SHE'S GEEKY (UN)CONFERENCE
She's Geeky is a neutral, face-to-face forum 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. Discuss issues that affect women in the technology industry.
3. Connect with other women in technology, computing, entrepreneurship, funding, hardware, open source, nonprofit and any other technical geeky field.
How does the unconference day work? At the beginning of the day, we create the agenda. Everyone meets in one room and posts topics they would like to present, see or discuss. This creates a rich assortment of agenda items and makes for an exciting day of learning. 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.
We will be supporting women from the different cities being able to travel together on trains and buses to begin the conference early.
Microsoft has generously offered their space for the first She's Geeky East Coast event. Join us December 5th to 7th at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, Sixth Floor, New York, NY.
* Student/unemployed rate of $50 a regular price of $100
Conference Events:
-Friday December 5th we will have a cocktail party and an unpanel in the evening.
-Saturday Dec 6th will be the main day of the (un)conference where all the women gathered will co-create the agenda together in the morning. It will be a day of peer-to-peer geekiness.
-Sunday will be a bonus day to continue the geekiness.
By attending She's Geeky, you benefit from the opportunity to:
1. Build relationships and even partnerships across disciplines.
2. Learn something new from other geeky women.
3. Find answers to the questions that matter to you.
4. Consider business issues related to the technology industry.
5. Be exposed to new ideas for making and keeping technology relevant.
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BATEC ICT CAREERS DAY
Last year, in conjunction with CAITE (Commonwealth Alliance for IT Education), BATEC held it's ICT Careers Day at UMass Boston in the Campus Center Ballroom. 470 students, teachers, and invited guests spent the day learning from industry experts about the careers that exist in Information Technology today.
Since this event was such a success last year, BATEC and CAITE will be holding it again this year on Tuesday, November 25th at UMass Boston. If you are interested in bringing your students to this event, please contact Dawn Zapata, BATEC Project Manager.
Students, teachers, and invited guests will spend the day learning from industry experts about the careers that exist in Information Technology today. Presenters will include Microsoft, Recombinant Data Corporation, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, NTAG, EMC and Cisco Networking Academy.
Information:
Date: Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (registration opens at 8:30).
Location: UMass Boston - Campus Center Ballroom, 3rd floor of Campus Center
Timeline:
8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome
9:15 Workshop Session 1
10:05 Workshop Session 2
11:15 Industry Speakers
12:00 Lunch and Raffle
1:00 Adjourn
For more information, please email Dawn Zapata
*Class registration:
If you are interested in bringing your students to this event, please fill out the class list registration form and email it to Dawn Zapata, BATEC Project Manager.
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