ACM-W Professional Chapters

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ACM-W Professional Chapters provide safe and friendly spaces for social interaction and professional dialogue among peers within a local area. Chapter members represent all facets of computing, from academia, research, business, and industry. Chapters organize activities and events like tech talks, socials, professional networking, career advice, mentoring, hackathons, celebrations, conferences, and community service.

ACM and ACM-W empower ACM-W Professional Chapters by providing essential resources, guidance, and services, including website hosting, blogging platform access, support for meetup groups, and integration with ACM’s Local Activities Calendar. Chapters can order free promotional materials for events and apply for financial support for Regional Celebrations. They can access the ACM Distinguished Speaker Program to bring internationally respected technology experts to local events.

What are ACM-W Professional Chapters?

Being a member of an ACM-W Professional Chapter provides connections with professional women in computing worldwide. Members are a part of ACM, the world’s first and most respected organization of computing professionals. They can show their visible commitment to excellence with an “@acm.org” email forwarding address, and a digital membership badge for signature cards and profiles. All members receive access to up-to-date TechNews, Career News, and MemberNet, while supporting, advocating, and celebrating women in computing at all stages of their academic and professional careers.

Today there are dozens of chapters worldwide and more are being chartered every day. Check the map to find a chapter near you. Or if there are none, contact us for help and start one!

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Start a professional chapter

  • Connect and network with local colleagues in computing industries
  • Receive guidance and resources from the global ACM community
  • Participate in Regional Celebrations of Women in Computing
  • Broaden participation in computing

Benefits for ACM-W Professional Chapter Members
Resources for ACM-W Professional Chapters

To start a professional chapter, please follow this guide:

Start a professional chapter
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The Professional Chapters Committee

The Professional Chapters promotes the mission of ACM-W to support the creation of new professional chapters worldwide and provide resources for the maintenance and growth of existing chapters. The goals of the committee are:

  • Establish model ACM-W Professional Chapters
    • We are connecting with existing professional chapters and working toward creating models to help new chapters get started.  If you have a professional chapter, we want to hear from you.  Send us a picture and list of projects you are working on.
  • Connect ACM-W professional chapters to ACM-W student chapters
    • We are facilitating communication between student chapters and professional chapters to help with outreach and mentoring projects.
  • Connect ACM-W professional chapters to ACM-W celebrations
    • We are facilitating communication between celebrations and professional chapters to help with conference participation.
  • Connect ACM-W professional chapters to ACM-W student chapter alumni
    • We are helping professional chapters recruit recent graduates, especially those from colleges that have ACM-W student chapters.  If you are a recent graduate and would like to get a professional chapter started, let us know.  We can give you some ideas about how to get started.
  • Promote ACM-W professional chapters
    • Look for us at the regional Celebrations and conferences such as SIGCSE and NCWIT and keep checking our web pages and social media for new information.

If you have some ideas for the committee to consider, or energy to help with new projects, please send us an email!

Bettina Bair, Professional Chapters Committee Chair
bettina.bair@gmail.com