[iot-wg] Fwd: [n2women] 1st Annual Nelms (Online) Workshop on Women in IoT, October 12, 1pm-5pm (EDT)

Thanks Vesna for the Info. Constanze might be interested.

Sandoche.

On 29/09/2020 12:59, Vesna Manojlovic wrote:
> FYI!
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> 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 at EECS.UCF.EDU>
> Reply-To: 	N2Women <n2women at ACM.ORG>, Damla Turgut <turgut at EECS.UCF.EDU>
> To: 	n2women at ACM.ORG
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> **************************
> **CALL FOR PARTICIPATION**
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>
>      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**
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> 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:
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> Janise McNair, ECE, University of Florida
>
> My T Thai, CISE, University of Florida
>
>
> Organizing Committee:
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>
> 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
>
>
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> Website: http://iot.institute.ufl.edu/events/women-in-iot-2020/
>
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