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SUMMARY:Introduction - Women in HPC: Diversifying the HPC Community
DESCRIPTION:Misbah Mubarak (Argonne National Laboratory); Elsa Gonsiorowsk
 i (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory); and Toni Collis (Appentra Solu
 tions, Women in High Performance Computing)\n\nThe ninth international Wom
 en in HPC workshop will be held at SC18, Dallas, USA. Following the overwh
 elming success of the WHPC workshop at SC17, we will focus on the followin
 g topics this year:\n- Building workplace resilience and maintaining well-
 being, while managing work stress.\n- Being part of the solution: instruct
 ions for advocates and allies.\n- Best practices from organizations on imp
 roving workplace diversity.\n- Managing the two body problem and achieving
  effective work-life balance.\n\nWe will also provide opportunities aimed 
 at promoting and providing women with the skills to thrive in HPC includin
 g:\n- Short talks by women working in HPC\n- Pointers on how to handle wor
 kplace conflicts and effectively respond to discrimination \n- Short talks
  on: best practices from outside the HPC community for developing equity f
 rameworks, suggestions and challenges facing women in venture capital, eff
 ectively dealing with workplace discrimination, building a successful care
 er and excelling in the workforce.\n\nTag: Diversity, Education, Hot Topic
 s\n\nRegistration Category: Workshop Reg Pass\n\nSession Chairs: Toni Coll
 is (Women in High Performance Computing); Weronika Filinger (Edinburgh Par
 allel Computing Centre (EPCC); University of Edinburgh, Scotland); and Mis
 bah Mubarak (Amazon Web Services)\n\n
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