There have been several posts covering She’s Geeky DC. Amelia McHenry covered the conference for Con-Techie She described how the conference worked has several photos from throughout tSavehe day and then went on to describe sessions.

The first session I attended had was entitled “Women on panels at conferences: Should we employ affirmative action or not?” The group presented challenges that have historically faced women becoming “accepted” experts in their field. We then discussed strategies to create the self esteem and confidence needed in order to be comfortable marketing ourselves to conferences.

Day 2 was an adventure. We found out when we got to the venue that something had happened and the power to the whole building had been cut the previous evening.  With over 70 people coming and a whole wall of windows along the lobby we decided we could make a go of it.  Her post on Con-Techie is here.

Acts of Faith covered it today on her blog.

I thought it was interesting how we could have dozens of women of all backgrounds here but the biggest tech conference organizers claim they can’t “find” any women speakers. Now Mashable claims they can’t “find” any bloggers of color to write for them. Uh oh somebody’s nose is growing…

The American Association of University Women attended and posted this last week:

In many sessions, attendees expressed the concern that, although women and girls have made significant progress in STEM, they are still underrepresented in certain fields and that barriers to their full participation remain. This position was validated during a session focused on women in technology. Many participants said they have attended other tech conferences and found that speakers and panelists are predominantly men. There was a resounding plea for recruiting women to present at technology conferences.

AAUW is committed to improving the number of women and girls in the STEM fields. We work with the National Girls Collaborative Project, which brings together organizations that are committed to informing and encouraging girls to pursue careers in STEM. AAUW’s other partners in the project include the Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology; Assessing Women and Men in Engineering; and the Education Development Center.

AAUW’s upcoming 2010 research report will highlight key findings from recent research on women and girls in STEM at three stages: in middle and high school, in college, and in the workplace