BCSWomen

BCSWomen is a Specialist Group of the British Computer Society, The Chartered Institute for IT, that provides networking opportunities for all BCS professional women working in IT around the world, as well as mentoring and encouraging girls and women to enter or return to IT as a career.

Founded by Sue Black, as of March 2020[update] the Chair of BCSWomen is Andrea Palmer.

It was started by Hannah Dee, who continues to play a key role in its organisation every year.

[9] Many BCSWomen also participate in the annual London Hopper Colloquium, which showcases exciting work of women in computing research and enables new PhD researchers to meet with each other as well as with senior women computer scientists.

BCSWomen organise other events for women in computing both technical and social, such as day trips to computer-related sites such as Bletchley Park.