Fwd: FW: [SIGCSE-members] Please join us for the Second New England Celebration of Women in Computing! - April 26-27, 2019
Wei Ding
From: SIGCSE Member Forum [mailto:SIGCSE-...@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG]
On Behalf Of Marie desJardins
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2019 11:57 PM
To: SIGCSE-...@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG
Subject: [SIGCSE-members] Please join us for the Second New England Celebration of Women in Computing! - April 26-27, 2019
Dear Colleagues,
The Second New England Celebration of Women in Computing (NECWiC) will be held on Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27, 2019, at Simmons University in Boston, Massachusetts. We have an exciting event planned, with distinguished keynote speakers (Nicole Immorlica (Microsoft Research New England Lab) and Jeannie Albrecht (WIlliams College), panels, technical sessions, hands-on training workshops, a career fair, and more.
Student participants are encouraged to submit posters of their research projects for our poster session (there will be prizes!) Students are also invited to participate in the third Simmons "SharkHack" hackathon immediately following the conference -- SharkHack runs from Saturday afternoon through Sunday midday. Subsidized registration and housing (limited capacity) is available for student attendees.
Please consider organizing a NECWiC session, participating yourself, and encouraging your students and colleagues to attend!
Questions about the conference may be directed to nec...@simmons.edu.
Present and Participate:
Please submit your proposals for panels, student research posters, oral technical presentations, workshops by March 1 (note: deadline has been extended!):
Participants are also invited to submit their resumes by March 15. You can specify whether you want your resume to be made available to our industry and academic partners, or whether you would like to submit it for review during our one-on-one "Resume Rx" sessions.
Register to Attend:
Registration is now open at:
Early (before March 15) student registration is $25, or $35 with a shared hotel room. (Subsidized student hotel space is available only for students who live more than 30 miles away, and we have limited capacity, so please register early if you are requesting this option!) Non-student early registration is $100. Registration includes attendance at all events; dinner on Friday; lunch on Saturday; and refreshments during breaks.
Lodging for conference attendees is available at The Inn at Longwood Medical at a special conference rate of $209 (single) or $229 (double) - please book your lodging through the registration site.
Sponsorship:
NECWiC is cosponsored by ACM-W, Microsoft, and CRA-W. We are actively seeking additional sponsors and supporters! If you are interested in becoming a sponsor and/or connecting to students as an employer at the Career Fair, please visit https://necwic.hosting.acm.org/sponsors/ or contact Donna Seppy (donna...@maine.edu).
Inquiries:
Please send any inquiries to nec...@simmons.edu or to the appropriate organizer:
Best regards, and we hope to see you in Boston in April!
Anne Applin (Southern Maine Community College), Conference Chair
Marie desJardins (Simmons University), Local Arrangements Chair
Ying Li (Stephanie) (Colby College) and Deborah Boisvert (University of Massachusetts-Boston), Program Co-Chairs
Donna Seppy (University of Maine) and Nanette Veilleux (Simmons University), Sponsorship/Career Fair Co-Chairs
Amber Stubbs (Simmons University), Poster Competition Chair