News from ACM-W Europe

womENcourage 2018 – Oct 3-5, 2018, https://womencourage.acm.org/2018/

WomENcourage brings together women in the computing profession and related technical fields to exchange knowledge and experience and provide special support for women who are pursuing their academic degrees and starting their careers in computing. The first deadline for womENcourage 2018 is for Poster Abstracts on May 1, 2018. https://womencourage.acm.org/2018/index.php/call-for-participation/

Join womENcourage organizing team and contribute to the running of the conference! Volunteers are welcome. Please contact acmwe_volunteers@acm.org.

Minerva Informatics Equality Award, http://www.informatics-europe.org/awards/minerva-informatics-equality-award.html

The focus for the 2018 Award is “Recruiting and Supporting Female Students”.

The Award seeks to celebrate successful initiatives that have had a measurable impact on the recruitment and support of female students within the nominated Institution. Such initiatives can serve as exemplars of best practices within the community, with the potential to be widely adopted by other Institutions.

Celebration of Women Who Code Kyiv

Natalie Lytvyniuk, the ACM-W National Leader in Ukraine, with other members of ACM Ukrainian Chapter (http://ukraine.acm.org) participated in the 1-year Celebration of Women Who Code Kyiv, the global non-profit organization inspiring women to excel in technology careers that for 1 year long have its chapter in Kyiv.

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