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This paper highlights several viewpoints concerning a small regional conference for women in computing, which is modeled after the successful and well-known Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. The viewpoints include rationale for the conference, descriptions of the celebration that provide a snapshot which captures the ease of organizing a similar event at other regional sites, additional sources for finding complete information (including a detailed how-to manual) and an account of the assessment of two recent regional celebrations performed by senior researchers at the National Center of Women and Information Technology (NCWIT).

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    SIGCSE '08: Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
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    • (2019)Hello Research! Developing an Intensive Research Experience for Undergraduate WomenProceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education10.1145/3287324.3287493(997-1003)Online publication date: 22-Feb-2019
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