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ACM-Women UK Inspire 2019 @ University of Kent
When and where
Date and time
Friday, September 6, 2019 · 9:30am - 4:30pm BST
Location
University of Kent Darwin Conference Suite Canterbury CT2 7UF United Kingdom
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Description
ACM-W UK Inspire 2019
ACM-W UK Celebration of Women in Computing - Inspire Conference 2019 will take place on 6th September, 2019 at University of Kent, UK. We are colocated with the UK and Ireland ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education conference.(UKICER 2019). Please note our attendees will have full access to the UKICER programme (both days 5th and 6th September) if you register here on eventbrite (please don't register on UKICER 2019 website).
ACM-W supports, celebrates, and advocates internationally for the full engagement of women in all aspects of the computing field, providing a wide range of programs and services to ACM members and working in the broader community to advance the contributions of women in technical fields.
The theme of this year INSPIRE Conference 2019 is "Rising Together". Therefore, the programme will have some exciting talks on supporting, mentoring and advocating women to achieve their full potential in both tech industry and academia and how to bridge the gap between academia and the industry. The conference programme also includes some emerging research in the area of AI, specifically focusing on steps towards building "Diversity in AI".
- Ethics and fairness of AI
- Using AI to tackle unconscious bias
- Privacy and Security in AI
- Advances in Real-life applications
Important Dates:
• Poster Abstract (250 words) Submission: August 2nd, 2019, 23:59 EST
• Notification: August 15th, 2019
• Conference Registration: August 25th, 2019 (extended till 31st August 23:30 EST)
• Final A1 poster: August 25th, 2019
• Conference: September 6th, 2019
Call for Poster submission:
The conference invites students (Undergrad, Master, PhD)/post-docs/early-career researchers to submit a poster (work related to computing and other related areas) by emailing a poster abstract 250 words ukacmw@gmail.com (Before August 2nd, 2019, 23:59 EST). Successful posters will be included in the conference, and there will be prize awards for the top 3 posters. Students travel grants are also available. Students who want to be considered for travel grants should specify this at the time of the poster abstract submission.
Program Details:
The more details of the conference programme are available here: https://acmukwomen.acm.org/inspire-2019/