The Anita Borg Institute has posted their Women of Vision 2008 videos and acceptance speeches, which I had the honor of seeing live at the awards dinner in San Jose in May, 2008. I had a great time - as did all the other NetApp attendees! A chance to catch up with some people from the CTO panel at the Grace Hopper Conference last October. Make new friends - enjoyed talking to Francine Berman, director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (need to fly down for a visit!). Share some wine with my former colleague Whitfield Diffie. Listen to Diane Greene's keynote. And to listen to some wonderful acceptance speeches.
Susan Landau, Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer, was the winner of the 2008 Women of Vision Award for Social Impact. Her acceptance speech talked about the challenges of challenging conceptions of security and privacy in today's world.
Helen Greiner, Founder and Chairman of the Board, iRobot, was the 2008 Women of Vision Award Winner for Innovation. She spoke about challenging assumptions on roles throughout people's early education.
Justine Cassell, Professor Northwestern University, was the 2008 Women of Vision Award Winner for Leadership. Her acceptance speech was simply brilliant. I truly encourage you to watch and listen to the video.
Looking forward to Grace Hopper in Denver in October!
Well, what a great acceptance speech Justine gave!
Gracious, funny, and with a core message about personal passion and determination.
I'm thinking of my daughters too when I watch this. The eldest has graduated, and the youngest is about to go to university and do a science degree. I've watched as they've tried, not always succesfully, to resist peer and society's pressures to conform. A corrosive mixture of anti-intellectualism and stereotyping of women. This is a good antidote.
Good post. Thanks for this.
Posted by: Alex McDonald | June 12, 2008 at 03:17 AM