5th Summit on Gender Equality in Computing

June 27, 2023

Venue
Location

Athens University of
Economics and Business

Amfitheatre Antoniadou
Patission 76 Str
Athens,Greece

Why
participate

Be part of a summit that aims to celebrate and disseminate achievements in the field, while trying to come up with ways to measure and reduce gender stereotyping and inequalities

Who can participate

Students, Researchers and Professionals in the
field of Computer Science & Engineering.
Registration is FREE but mandatory.

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About

GEC ’23 at a glance

The Summit aims at promoting gender-equal access to the computer-related scientific frontiers, encouraging and educating women and men in an equal way to achieve their goals and utilize their potential in digital professions.
The goal of the Summit is also to celebrate and disseminate the achievements of computer professionals in a fair and gender-equal way.

Τhe Summit brings together students, researchers, and professionals in the field of Computer Science to:

  • Present and share their achievements and experience in the computing field
  • Discuss and understand the reasons why there is gender disparity in individuals opting for Computer Science and Engineering
  • Consider and exchange views on gender stereotyping in Computer Science
  • Come up with incentives and measures to reduce gender inequalities in the field

Diversity and Inclusion

The GEC community joins an integrated effort to promote diversity and inclusion in all aspects of our professional activities. GEC 2023 participates in this effort alongside EDBT/ICDT, MDM, SIGMOD, VLDB, SoCC, and ICDE, to celebrate the diversity in our community and welcome everyone regardless of age, sex, gender identity, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, country of origin, religion, sexual orientation, physical ability, education, work experience, etc. It also welcomes people and opinions of all political persuasions, as long as they abide by the ACM policy against hate speech and harassment.
For more information visit the dedicated website: https://dbdni.github.io and our diversity and inclusion guideline page: http://gec23.aueb.gr/diversity-and-inclusion-guidelines/ .

All submissions are encouraged to be prepared with D&I in mind following the suggestions in submission guidelines.

Important Dates

Poster Submission

Poster Abstract deadline (EXTENDED): May 26, 2023

Acceptance Notification: June 1, 2023

Poster Camera-ready: June 18, 2023

Call for posters here!

For more info, please visit the Posters page.

Registration

Registration is now open (until 20/06/2023)!!

Summit Launch

27 June 2023

Athens University of Economics and Business,
Patission 76, Athens, Greece
Amfitheatre Antoniadou

For more information on accessing the summit venue, please see here

Commitees

Greek ACM-W Chapter Events Steering Committee

Angeliki Antoniou, Univ. of West Attica
Panagiota Fatourou, Univ. of Crete & Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH)(Chapter Chair)
Ioanna Kantzavelou, Univ. of West Attica (SC Vice-Chair)
Georgia Koutrika, Athena Research Center (Chapter Treasurer)
Grammati Pantziou, Univ. of West Attica
Evangelia Pitoura, Univ. of Ioannina (SC Chair)
Effi Psychogiou, Oracle
Maria Roussou, Univ. of Athens (Chapter Vice Chair)
Amalia Miliou, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki (SC Publicity Chair)
Vana Kalogeraki, Athens Univ. of Economics and Business

General Chairs

Vana Kalogeraki, Athens Univ. of Economics & Business

Publicity Chair

Alkmini Sgouritsa, Athens Univ. of Economics & Business

Poster Session Chairs

Maria Halkidi, Univ. of Piraeus
George Pallis, Univ. of Cyprus
Maria Roussou, Univ. of Athens

Local Organizing Committee

Alkmini Sgouritsa, Athens Univ. of Economics & Business
Evgenia Foustoukou, Athens Univ. of Economics & Business

Social Media

Spyridoula-Alexia Giouroukou, Univ. of Athens

Website & IT manager

Dimitrios Tomaras, Athens Univ. of Economics & Business

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Magdalini Eirinaki

San José State University

Dr. Christos Varytimidis

Workable

Dr. Ioulianna
Litou

Meta / Facebook Inc.

Venue Location

Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Student Support

DAYS
HOURS
MINUTES
SECONDS

A summit to celebrate & disseminate achievements in the
Computer Science field…

… while trying to come up with ways to measure and reduce gender stereotyping and inequalities

3

Keynote Talks

40+

Poster Presentations

60+

CVs for Career Fair

170+

Participants