She writes:
I am producing an (un)conference for women working in technology called She’s Geeky in October…Please pass the word along to women working in tech that you think might enjoy attending the event.
She’s Geeky
A Women’s Tech (un)conference
October 22-23 in Mountain View, CA.
This event is designed to bring together women from a range of technology-focused disciplines who self identify as geeky. Our goal is to support skill exchange and learning between women working in diverse fields and to create a space for networking and to talk about issues faced by women in technology.
I posted about the event and gone into some more detail about my motivations and hopes here.
Back in the days when I went to university in Erlangen, Germany, our first-year class of just over 300 electrical engineering students had exactly 8 women (I counted). And they were dropping out at a faster rate than the guys, too. Fortunately, Silicon Valley has a much better ratio, but it’s still far from 50:50.