Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2007

1. Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2007

2. Call To Action: What Can YOU Do To Help Attract And Retain Women In Computing Panelists: Andy Bernat - CRA Lucy Sanders – NCWIT Telle Whitney - ABI Cameron Wilson – ACM Jane Prey – Moderator, Microsoft Research

3. The Computing Research Association Mission • Strengthen research and education in the computing fields • Working to influence policy that impacts computing research • Encouraging the development of human resources • Contributing to the cohesiveness of the professional community • And collecting and disseminating information about the importance and the state of computing research

4. The National Center For Women And ITMission • Significantly increase girls/women meaningful representation in computing, by • Creating a national community of practitioners by establishing reform-focused alliances across all facets of the IT pipeline including K-12 education, post-secondary education, and the workforce • Providing alliances with research, resources and events • roadening the conversation by serving as a national advocate for issues of diversity, competitiveness, and women’s roles in IT. This is accomplished through messaging, media, and image reform • Accelerating progress through special programs and policy

5. The Anita Borg InstituteMission • To increase the impact of women on all aspects of technology, and to increase the positive impact of technology on the worlds women by • Showcasing and modeling the success of technical women through the Grace Hopper Conference, the Women of Vision event, and numerous awards • Developing the next generation of technical leaders, through TechLeaders , publications, and online communities • influencing and changing the culture of technology through partnership programs, and providing resources and research

6. ACM’s Mission • ACM seeks to unite the world’s computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field’s challenges • Carries out mission through conference, publications, educational programs, public awareness activities and special interest groups • Public awareness engagement on these issues • Through ACM-W • Engages policy makers on a variety of subjects through USACM and newly constituted ACM’s Educational Policy Committee

7. Panel Dialogue •  Should organizations sponsoring programming contests be encouraged to require more gender balanced teams? 

8. Panel Dialogue • Should organizations sponsoring programming contests be encouraged to require more gender balanced teams?  • Should all NSF CISE programs require a component within Broader Impact that addresses broadening participation in computing?

9. Panel Dialogue • Should organizations sponsoring programming contests be encouraged to require more gender balanced teams?  • Should all NSF CISE programs require a component within Broader Impact that addresses broadening participation in computing? • If every high school student was required to take computing, would this have a positive impact on women’s participation in post-secondary computing programs?

10. Panel Dialogue • Should organizations sponsoring programming contests be encouraged to require more gender balanced teams?  • Should all NSF CISE programs require a component within Broader Impact that addresses broadening participation in computing? • If every high school student was required to take computing, would this have a positive impact on women’s participation in post-secondary computing programs? • Are female-only learning experiences, workshops and awards helping or hurting?

11. Panel Dialogue • Should organizations sponsoring programming contests be encouraged to require more gender balanced teams?  • Should all NSF CISE programs require a component within Broader Impact that addresses broadening participation in computing? • If every high school student was required to take computing, would this have a positive impact on women’s participation in post-secondary computing programs? • Are female-only learning experiences, workshops, and awards helping or hurting? • Are geeks the new cool?  Are wemaking up our image problem?

12. For More Information Andrew Bernat, abernat@cra.org, www.cra.org Jane Prey, jprey@microsoft.com Lucy Sanders, lucinda.sanders@colorado.edu,www.ncwit.org Telle Whitney, tellew@anitaborg.org, www.anitaborg.org Cameron Wilson, cameron.wilson@acm.org

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