Workshop

In this workshop, we will assess the day and declare an intent to concretely change the shape of computing to make it more supportive of women who desire a career in a computing profession. How can we support the up-and-comers, change the landscape to reduce or remove barriers to women, and engage the other gender to aid in improving the culture?

Cat Allman has been involved with the free and open source software community since the mid-1980s, including stints at Mt Xinu, Sendmail, Inc., and the USENIX Association. Along with speaking at conferences including LinuxTag, SCALE, OSCON, SELF, SIGCSE, LCA, and the Ohio Linux Fest, she co-chaired the 1st Open Source Track at the 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing and moderated a panel there.