[iot-wg] Fwd: [n2women] 1st Annual Nelms (Online) Workshop on Women in IoT, October 12, 1pm-5pm (EDT)

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Subject: 	[n2women] 1st Annual Nelms (Online) Workshop on Women in IoT,
October 12, 1pm-5pm (EDT)
Date: 	Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:30:30 -0400
From: 	Damla Turgut <turgut at EECS.UCF.EDU>
Reply-To: 	N2Women <n2women at ACM.ORG>, Damla Turgut <turgut at EECS.UCF.EDU>
To: 	n2women at ACM.ORG



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**CALL FOR PARTICIPATION**
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    1st Annual Nelms Workshop on Women in IoT

                              Virtual Conference

                    October 12, 1pm-5pm EDT (New York Time Zone)

Register now at:  http://iot.institute.ufl.edu/events/women-in-iot-2020/
Registration is free, but required to receive the zoom information.

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**WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION**
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The web of smart and connected devices that form the Internet of Things
(IoT) is poised to impact every sphere of our lives as well as every
market sector and drive the fourth industrial revolution. While IoT, in
convergence with artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics, is
rapidly changing our lives and society at large, we also face an
increasing gender gap in the field of IoT technology and applications
encompassing all aspects of research, development and practice. The goal
of this workshop is to bring together women leaders from all sectors of
IoT and students interested in the field of IoT to promote and enable
increasing participation of women and addressing the gender gap issue in
the field of IoT. The workshop organized by the members of the Warren B.
Nelms Institute for the Connected World at University of Florida , in
collaboration with several other universities in the state of Florida,
will be held virtually; is free to join and open to all with
registration. We cordially welcome participants from all sectors to join
the workshop and contribute to its mission.

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**PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS**
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The purpose of the workshop is to celebrate the achievements of women in
areas related to the advancement of Internet of Things, discuss future
changes in both technology and female advancement, and to encourage
students and junior female faculty in this area.

The list of speakers/panelists includes female engineering deans,
department chairs, NSF program director and industry directors. The
event webpage is here and includes the speaker bios:
http://iot.institute.ufl.edu/events/women-in-iot-2020/


We are looking forward to seeing you soon in the online conference of
Nelms WiT 2020!


2020 Co-Chairs:
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Janise McNair, ECE, University of Florida

My T Thai, CISE, University of Florida


Organizing Committee:
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Janise McNair, ECE, University of Florida

My Thai, CISE, University of Florida

Damla Turgut, CS, University of Central Florida

Tempestt Neal, CIS, University of South Florida

Liting Hu, CS, Florida International University


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Website: http://iot.institute.ufl.edu/events/women-in-iot-2020/