There has been a change in schedule of the two Women@CL events at the  
BCS Visions of Computer Science Conference being held at Imperial  
College London, 22-24 September, 2008. The network lunch with Fran  
Allen will now be held on Monday 22 September, 12:45pm-1:45pm, and  
the panel session will be held on Tuesday 23 September,  
12:45pm-1:45pm.  See below and at www.bcs.org/visions.


On 22 Jul 2008, at 11:24, Ursula Martin wrote:

> The BCS Visions of Computer Science conference takes place at  
> Imperial College London September 22-24 2008
> www.bcs.org/visions
>
> women@CL is sponsoring a panel and a lunch at the conference, on  
> 23rd September.  See below, and for more details of either event  
> contact Caroline Wardle, [log in to unmask]
>
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> Panel:  "Making a Difference for Women in Computing" (Tuesday 23  
> September, 12:45pm-1:45pm)
>
> Panelists: Professor Ursula Martin, Queen Mary University of London  
> (Chair), Dr Fran Allen (IBM), Dr Mateja Jamnik (University of  
> Cambridge), Dr Jan Peters (British Computer Society) and Professor  
> Caroline Wardle (Queen Mary University of London).
>
> Women are under-represented at all levels of computing research.  
> Various interventions and activities have been developed to attract  
> and retain women in computing. Hear about what was done and what  
> was learned, and the steps and actions you can take to support  
> women in computing. A panel discussion will provide an interactive  
> session to help you make a difference.
>
> --------------------
>
> Women@CL networking lunch  (Monday 22 September, 12:45pm-1:45pm)
>
> Women@CL invites researchers at all stages of their careers to an  
> informal networking lunch with Dr Fran Allen, IBM, the first and  
> only female winner of the Turing Award.
>
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>
>
> Visions of computer science
>
> Imperial College London, 	
> September 22-24 2008
>
> The first BCS international academic conference is now open for  
> bookings. 'Visions of computer science' will feature seven ACM  
> Turing Award winners as keynote speakers, which will be held in  
> September at Imperial College London.
>
> With such notables as Vint Cerf, Fran Allen, Tony Hoare, Dick Karp,  
> Robin Milner, Michael Rabin, Joseph Sifakis, plus David Delpy, CEO  
> of EPSRC, all playing a major part in the conference this new  
> initiative                   promises to be an outstanding event.
>
> Other invited speakers:
> Andrew Campbell, Dartmouth College
> Steve Furber, The University of Manchester
> Laurie Hendren, McGill University Canada
> Nicholas Jennings, University of Southampton
> Stephen Muggleton, Imperial College London
> Brigitte Plateau, IMAG France
> Moshe Vardi, RICE University Texas
> Quality papers have been submitted on key areas of research  
> covering the broad field of computer science on topics including:
> Computer Architectures and Digital Systems
> Theoretical Computer Science: Algorithms and Complexity, Logic and  
> Semantics
> Non-standard Models of Computation
> Programming Methods and Languages
> Software Engineering, and System Design Tools
> Quantitative Evaluation of Algorithms and Systems
> Artificial Intelligence, Agents and Machine Learning
> Networks, Distributed and Pervasive Systems
> Grid Computing and E-Science
> Databases, Information Retrieval and Data Mining, Web Based  
> Computation
> Human Computer Interaction
> Robotics and Computer Vision
> Bioinformatics, Synthetic Biology and Synthetic Chemistry
> Medical Applications
> UKCRC Grand Challenges
> The conference organising committee and programme committee are  
> composed of distinguished academics and researchers. The conference  
> is chaired by Professor Erol Gelenbe (Imperial College London). The  
> programme committee is chaired by Professor Samson Abramsky (Oxford  
> University) and Professor Vladimiro Sassone (University of  
> Southampton).
>
> Mike Rodd, BCS Learned Society director, explains: 'We are  
> delighted to have the opportunity to play host to seven ACM Turing  
> Award winners and as a result I am quite certain that the  
> conference will prove to be a fascinating in-depth discussion of  
> key issues in the realm of computer science today. The topics have  
> been set deliberately broad to reflect the rich texture and  
> intellectual vigor of computer science today.'
>
> Following the conference, the proceedings, which will contain all  
> accepted papers, will be published by BCS and be available on CD.  
> In addition, a selection of the presented papers will appear in the  
> Computer Journal, the archival research publication of the BCS.
>
> The event is at Imperial College London, September 22-24 2008.  
> Booking can be made here www.bcs.org/visions
>
> There are special rates for students, BCS members and IET members.
>
>
>