Pilot Test:
Career Power Board Game

Central to the Women in Tech Project is creating interventions to address what we’ve uncovered from the field interviews and quantitative research. Using the research and principles from games for good, a team from University of Maryland is creating a Career Power board game. Intrigued? Help us test it at our next research game night!

CHI 2018: Designathon to Support Women in Tech

Karen is co-leading an exciting new SIG at CHI. To set the stage for the designathon, Karen and co-presenter Nicola Marsden will share the findings from a worldwide survey of women and men that reveal the underlying reasons for low retention. SIG participants will then brainstorm and sketch technology solutions. Let's come together and harnesses our community’s […]

International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation

Stuttgart, Germany

The International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/IEEE ITMC) is one of the premier conferences from the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (IEEE TEMS). A paper co-written by Karen Holtzblattt and Nicola Marsden of Heilbronn University is being presented at the conference. Retaining Women in Technology -- Uncovering and Measuring Key Dimensions of Daily Work Experiences describes […]