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A Women’s tech (un)conference WHAT IS AN (UN) CONFERENCE? Unconferences are a great way to exchange and learn from one another and this is how they work: At the beginning of the day, we create the agenda. Everyone meets in one room and posts topics they would like to present, see or discuss. This creates a rich assortment of agenda items and makes for an exciting day of learning. From there, we go to separate areas or rooms assigned to each topic. The session can be a presentation, inquiry about a question or discussion about an issue or technical field. or. One participant volunteers to record the proceedings. The notes from each session are collected in the newsroom, then a book is compiled with all the notes from the conference and distributed to everyone who attended. For More Info or to see previous event topics and notes please visit: shesgeeky.org

She’s Geeky is a neutral, face-to-face forum for women who like to geek out about all kinds of things: computers, science, math, design, robotics, web 2.0, .etc. The purpose is to bring women from a diversity of technical sectors together to: 1. Connect women in technology, computing, entrepreneurship, funding, hardware, open source, nonprofit and any other technical or "geeky" field. 2. Connect the generations of women working in or interested in technology, from those in middle school to the pioneers of the industry in their 70's. 3. Provide a forum for discussion of issues affecting women in technical fields. 4. Support the exchange of skills and learning among women in different technical fields. We are actually not a women in technology organization rather we work with and promote existing ones including The Anita Borg Institute, DevChix, LinuxChix, Digital Sista's Women who Tech among others. The sessions are put forward by the women who attend the event - and are diverse. They include expert topics about their particular expertise, hosting conversations about issues of interest both technical and personal (like how to balance work and family), exploring start-up ideas, introductions or deep dives to different programming languages or frameworks, sharing stories about what it was like to work in the early days of the industry, introduction to public speaking. When you come to She’s Geeky, you benefit from the opportunity to: 1. Build relationships and even partnerships across disciplines. 2. Learn something new from other geeky women. 3. Find answers to the questions that matter to you. 4. Consider business issues related to the technology industry. 5. Be exposed to new ideas for making and keeping technology relevant. We hope you will consider joining us in creating a fabulous She’s Geeky! - - - Our e-mail address is [email protected]

Mountain View, CA—January 30-31st Register Now: http://shesgeeky.org/sg/register Cost: Early Bird Registration is just $59 for one day and $108 for two days. After January 22th prices go up $10 and then again at January 27th with the at the door price being $89 and $138. We have some scholarships for starving students and women who are currently unemployed. She’s Geeky 2007– by Deb Roby