NCWIT Conversations for Change 2020

An Online Thought Leadership Series

Get ready for conversations, Q&As, on-demand videos, and more! Fully immerse yourself in research-based recommendations and peer-to-peer discussions to further your efforts in creating inclusive cultures.

The debut series of events occurred between May 4 and June 4, 2020. Select recordings are available for playback.

Speakers

Lucy Sanders

Lucy Sanders is CEO and Co-founder of the National Center...

Cheryl Swanier, Ph.D.

Dr. Cheryl A. Swanier is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at...

Brenda J. Allen

Brenda J. Allen (PhD, Howard University) is a former Vice...

Colleen Lewis

Colleen Lewis is the McGregor-Girand Associate Professor of Computer Science...

Kyla McMullen

Watch Dr. Kyla McMullen’s Summit interview here Dr. Kyla McMullen...

JeffriAnne Wilder, Ph.D.

Dr. JeffriAnne Wilder is a sociologist and leading scholar specializing...

Tommy Orange

Tommy Orange is the author of the New York Times...

Ruha Benjamin

Ruha Benjamin is a Professor of African American studies at...

Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin, PhD, is one of the most accomplished and...

Ruzena Bajcsy

Ruzena Bajcsy was born in 1933 and grew up in Czechoslovakia....

Janine Vanderburg

Janine Vanderburg leads Changing the Narrative in Colorado, a campaign...

Paul L. Marciano

Dr. Paul is the leading authority on employee engagement and...

Eshika Saxena

Eshika Saxena is a freshman at Harvard University planning to...

Darryl Yong

Darryl Yong is a Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd...

Dr. Jane Goodall

Equipped with little more than a notebook, binoculars, and her...

Articles

20 Members Honored for Technological Accomplishments and Change-leading Efforts for Increasing Diversity in Computing | Press Release

NCWIT awards celebrate outstanding contributions and encourage persistence. The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) is virtually celebrating individuals whose technological innovations have...

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2020 Pioneer in Tech Award Recipient Ruzena Bajcsy

Ruzena Bajcsy has spent much of her career at the intersection of human and machine ways of interpreting the world, with research interests that include...

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Now on Zoom: 2020 NCWIT Conversations for Change | Press Release

This first-ever, online thought leadership series of events focused on creating inclusion and diversity in computing is free and open to the public. Zoom registrations...

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Slides

“Learning About Intersectionality: Videos That Spark Discussion” with Colleen Lewis, Kyla McMullen, and Darryl Yong | Video Playback

The language around gender, sex, sexuality, race, and ability is...

“The Color of Our Future: Promising Practices and Next Steps” with Jannie Fernandez; Cheryl Swanier, PhD; and JeffriAnne Wilder, PhD | Video Playback

The Color of Our Future is a recently developed plan...

2020-21 NCWIT Summit Sponsors

We are incredibly grateful for 2020-21 NCWIT Summit Sponsors Anchor Point Foundation, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Bloomberg, Facebook, PNC, and Walmart.