Grace Hopper 2015: Hardware Hackathon Workshop

On the last day of the Grace Hopper Celebration, I attended Come Hack With Us: A Hardware Hackathon at GHC which was presented by Stacie Hibino and Anna Billstrom. The workshop was sponsored in part by Chibitronics, and we spent much of the workshop learning how we could use Chibitronics materials to combine paper crafts and hardware. It was pretty cool, and I share some of my thoughts as part of my vlog series covering the conference. For more information about the workshop, you can view the conference notes or official description in the online conference schedule or read a summary from Anna Billstrom herself.

GHC15: Networking Events

GHC15: Crucial Conversations in Your Career

"Crucial Conversations"

Defined as having:

• High stakes
• Differing opinions
• High emotions

Tactics for dealing with difficult teammates:

• Be inclusive while you escalate
• Put them in the position of asking for guidance:
• How do you think x process should go?
• I'm having problems with x step in the process

General tactics for approaching the conversation:

• Be your own advocate (have solutions in mind)
• Prepare examples
• Don't minimize your feelings
• Have goals you want to achieve
• Determine specific action items to resolve issues 

Speakers from the GHC15 Session:

• Jennifer Wang
• Susanne Lehmann
• Wei Wu

Wiki Summary
Official Description

Grace Hopper 2015

I'm so excited to be going to the Grace Hopper Conference for the first time in October with Harvard Women in Computer Science!

The Grace Hopper Conference, which celebrates women technologists, is a 3-day conference is designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront, so it's not just a celebration but an opportunity to learn from women in the field of computing. 

I heard about this conference because one of my friends went last year, and I also knew a ton of people going this year. I will also be vlogging about my experiences at the conferences and about any panels/sessions that I attend.

Stayed tuned for more later this month!