Proposal deadline now extended until March 20th! 

IFLA’s Information Technology Section, the Women, Information, and Libraries SIG, and Northwestern University Libraries, invite proposals for a Satellite UnConference around theme of Women & Library Technology – Empowering Women’s Participation in Open Technology & Culture.

We are soliciting proposals for 40, 20, or 5 minute lightning talks. These can be how-to sessions, facilitated discussions, or traditional presentations. Submitting a proposal for a discussion does NOT mean you need to lead the discussion. 

Topics can include, but are not limited to:

  • Barriers women have with salary negotiation;

  • How to balance the desire for children with career advancement and workplace support;

  • Using Trello to improve project management;

  • How to get involved with Wikipedia;

  • Lessons on how to be more inclusive in your job postings to attract diversity and women into technology positions;

  • How to get involved with open source communities, or

  • Three things everyone should know about sexual harassment.

Please submit your proposals no later than 20 MARCH 2016 at https://goo.gl/USw6pI.

Speakers will be notified of their acceptance by early April.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach out to:

Mathilde Koskas
Email: mathilde.koskas@bnf.fr, or

Evviva Weinraub
Email: evviva.weinraub@northwestern.edu for more information.

See the full Call for Papers on the IFLA WLIC 2016 website.