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 5000 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 Second Colorado Celebration of Women in Computing to have over 150 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 Thursday, November 4.

Sponsorship levels and associated benefits follow. To receive the full benefits listed, sponsorship must be committed by Monday September 20, 2010.

Sponsorship levels and associated benefits follow.

$3000 and more. 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 Friday, November 5 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 Friday, November 5 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

The First Colorado Celebration of Women in Computing (CCWIC) was held April 4-5, 2008 at the Hotel Boulderado in Boulder, Colorado. There were 152 attendees, including 87 students and 65 non-students.

The students who attended CCWIC were from 12 universities and five states (Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, and Kansas). The non-students who attended CCWIC were from universities (24), other non-profits (10), government labs (3), and industry (28).

We surveyed conference attendees about two weeks after CCWIC 2008. The response was overwhelmingly positive. Of the 96 respondents, 91 (or 95%) were very satisfied (68) or satisfied (23) with the conference. The following aspects of the conference were consistently identified as being “very valuable”:

• seeing the success of other technical women (76%),
• feeling of social support as a member of a larger community of technical women (64%),
• seeing others making social and technological advances in the field (64%),
• networking opportunities (61%).