ACM Celebrations of Women in Computing

ACM Celebrations of Women in Computing connect technical women who are working/studying within a particular geographical location – with locations that could be a single city, a state or group of states, a country, or several countries. These conferences build community and break down feelings of isolation. Our intention is to reach the broadest possible populations through an international network of self-sustaining small conferences, dovetailing when possible with ACM-W chapters.

Requirements for Celebrations

  • Events must be branded with ACM in the title of your Celebration or as a subtitle. For example, “The ACM Northwest Celebration of Women in Computing” or “The Northwest Celebration of Women in Computing, An ACM Celebration”. This must be clearly indicated on your website and on promotional materials.
  • The event must be at least one full day in length (preferably longer) and feature speakers or workshop leaders from diverse backgrounds.
  • Include attendees from a diverse population — that is, from more than one area or school.
  • Although all events are different, your event ideally should contain speakers, panels, workshops, a career fair and opportunities for student presentations

Sponsorship

ACM-W provides $3,000 for each celebration, and also collects, tracks and disburses corporate sponsorship. Each celebration organizing committee is responsible for additional fundraising within their conference area. The goal is to keep the costs as low as possible for student attendees, with registration fees in the $0-$50 USD range.

Support ACM-W provides affiliated Celebration

  • Use of ACM registration application
  • ACM web site hosting for celebration site.
  • ACM will also hold conference funds, pay invoices, and review venue contracts.
  • ACM contract review and liability insurance
  • Sponsorship support by ACM-W.
  • Advice and support from those who have organized events in the past

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Recent Celebrations Reports and Announcements

  • Spotlight on Trondheim ACM-W Professional Chapter
    ACM-W would like to spotlight the Trondheim ACM-W Professional Chapter this month through an interview with Dr. Letizia Jaccheri. Dr. Jaccheri is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the General Co-chair of WomenENcourage 2023. Why did you decide to form an ACM-W Professional Chapter? One […]
  • Ohio Celebration of Women in Conference (OCWiC) 2023!
    It’s a wrap! The Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing (OCWiC) occurred on February 24th & 25th, 2023, at Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron, Ohio. Except for 2021, due to the pandemic, this celebration has occurred every odd year since its inception in 2005. The event was organized by Ohio’s ACM-W OCWIC Professional Chapter and […]
  • ACM-W India Decade Celebration
    Theme: Women in Computer Science Research ACM W India celebrated its 10th anniversary with a special decade celebration on February 10th, 2023, at the Oriental Institute of Science and Technology, Bhopal. ACM-W India Decade Celebration was dedicated to sharing knowledge, wisdom, expertise and information. The event started with a welcome address by Dr Hina Timani […]
  • Latina Computing Professionals Panel at Tapia 2022!
    by Adriana Alvarado Garcia, Karla Badillo-Urquiola, Brianna Posadas, Wendy Roldan Latina women, historically underrepresented in computing [1], face additional challenges starting their careers. To bring awareness to this issue, we organized the panel “Becoming a Latina Computing Professional: Barriers and Accomplishments” for the 2022 Tapia Conference. We enjoyed reconnecting at Tapia and sharing our lived […]
  • The 4th Summit on Gender Equality in Computing (GEC’22)
    by Alexia Giouroukou The 4th Summit on Gender Equality in Computing (GEC’22) took place in Thessaloniki on June 16th -17th, 2022. GEC’22 summit was opened with the welcome talks from Efstratios Stylianidis (Vice-Rector for Research and Lifelong Learning of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki) and Panagiota Fatourou (chair of the Greek ACM-W Chapter). The first keynote […]