The First Colorado Celebration of Women in Computing
Boulder, Colorado
April 4-5, 2008

Co-founded in 1994 and inspired by the legacy of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) of Women In Computing Conference is designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. The GHC Conference is the world's largest gathering of technical women in computing. Since they began, more than 4300 women have attended a GHC Conference. These conferences promote diversity by offering opportunities for mentoring, motivation, networking, technical and career development to women in computing.

The Association for Computing Machinery's Committee on Women in Computing (ACM-W) has piloted several similar, scaled-down versions of the GHC Conference held in various regions. A regional conference reduces the travel costs to attend and builds a regional alliance that continues long after the conference draws to an end. Several small pockets of isolated female students exist within a regional area; bringing these women together helps to build a critical mass. Additionally, small undergraduate schools in the region benefit from the role modeling provided by graduate students at the larger research institutions in the region.

We expect the First Colorado Celebration of Women in Computing to have over 100 attendees (mainly students) from a range of institutions, research-intensive universities to community colleges. Our goal is to raise enough funds to allow us to offer registration to all students for a small fee ($25). Student registration will include all meals during the conference and lodging at the conference hotel on Friday night.

Sponsorship levels and associated benefits follow.

$3000. Gold Sponsor

• prominent recognition of support on the conference web page
• prominent recognition of support in the conference program
• complimentary registration for up to two representatives of your company
• opportunity to include materials or gifts in registration packages
• opportunity to participate in a recruiting event on Saturday (April 5th) where industry representatives and attendees can talk in an informal way
• possibility for a representative from your company to participate on one of the planned panels (e.g., on resume writing, interviewing, work-life balance, etc.) NOTE: These panels will not be recruiting events.
• recognition of support in all conference press releases
• recognition of support on T-shirts

$2000. Silver Sponsor

• recognition of support on the conference web page
• recognition of support in the conference program
• complimentary registration for one representative of your company
• opportunity to include materials or gifts in registration packages
• opportunity to participate in a recruiting event on Saturday (April 5th) where industry representatives and attendees can talk in an informal way

$1000. Bronze Sponsor

• recognition of support on the conference web page
• recognition of support in the conference program
• opportunity to include materials or gifts in registration packages

If your organization is interested in sponsoring CCWIC, please send email to the CCWIC Conference Chairs at
ccwic-info@cs.colorado.edu

Sponsorship levels and associated benefits follow.

$3000. Gold Sponsor

• prominent recognition of support on the conference web page
• prominent recognition of support in the conference program
• opportunity to include materials describing your university and/or computing program in registration packages
• opportunity to participate in a recruiting event on Saturday (April 5th) where academic representatives and attendees can talk in an informal way
• possibility for a faculty member from your university to participate on one of the planned panels (e.g., tips for success in graduate school or career options)
• recognition of support in all conference press releases
• recognition of support on T-shirts
• $25. registration fee for all students from your university to attend the conference

$2000. Silver Sponsor

• recognition of support on the conference web page
• recognition of support in the conference program
• opportunity to include materials describing your university and/or computing program in registration packages
• opportunity to participate in a recruiting event on Saturday (April 5th) where academic representatives and attendees can talk in an informal way
• $25. registration fee for all students from your university to attend the conference

$1000. Bronze Sponsor

• recognition of support on the conference web page
• recognition of support in the conference program
• $25. registration fee for all students from your university to attend the conference

If your organization is interested in sponsoring CCWIC, please send email to the CCWIC Conference Chairs at
ccwic-info@cs.colorado.edu