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womENcourage: Register now</h2> <p>ACM-W Europe Celebration of Women in Computing: womENcourage 2016 <a href="http://womencourage.acm.org/" target="_blank">(http://womencourage.acm.org/)</a> will be held on September 12-13, 2016 at Johannes Kepler University, in Linz Austria. The program is online and will include inspiring keynote speakers, panel discussions, a Career Fair and Posters on both days of the Celebration.</p> <p>Many thanks to our supporters SIGPLAN, GOOGLE, Bloomberg, Oracle, Informatics Europe, Intel and FreeBSD. Supporters provide the funds for our travel scholarships bringing over 50 students to the conference.</p> <h3 id="h-do-not-forget-to-submit-your-resume-for-the-career-fair!">Do not forget to submit your resume for the career fair!</h3> <p>Let our supporters know that you are interested in talking with them at the Career Fair on 24 September. When registering for womENcourage 2015, you have the opportunity to add your name to the CV database. This database is being collected to allow you to inform the supporters in advance that you will be attending the Career Fair. Our supporters - Inria, Google, Oracle, Bloomberg, Cisco, Facebook, Microsoft Research, Informatics Europe, Intel and FreeBSD - are very interested in meeting with you and talking with you. Let them know you are interested in talking with them! Sign up today. The link is <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wG8rRmPtF2emlnXGhDtXpPus9LrXrbLgtC2i0g-RX1k/viewform" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <h3 id="h-read-the-blog-for-further-motivation!">Read the blog for further motivation!</h3> <p>If you are still wandering why you should be attending ACM womENcourage, check out this blog from Poonam which still applies to this years' conference. <a href="http://womencourage2014.blogspot.de/2015/07/i-am-marking-my-calendar-for-second.html" target="_blank">Why would I attend womENcourage 2015? Memories from womENcourage 2014! 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