The 12th annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) has opened its Call for Participation. The annual conference, presented by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, is the world’s largest gathering of women in computing. The Grace Hopper Celebration will take place from October 3 – 6, 2012 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. This year’s theme “Are We There Yet?” recognizes that technology and the culture of technology are continuously evolving but there are also concrete goals we are striving to achieve.
At the Grace Hopper Celebration, leading researchers present their current work while special sessions focus on the role of women in today’s technology fields, including computer science, information technology, research and engineering. The technical conference features well known keynote speakers and invited technical speakers, panels, workshops, new investigator technical papers, PhD forums, technical posters, birds of a feather sessions, the ACM Student Research Competition and an Awards Celebration. The attendees who range from students to executives use this global platform to get inspired, stay on top of emerging trends, learn and network.
http://gracehopper.org/2012/participate/call-for-participation/
The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is a program of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
http://anitaborg.org/
steampunk bustle by clockwork butterfly
Clockwork Butterfly
www.clockworkbutterfly.net
Garments for the discerning Neo-Victorian
Exhibition Steamscape: A participant of the 2012 L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival Cultural Program 3rd – 25th March.
Steampunk is a movement that is best described as “victorian Science Fiction”. A rebellion against the mass production found in today’s consumer goods, it concentrates on individually crafted items that reflect the classical aesthetics of the late 19th century, with a twist of dynamic industrial influences and an often whimsical sense of fun.
The exhibition will feature the exquisite, timeless clothing creations of Clockwork Butterfly partnered with Jos Van Hulsens’s fantastical scupltural creations.
Post Industrial Design, 638 Barkly Street, West Footscray 3012.
_love the robots :: Live Robotics Theatre at The Edge, Brisbane_
_Performance 2.00 – 5.00pm 28 January 2012 :: Live Streaming at
lovetherobots.com _
_love the robots _is a showcase combining media art, workshop, network
performance, informal lecture and discussion centered around the theme of
robots, contemporary art, culture and society. The hybrid format combines
practice, theory and an exhibition showcase, serving as a catalyst for an
international network of collaborations and contacts among local and
international artists and audiences.The _love the robots _event encourages
diverse creative and artistic approaches to the presentation, process,
production and practice of contemporary robotics, audience engagement and
community building. Artists will present live and via remote
participation. The performance will also be streamed live on the internet
to allow participation by audiences outside of Brisbane.
http://www.lovetherobots.com
[4]http://edgeqld.org.au/love-the-robots
In 2012 Serial Space is introducing a brand new platform for the development
and presentation of interdisciplinary and experimental art practices: Time Machine
[http://serialspace.org/events/112/call-out-time-machine/].
Time Machine will be a week long festival of experimental, time-based art taking
place at alternative spaces across Sydney during 16-29 July. In the lead-up to
this festival, Serial Space will offer a number of commissions and development
residencies for the creation of new work to be presented in the festival. Serial
Space is seeking bold, ambitious, experimental and exciting ideas to support
and present as part of Time Machine.
Deadline: 19 February 2012
MELBOURNE: MELBOURNE MEDIA LAB SPRINT CALL FOR COLLABORATORS
From 21 – 29 January Melbourne Media Lab [http://www.medialabmelbourne.com.au/sprints/]
will host the Unconstrained sprint (sprints are short periods of intensive project
development, based on a theme), an investigation into everyday technologies and
the way in which they have become so complex, powerful or taken for granted. Melbourne
Media Lab will be developing a number of parallel projects and brainstorming various
topics to fruition. If you are interested in the social and political dimensions
of technology or just like to have fun and/or enjoy tinkering, crafting, performing,
hacking or sculpting, then come and be part of the team. All disciplines are welcome.
