The Grace Hopper Celebration Conference is upon us once in two weeks in Houston, Texas  and Cisco is proud to be a Diamond Sponsor recognized as a leader in diversity and highlights our continuous commitment to increasing the impact of women in technology.

For the last 13 years, GHC has strived to bring together women technologists to help increase visibility of the valuable contributions of women in computing. This year the conference is expected to have grown to 11,000 attendees from last year's 7,800 attendees. Inspired by the  legacy of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) of Women In Computing Conference was co-founded by Dr. Anita Borg and Dr. Telle Whitney in 1994. The idea behind the conference was to catapult the research and career interests of women to the forefront and now it has become one of the world's largest gatherings for women in computing.

Cisco's goal of participatingin the conference is to connect with women to discuss their inspirations, demonstrate why Cisco is where they want their future to be and to share a vision of how we can change the world together. Are you ready to be part of this change?

Join us this week for#CiscoChat to discuss how we can accomplish Seizing the Moment and Making our Mark at GHC. Chat with some inspirational women like Liz Centoni,  Monique Morrow and Julie Kantor a Senior advisor to Million Women Mentors.  We'll review  all the fun and exciting Cisco activities at GHC, discuss the gender gap/diversity gap, the support from our male allies and take a deeper dive into why we need more women in STEM and computing. The chat will be moderated by @Cisco_WISE and we will also be joined by @CiscoEWN, @Cisco_MFI & @CiscoCareers.

You won't want to miss this#CiscoChat on Twitter on Thursday, October 1st 9-10am PSTusing the hashtag #CiscoChat &#GHC15

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