BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 2026: Call for abstracts now open!
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Our call for abstracts is now open.
Please circulate to women and NB students.
All women and non-binary students of computing and related subjects1 are invited to enter one of the poster contests at the BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium.
This will be held on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th April 2026, in-person, hosted by University of Bath. This will be our first ever two-day Lovelace, starting around lunchtime on the Wednesday and finishing after lunch on the Thursday.
To enter the poster contest, you will have to write a 250 word abstract on the topic of your poster. The abstract deadline is February 6th 2026.
Your abstract can be on any computing topic you like. We’ve had submissions on everything from social networking to quantum computing; from medical image processing to wearable computing (complete with an Arduino powered skirt). If it involves computers, we’re interested. If you aren’t sure what a 250 word abstract looks like, we have some samples of abstracts from previous years.
Your abstract should be your own words, and not the output of some Generative AI system.
This year, for the first time, we also have some reflective questions about how and why you chose your topic, and about presenting a poster.
The poster contests are as follows:
- Best first year poster for students who are in their first year of study at a UK university. This category is also open to students in a Foundation year.
- Best second year poster for students in their second year of study at a UK university (also those on an industrial year or 3rd year of a 4 year degree – basically this is for students between their first and final years).
- Best final year undergraduate poster for students in their final year of study for a BA, BSc, BEng, or in the penultimate year of an MEng (this will often be the 3rd year, but may be the fourth or fifth year, if the student has taken a year abroad, year in industry, or is studying for a 4 year Scottish degree).
- Best master’s student poster for students doing a taught master’s degree, or who are in the final year of an MEng or similar integrated 4-5 year course resulting in a masters.
We hope to be able to offer people’s choice prizes as well as first and second place in each category.
The best 180-200 abstracts received will be chosen to display their poster at the event, and those participants will be expected to be on hand to answer questions about their posters and describe their work. We hope to organise travel reimbursement, and if necessary accommodation, for these students if they live too far from the venue. Some Universities have agreed to fund their student travel directly and/or support us with funds, you can see that information on our University Supporters page.
Please submit your abstract using this form :
Abstract Submission for the BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 2026 – Fill out form
We recommend writing your abstract using a text editor or word processor then pasting the text into the form, just in case of Internet problems.
1We interpret “Related subjects” very broadly – in the past, we have had students following courses in computer arts, cognitive science, information systems, and a large number of different joint/major/minor programmes of study. If you’re not sure, drop the organisers an email on bcswomen...@gmail.com, we’ll probably say “yes”.
Our call for abstracts is now open.
All women and non-binary students of computing and related subjects1 are invited to enter one of the poster contests at the BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium.
This will be held on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th April 2026, in-person, hosted by University of Bath. This will be our first ever two-day Lovelace, starting around lunchtime on the Wednesday and finishing after lunch on the Thursday.
To enter the poster contest, you will have to write a 250 word abstract on the topic of your poster. The abstract deadline is February 6th 2026.
Your abstract can be on any computing topic you like. We’ve had submissions on everything from social networking to quantum computing; from medical image processing to wearable computing (complete with an Arduino powered skirt). If it involves computers, we’re interested. If you aren’t sure what a 250 word abstract looks like, we have some samples of abstracts from previous years.
Your abstract should be your own words, and not the output of some Generative AI system.
This year, for the first time, we also have some reflective questions about how and why you chose your topic, and about presenting a poster.
The poster contests are as follows:
- Best first year poster for students who are in their first year of study at a UK university. This category is also open to students in a Foundation year.
- Best second year poster for students in their second year of study at a UK university (also those on an industrial year or 3rd year of a 4 year degree – basically this is for students between their first and final years).
- Best final year undergraduate poster for students in their final year of study for a BA, BSc, BEng, or in the penultimate year of an MEng (this will often be the 3rd year, but may be the fourth or fifth year, if the student has taken a year abroad, year in industry, or is studying for a 4 year Scottish degree).
- Best master’s student poster for students doing a taught master’s degree, or who are in the final year of an MEng or similar integrated 4-5 year course resulting in a masters.
We hope to be able to offer people’s choice prizes as well as first and second place in each category.
The best 180-200 abstracts received will be chosen to display their poster at the event, and those participants will be expected to be on hand to answer questions about their posters and describe their work. We hope to organise travel reimbursement, and if necessary accommodation, for these students if they live too far from the venue. Some Universities have agreed to fund their student travel directly and/or support us with funds, you can see that information on our University Supporters page.
Please submit your abstract using this form :
Abstract Submission for the BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 2026 – Fill out form
We recommend writing your abstract using a text editor or word processor then pasting the text into the form, just in case of Internet problems.
1We interpret “Related subjects” very broadly – in the past, we have had students following courses in computer arts, cognitive science, information systems, and a large number of different joint/major/minor programmes of study. If you’re not sure, drop the organisers an email on bcswomen...@gmail.com, we’ll probably say “yes”.