I am again managing Sun’s participation in the
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in
Computing conference, now just a few weeks away: Keystone Resort,
Colorado, October 1-4, 2008. On Thursday (2 Oct), Sun has staff in 8 panels
or talks, with 4 more on Friday (3 Oct). You can see my panel “Taking the
Long View – Many Careers in One Company” on Thursday, October 2nd, Session
Three, 2:45pm – 3:45pm. I am also participating in a BOF on the new
MAGIC mentoring program
called “Setting Up An Effective Organization To Support Girls” on
Friday, Oct 3rd, 5:10pm – 6:10pm.
Other panels or presentations including Sun staff have these titles:
- CTO Plenary Session
- Innovating with Chip Multi-Threading Technology
- Mid-Career Course Correction
- The Synergistic Evolution of Software & Hardware Technologies
- Build a Better Processor: Breaking through the Technology Challenges
- Letting the Cup Overflow: Expanding Your Experiences Outside Your Research Lab
- Project Fortress: A Multicore Language for Scientists and Engineers
- Women in the Brave New World of Free and Open Source Software
- Web 2.0 Session: Online Social Networks – Impact to Our Careers
- Experiences with Maternity Leave and Returning to Work
The many Sun staff attending are coordinating schedules (which
breakfast, lunch, or evening events to attend?, who will staff Sun’s
exhibit hall table when?, who can help set up or tear down?).
Hopper is an exhilerating experience and I am very much looking
forward to it.
Last year was the first time my daughter
Jessica attended Hopper.
This year, her own poster submission was accepted. I haven’t seen my
girl since she left for her second year at Carnegie Mellon University
in late August. It will be fun to room together again. Some photos
from Hopper 2007:
Jessica & Fran Allen
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My “Girl Geeks” Panel, 2007
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Friday Party 2007
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Hopper 2007 Poster
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Images Copyright 2007 by Katy Dickinson
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