Students, industry professionals, academics, and other leaders in software engineering are invited to submit position papers, collaborate and attend this workshop with the objective of assessing the current gender situation in various contexts and geographic areas, also in combination with any discriminatory factor, and of identifying and discussing possible difficulties and corresponding solutions.

Given the goals of the workshop, we are not interested in specific technical submissions, but we are looking for 4 pages position papers including (but not limited to):

• Summaries, challenges, and studies regarding the role of different genders in software engineering education and research.
• Studies concerning the role of different genders in software engineering industry.
• Specific experiences that can be generalized and shared with the public.

Also submissions from other scientific areas with contents that are transferable to software engineering are welcome.

All contributions will undergo a peer-review process carried out by the program committee. Accepted papers will be included in the ACM workshop proceedings.

The official publication date of the workshop proceedings is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of ICSE 2018. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work.

Important dates

• Papers submission: February 05, 2018 extended to February 12, 2018
• Notification to authors: March 5, 2018
• Camera-ready copies due: March 19, 2018

How to submit

Papers for GE@ICSE must:

• Have a maximum length of 4 pages and must follow the ACM SIGS proceedings format (please see https://www.icse2018.org/track/icse-2018-Double-blind-review#Formatting).
• Be submitted through the workshop submission system at EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=geicse2018