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 open – please share with women and nb students of computing, in the UK.
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, 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.
The Sir Charles Wilson lecture hall
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
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:
09:00 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome remarks
10:10 – 11:00 Keynote speaker
11:00 – 11:30 Tea / coffee refreshments
11:30 – 12:00 Invited speaker
12:00 – 12:30 Invited speaker
12:30 – 14:30 Lunch and Poster sessions
(Students must stand by their posters at specified time slots below – the rest of the time they can look at other posters, or continue to stand by their posters, it’s up to them)
13:00 – 13:20 – Poster session A (1st Year students)
13:20 – 13:40 – Poster session B (2nd Year students)
13:40 – 14:00 – Poster session C (3rd Year students)
14:00 – 14:20 – Poster session D (MSc students)
14:30 – 15:00 Invited speaker
15:00 – 15:30 Invited speaker
15:30 – 16:00 Tea / Coffee refreshments
16:00 – 17:00 Panel discussions
17:00 – 17:30 Prizes & closing remarks
18:00 – 20:00 Social
We support student attendees in a lot of ways and one of these is to ensure those travelling from farther afield have accommodation – in 2024, our accommodation was a Travelodge hotel.
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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