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[Nilay Yener] How to get 50% women at a high-tech conference

[Nilay Yener] How to get 50% women at a high-tech conference

Presentation from GDG DevFest - the biggest Google related event in Ukraine. October 24-25, Lviv. Learn more at http://devfest.gdg.org.ua/

Google Developers Group Lviv

October 25, 2014
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  1. How to get 50% women at a high tech conference

    #womenintech Nilay Yener PM, Eteration Organizer, GDG Istanbul Organizer, GDG Women Istanbul
  2. #dfua Quote.. “A ship in port is safe, but that

    is not what ships are for. Sail out to sea and do new things.” ! — Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, the U.S. Navy’s oldest active-duty officer at the time of her retirement, developer of the first compiler for a computer programming language, developer of UNIVAC I and COBOL, and coiner of the terms “computer bug” and “debugging.”
  3. #dfua DevFest Women Istanbul 2013 • 1839 registration • 736

    attendee, 354 WOMEN! (48%) • 52 session submission • 41 talks • 52 speakers, 9 from out of Turkey! (all women except 1 token man☺) • Speakers from 7 different countries
  4. #dfua • 1839 registration • 736 attendee • 354 WOMEN!

    (48%) • 52 session submissions • 41 talks • 52 speakers (all women except 1 token man☺) • 4021 registration • 1409 attendee • WOMEN less than 48% • 121 session submission • 40 talks • 52 speakers, 0 woman DevFest DevFest Women vs
  5. #dfua • Women do not submit proposal • The few

    women is available • Conference committee seek male speakers more actively • Committee may be against female speakers • Lack of women speakers • The few women is available • And they are overused… • If the name of the conference is Women, Men don’t care! Why?
  6. Put a diversity statement Make it clear that conference values

    and would welcome submissions from women and other minatory groups. Avoid categorization.
  7. Collaborate with women groups in your area Invite them to

    conference, send call for papers forms.
  8. #dfua Quote.. “Computing is too important to left men.” !

    — Karen Spärck Jones, Professor of Computers and Information at Cambridge Computer Laboratory. Spärck Jones was a vocal advocate for women in computing and technology; she introduced the concept of inverse document frequency (IDF) used by most search engines today.