She's Geeky: A Technology Conference for Women

When
Event has passed (Fri Jan 30, 2009 - Sat Jan 31, 2009)
Cost
$79 - $128
Tags
Gay, Gay Conferences, Technology, Technology Conferences/Conventions, Media, Internet Media

Description

She's Geeky: A Technology Conference for Women
Date & Time: January 30-31
Location: Computer History Museum January 30-31, Mountain View, CA.

She's Geeky events are neutral, face-to-face gathering spaces for women who like to geek out. Attendees include women involved in all aspects of technology, including those who like to use geeky tools, not just coders, programmers and engineers. You don't even have to be from the computer industry. You just have to be a woman who identifies as a geek.

If you're any of these things, you're invited to come to She's Geeky to:

1. Exchange skills and learn from women in different fields of technology.
2. Provide a forum for discussion of issues affecting women in technical fields.
3. Connect the generations of women working in or interested in technology, from those in middle school to the pioneers of the industry who may be elders in their 70's.
4. Connect women in technology, computing, entrepreneurship, funding, hardware, open source, nonprofit and any other technical or geeky field.

Registration is Open! + Dinner on the 29th hosted by Bay Area Girl Geeky Dinner in Palo Alto at Ming's off 101. Schedule and information about future events here. http://shesgeeky.org/

We are committed to making this event accessible - if you are unemployed or a student or have some other circumstance e-mail us at info@shesgeeky.org to get a scholarship code.

If you are doing well we encourage you when you register to contribute to the scholarship fund. Thanks!

How does the unconference day work?

The sessions are put forward by the women who attend the event - and are diverse. They include expert topics about their particular expertise, hosting conversations about issues of interest both technical and personal (like how to balance work and family), exploring start-up ideas, introductions or deep dives to different programming languages or frameworks, sharing stories about what it was like to work in the early days of the industry, introduction to public speaking and many others.

Beginning at 9 AM each day, we start with a blank wall and, in less than an hour, through a highly participative process, create a full day, multi-track conference agenda that is relevant and inspiring to everyone there.

From there, we go to separate areas or rooms assigned to each topic. The session can be a presentation, inquiry about a question or discussion about an issue or technical field. or. One participant volunteers to record the proceedings.

The notes from each session are collected in the newsroom, then a book is compiled with all the notes from the conference and distributed to everyone who attended.

More Info

Link
http://shesgeeky.org/
Email
Contact Form (account required)

Schedule

Computer History Museum
1401 N. Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View, CA
Event has passed

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  1. Computer History Museum
    1401 N. Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA