Thanks Vesna for the Info. Constanze might be interested. Sandoche. On 29/09/2020 12:59, Vesna Manojlovic wrote:
FYI!
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [n2women] 1st Annual Nelms (Online) Workshop on Women in IoT, October 12, 1pm-5pm (EDT) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:30:30 -0400 From: Damla Turgut <turgut@EECS.UCF.EDU> Reply-To: N2Women <n2women@ACM.ORG>, Damla Turgut <turgut@EECS.UCF.EDU> To: n2women@ACM.ORG
************************** **CALL FOR PARTICIPATION** **************************
1st Annual Nelms Workshop on Women in IoT
Virtual Conference
October 12, 1pm-5pm EDT (New York Time Zone)
Register now at: http://iot.institute.ufl.edu/events/women-in-iot-2020/ Registration is free, but required to receive the zoom information.
************************** **WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION** **************************
The web of smart and connected devices that form the Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to impact every sphere of our lives as well as every market sector and drive the fourth industrial revolution. While IoT, in convergence with artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics, is rapidly changing our lives and society at large, we also face an increasing gender gap in the field of IoT technology and applications encompassing all aspects of research, development and practice. The goal of this workshop is to bring together women leaders from all sectors of IoT and students interested in the field of IoT to promote and enable increasing participation of women and addressing the gender gap issue in the field of IoT. The workshop organized by the members of the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World at University of Florida , in collaboration with several other universities in the state of Florida, will be held virtually; is free to join and open to all with registration. We cordially welcome participants from all sectors to join the workshop and contribute to its mission.
************************ **PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS** ************************ The purpose of the workshop is to celebrate the achievements of women in areas related to the advancement of Internet of Things, discuss future changes in both technology and female advancement, and to encourage students and junior female faculty in this area.
The list of speakers/panelists includes female engineering deans, department chairs, NSF program director and industry directors. The event webpage is here and includes the speaker bios: http://iot.institute.ufl.edu/events/women-in-iot-2020/
We are looking forward to seeing you soon in the online conference of Nelms WiT 2020!
2020 Co-Chairs: ---------------------
Janise McNair, ECE, University of Florida
My T Thai, CISE, University of Florida
Organizing Committee: ------------------------------
Janise McNair, ECE, University of Florida
My Thai, CISE, University of Florida
Damla Turgut, CS, University of Central Florida
Tempestt Neal, CIS, University of South Florida
Liting Hu, CS, Florida International University
******** Website: http://iot.institute.ufl.edu/events/women-in-iot-2020/
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