About

September 6-8, 2017 Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain ACM Europe Celebration of Women in Computing, womENcourage 2017 is a scientific event, as well as an event aimed at networking and exploring career opportunities for women in computer science and related disciplines. This conference brings together undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers and […]

Publications on Local Media

NEWSPAPERS 07/09/2017 La Vanguardia (Ed. Català) Pág. 31 UNA HACKATÓ DE DONES INFORMÀTIQUES A BARCELONA Versión Texto 07/09/2017 La Vanguardia (Ed. Català)           Pág. 2 ELS SEMÀFORS Versión Texto 07/09/2017   El Diario Montañés Pág. 61 MÁS DE 200 MUJERES EL CONGRESO WOMENCOURAGE 2017 Versión Texto   DIGITAL MEDIA 06/09/2017 TecnoNews 200 dones TIC darreu del […]

Speakers

Alison Kennedy Alison Kennedy is the Director of the Hartree Centre, based at the UK’s Science and Facilities Council’s National Laboratory at Daresbury.  The Hartree Centre is funded by the UK government with a remit to improve the global competitiveness of UK industry by facilitating the adoption of High Performance Computing, High Performance Data Analytics […]

womENcourage Costs Sharing Forum

This forum has been created for you to connect with other people attending the conference so that you can split costs on rooms, taxis and any other relevant expenses.

Posters

WomENcourage solicits posters from all areas of Computer Science. Posters offer the opportunity to engage with other conference attendees, disseminate research work, receive comments, practice presentation skills, benefit from discussing ideas with other researchers from the same field. Submissions should present novel ideas, designs, techniques, systems, tools, evaluations, scientific investigations, methodologies, social issues or policy […]

Participation Scholarships

The ACM in conjunction with womENcourage and their sponsors are proud to offer Participation Scholarships to a number of students who present papers or posters at womENcourage. A limited number of participation scholarships will be offered to students who have not had a poster accepted for presentation but who have shown exceptional interest in the […]

Program

Registrations: Date Time Place Tuesday, September 5, 2017 17:30 to 19:30 Sala Àgora Wednesday, September 6, 2017 8:30 to 9:00 Sala Àgora Thursday, September 7, 2017 8:00 to 16:00 Sala Àgora Friday, September 8, 2017 8:00 to 9:00 Help desk: 10:00 to 11:00 13:30 to 16:30 18:00 to 19:30 Auditori Hall For hackathon participants we […]

Registrations

Registration for womENcourage 2017 is now open. You can register using this link. REGISTRATION DEADLINES Last day for early registration July 31, 2017 Final Online Registration August 29, 2017 REGISTRATION RATES (in Euros) Student Member Early €50 Student Member Late €90 Student Non-member Early €95 Student Non-member Late €125 Member Early €155 Member Late €275 Non-Member […]

Supporters

Supporters have the opportunity to promote their organization in many creative ways. We welcome your ideas on how you can contribute to the panel discussions, or provide workshops which will allow the participants to learn a new product or skillset. Perhaps you would like to meet and discuss with the participants at the career fair […]

Workshops

On 7th September 2017 you have a choice of 7 workshops on that will keep you engaged and challenged all day,  the hardest part is choosing which to attend.  Will you challenge yourself by attending the CodeCon workshop presented by Bloomberg,  or do you want to learn about the Greenfoot development environment which can be […]