don't Miss RockIT Science and Systers 25th Anniversary Celebration Strengthen Your Leadership Style: Apply to Attend Senior Women's Summit Key Takeaways from the Top Company Workshop Book Your Hotel for the Grace Hopper Celebration Defining Computing for Women Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award Deadline Extended to June 15   Upcoming Due Dates   * Grace Hopper Celebration Registration - Early Bird Rate Ends June 22   * Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award - Nominations Due June 15   * Grace Hopper Celebration India Planning Meetings - June 22 - July 2   * GHC Corporate and Academic Sponsorships - Closes August 7   Events, Articles, and Resources of Interest Tech Career Expo and Developers Jam June 28-29 Moscone Center, San Francisco   "Get Even" Video This inspirational video encourages women to gain an equal footing in pay, opportunities, and leadership roles!   "Women In Technology: 4 Reasons Why Females Will Rule The Future" Coverage of Kara Swisher's keynote speech at the Women of Vision Awards Banquet Upcoming Awards   Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award - June 15 IEEE Ramakrisna Rau Award - July 1 IEEE Seymour Cray Award -  July 31 AAAS Mentoring Award -  July 31 ACM Distinguished Member -         August 1 EFF Pioneer Awards- August 9 ACM SIGOPS Weiser Award -        September 1  ACM Fellows - September 5 Anita Borg Institute      Grace Hopper Celebration    Anita Borg Institute Partners     Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology 1501 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304 infor...@anitaborg.org

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