The 2026 BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium was on April 8th-9th at the University of Bath. You can find the abstract book online here.
We were generously supported by sponsorship, donations and by University support. You can find out more about our supporters on the University Supporters page.
Programme
Wednesday 8th April
13.00 Lunch (optional)
14.00 CB 1.10: Welcome, and keynote: Sarah Winmill
15.00 Breakout sessions:
- CB 1.10: OpenBright
- CB 1.11: Research in computer science
- CB 1.12: Computing in industry
- CB 3.09: STEM ambassadors
16.00 Coffee and poster session (Year 2 including those on an industrial year, and MSc/MEng/MComp students)
18.00 Dinner served in the Limetree Cafe
19.00 Social
Thursday 9th April
08.30 Take posters down (session 1), put posters up (session 2), coffee
09.30 CB 1.10: Keynote: Edafe Onerhime
10.30 Poster session 2 (Year 1 including foundation year, and final year BSc/BEng)
12.00 Poster session continues over lunch from 12
13.00 CB 1.10: Panel and prizes
14.00 Close
Prizewinners
This page will be updated with details of the prizewinning posters soon.
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. In 2026 we were delighted to accept 208 poster presenters. For student presenters the event is free and we try to manage accommodation and also cover travel costs via travel bursaries and support from host Universities.
We had a limited number of tickets for students who didn’t present posters, and also for non-student attendees – these went on sale after we allocated places to the poster contest finalists.
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.
For any queries, please contact the Lovelace Colloquium Leadership team (Jacqui, Safia, Myles) on lovelacecolloquium@bcs.co.uk
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