Program

Most of presentations are available here.

8:30- 9:00 Opening

9:00-10:30 Session 1 - Gender diversity

Keynote Gabriele Abermann: Why Diversity Matters

Catherine Mooney, Brett Becker, Lana Salmon and Eleni Mangina (presenter): Computer Science Identity and Sense of Belonging: A Case study in Ireland

Lori Clarke, Lori Pollock (presenter), Jane Stout, Carla Ellis, Tracy Camp, Betsy Bizot and Kathryn S. McKinley: Improving Diversity in Computing Research: An Overview of CRA-W Activities

Hélène de Ribaupierre (presenter), Kathryn Jones, Fernando Loizides and Yulia Cherdantseva: Towards Gender Equality in Software Engineering: The NSA Approach

10:30-11:00 Coffe Break

11:00-12:30 Session 2 - Gender gap in specific domains

Keynote Reyyan Ayfer: Gender Gap: Whose Problem?

Susan Leavy (presenter): Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence: The Need for Diversity and Gender Theory in Machine Learning

Judit Jász and Árpád Beszédes (presenter): Software Testing Conferences and Women

Christopher Mendez (presenter), Anita Sarma and Margaret Burnett: Gender in Open Source Software: What the Tools Tell

12:30-14:00 Lunch and Poster Exhibition

Letizia Jaccheri. How to Increase Gender Balance in Top Academic Positions in STEM

Sophia Ivarsson and Maria Sundin. Innovate passion - a new approach to reach gender parity in STEM and Innovation

Daria Adenaw. An example for a Gender&Diversity measure, facilitated in co-operation between academia and local industry

14:00-15:30 Session 3 - Gender equality and education

Keynote Philip B. Stark: Separating Signal from Noise: Measuring Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching

Caroline Sheedy (presenter): Gendered Expectations: Observations of Computing Students on the Homogeneity of their Classrooms

Cristiano Maciel, Silvia Amelia Bim and Karen Figueiredo (presenter): Digital Girls Program – Disseminating Computer Science to Girls in Brazil

John Reeves (presenter): Gender Equality in Software Engineering

15:30-16:00 Coffe Break

16:00-17:30 Session 4 - Actions for promoting diversity

Keynote Anna Nilsson-Ehle: We know what we need - time for action!

Karina Kohl Silveira (presenter) and Rafael Prikladnicki: Perceptions on Diversity in Brazilian Agile Software Development Teams: A Survey

Amel Bennaceur (presenter), Ampaeli Cano, Lilia Georgieva, Mariam Kiran, Maria Salama, and Poonam Yadav: Issues in Gender Diversity and Equality in the UK

María Cecilia Bastarrica, Nancy Hitschfeld, Maíra Marques Samary and Jocelyn Simmonds (presenter): Affirmative Action for Attracting Women to STEM in Chile