Karen presenting at the Grace Hopper Conference

George R. Brown Convention Center 1001 Avenida de las Americas, Houston, TX, United States

The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is the world's largest gathering of women technologists. Karen will be co-leading a workshop on Retaining High Tech Women and sharing the latest research from the Women in Tech project.

Karen speaking in North Carolina

Triangle UXPA Durham, United States

Mark your calendars Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill -- Karen will be speaking in your area at a Triangle UXPA / Ladies that UX event! Karen will provide an overview of the research from the Women in Tech project, and then engage the group in a discussion. Bring your questions to ask Karen about her work and experience and share […]

UXDC 2017

Capital Hilton 1919 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC

Karen's presentation — "Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Retaining High Tech Women Once They’re in the Door" — shares the latest work and insights from the Women in Tech project.

Karen Speaking in New Orleans

Tulane University

Karen will be speaking about the Women in Technology project and Contextual Design at two different events open to the public.

ACM SIGCHI 2017 International Conference

Colorado Convention Center 700 14th St, Denver, CO

Once again Karen will be busy during this year's CHI Conference! She's excited to be an invited speaker for CHI Stories and the diversity and inclusion lunch plus co-leading two SIGs that represent her old and one new passion: Representing User Data and Games for Good to Address Diversity.

CHI 2017: Diversity & Inclusion Lunch

Colorado Convention Center 700 14th St, Denver, CO

Karen is pleased to be one of the speakers at CHI's 2nd Diversity & Inclusion Lunch. If you are attending CHI, be sure to register for this event. Below is a description of  lunch. You can learn more on the conference website. Issues discussed during the lunch include but are not limited to race, ethnicity […]

CHI 2017: Using Games for Good to Address Diversity in High Tech

Colorado Convention Center 700 14th St, Denver, CO

Karen is co-leading two SIGs at CHI. In this one, Karen and co-presenter Bill Kunes be sharing the work of their students at the University of Maryland. Below is the description. You can learn more on the conference website. A constant flow of reporting documents the lack of women and other underrepresented groups in high […]

CHI 2017: CHI Stories

Colorado Convention Center 700 14th St, Denver, CO

As a long-time leader in the CHI community, Karen is proud to be invited to speak at this new CHI venue: CHI Stories.
CHI Stories is designed to make visible the deeper lives of people in our field through their personal stories of inspiration, challenge, breakthrough, setback, perseverance, twists and turns.

CHI 2017: Ways to Represent User Data: Best Practices in Communication Design

Colorado Convention Center 700 14th St, Denver, CO

Karen is co-leading two SIGs at CHI. In this one, Karen and co-presenter Carol Farnsworth of Facebook will be leading a discussion about the best way to communicate user research to stakeholders. Below is a description. You can learn more on the conference website. The need for user research is accepted by most high-tech companies. […]