Colloquium 2025: Glasgow

The 2025 BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium will be on April 16th at the University of Glasgow.  Information about the venue and programme are given below.

Our Call for Abstracts is now closed.

If you want to come along you have to register on our eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bcswomen-lovelace-colloquium-2025-tickets-1258879736179

We are generously supported by sponsorship and by University support. You can find out more about our supporters on the University Supporters page.

The Gilbert Scott Building, Glasgow

The Gilbert Scott Building, University of Glasgow

Venues

The main venue of the conference, on 16th April,  will be The University of Glasgow.

We will have an informal social the night of the 15th April in the Queen Margaret student union. We will have some kind of interactive event – maybe a quiz – so those who have to travel the day before have other people to spend the evening with prior to the big day.  This is open to poster contest presenters, organisers and sponsors only.

Taking part

The event is open to all, although you have to register. The poster contests are open to women and non-binary students studying computing (BSc, BA, BEng, MSc, MComp or MEng) in the UK. This year we expect to have about 175 posters. For student attendees the event is free and for poster presenters we try to manage accommodation and also cover travel costs.

Glasgow University Union debates chamber

Glasgow University Union debates chamber

We have a limited number of tickets for non-student attendees, and you will be able to sign up online nearer to the day.

Programme

On 16th April, the talks will start at about 10:00 with a keynote, and finish around 17:00. There will be a long lunch/poster session in the middle for networking.

Our program is currently in preparation, but will look a bit like this draft:

9:00 Registration
10:00 Welcome+keynote
11:00 Speaker1
11:30 Speaker2
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Posters : first years stand by your posters
13:00 Posters : second years stand by your posters
13:30 Optional talks / activities / quiet time
14:00 Posters : final years stand by your posters
14:30 Posters : MScs stand by your posters
15:00 Coffee
15:30 Speaker3
16:00 Panel
16:30 Panel+prizes
17:00 Close
17:30 Social

We support student attendees in a lot of ways and one of these is to ensure those travelling from farther afield have accommodation – this year we have 5 hotels booked and students have been informed which hotel they are in.

Further information

We have a frequently asked questions list here: FAQ. You can see information about previous events from the links at the top of this page.

Call for abstracts

Our call for abstracts is now open. You can read it here: Call for Abstracts

If you want to be first to find out about our call for abstracts or our registration opening up for future events, we have a “Google Group” for announcements which you can sign up to email alerts.

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