Women in Computing Research: 2008 London Hopper Colloquium at BCS London Office 1 May 2008 - Preliminary Announcement
 
http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/women/LondonHopper2008.php
 
Queen Mary University of London, Women@CL and the British Computer Society (BCS) invite you to attend the 2008 London Hopper Colloquium to be held at BCS London Office in 5 Southampton Street, London on the 1st of May 2008 (11am-4pm). The aim of the colloquium is to provide a forum for women computer science researchers to come together to exchange ideas, form new collaborations, and more simply, become aware of the network of women conducting research in computer science. Talks are aimed at Masters level up and will show the exciting research carried out by women, at all stages of their career, and from diverse backgrounds.
 
POSTERS
 
In addition to talks and panel discussions, there will be a poster session where PhD and postdoctoral researchers will have an opportunity to present their work. Three prizes of £50 each, funded by Google, will be awarded for the best posters. Posters may cover any topic within the field of computer science and/or interdisciplinary studies connected to computer science. All submissions will be reviewed through a peer review process. If your poster is accepted, you will be notified by 17th April 2008, and a display area will be available to you on the day of the colloquium. The accepted abstracts will also be combined into a proceedings, to be distributed on the day of the Colloquium.
 
To submit a poster, please send an email to Louise Yahiaoui at [log in to unmask] by 10th April 2008, containing: your name, institution/affiliation, student/postdoc status, contact email address, poster title, PDF or plain text abstract describing your poster (500 words or less). Registration for the competition will be on a first come, first served basis and entrants are advised to submit their poster materials as soon as possible.
 
PROGRAMME
 
Please reserve the 1st of May, the programme details will be announced shortly.  We have exciting speakers scheduled including Muffy Calder, Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, and Ann Light, Computing & Communication Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University. Our third speaker will be from Google.
 
REGISTRATION
 
The event is free, but places are limited. Please contact: [log in to unmask] to register.
 
THE VENUE
 
The colloquium will be held at BCS London Office in First Floor, 5 Southampton Street London WC2E 7HA. Directions can be found at: http://www.epsg.org.uk/locations/SouthamptonStGuide.pdf.
 
WOMEN@CL
 
Women@CL provides local, national and international activities for women engaged in computing research and academic leadership. It aims to support women in computing research, with a focus on interdisciplinary research, leadership and enterprise, through a programme of career development activities that include regional and national workshops, mentoring and networking. For more details see http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/women. It is hosted by the computer science departments of the University of Cambridge and Queen Mary University of London.
 
BRITISH COMPUTER SOCIETY
 
Established in 1957, the British Computer Society (BCS), with a world-wide membership of over 50,000 members in over 100 countries, is the leading body for those working in IT. BCS is licensed by the Engineering Council to award Chartered Engineer status (CEng) and Incorporated Engineer status (IEng); and more recently by the Science Council to award Chartered Scientist status (CSci). For more details see http://www.bcs.org/. The BCS is committed to inclusion in its activities of the whole membership and has established a new Forum on Women to drive part of this policy agenda.
 
INDUSTRIAL SPONSOR
 
Google.
 
THE HOPPER COLLOQUIA
 
The model for the colloquium is the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing held annually in North America, which encourages professional networks of women in computer science. These American meetings are held as a tribute to Admiral Grace Murray Hopper - pioneer of the computer business language COBOL - who inspired many young US Naval computing students during her heyday and still continues to inspire many computer scientists around the world many years after her death.