Girls In Tech

For those Girls in Tech members that are flying in from all around the globe to attend SxSW’s vast array of lectures, panels, workshops, and parties, we’ve created a quick and dirty calendar for you to review in case you’d like to attend the events where the Girls in Tech Austin chapter and Corporate will have a presence.

Cowgirls, pack your party boots, festive hats and honky-tonk lassos because this is going to be a week to remember!

FRIDAY, 3/13

TWEET-UP: SXSW Opening Tweet-up @ Champs at 3:00 pm

PARTY: CoWorking Meet-up @ San Jose Hotel at 7:30 pm

PARTY: TechSet Party @ the Belmont at 8:00 pm (Badge only)

PARTY: Pastries & Pasties @ Emos at 9:00 pm (Badge only)

SATURDAY, 3/14

Panel: 
11:30 am – 12:30 pm — Nerd Network: Building an Online Community for Developers
GiT-Austin Boardmember, Deirdre Walsh, will be presenting

Panel:
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm — Future of Social Networks featuring Charlene Li

PARTY: The Bigg Digg Shindigg @ Stubbs at 6:30 pm

PARTY: FrogDesign party @Mexican Art Museum @ 8:30 pm

PARTY: Toobla after party @ The Belmont at 11:00 pm

SUNDAY, 3/15

Panel:
11:30 am – 12:30 pm — Blackboards or Backchannels: The Techno-Induced Classroom of Tomorrow GiT-Austin Boardmember, Archana Ramachandrana, will be presenting

Panel:
11:30 am – 12:30 pm — Making Whuffle: Raising Social Capital on Online Communities presented by Tara Hunt

Panel:
11:30 am – 12:30 pm — Moms Who Tech presented by Beth Blecherman

PARTY: WordPress/GiT BBQ @ Conjunctured — 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Volunteers needed; please arrive by 1:00 pm

PARTY: Vidoop/ MySpace/GiT House Party on South Congress — 3:30 pm
2105 Nickerson Street
Austin, Texas 78704
*Volunteers needed; please arrive at 3:00 pm

MONDAY, 3/16

Panel:
10:00 am – 11:00 am — Gaming as a Gateway Drug: How to get Girls Interested in Technology presented by GirlStart

Panel:
11:30 am – 12:30pm — Are Women Taken More Seriously on the Web presented by Blagica Bottigliero