Travel Funding

Finding and going to conferences as a student can be a great way to build a network, learn important professional development skills, be exposed to new fields and job opportunities, or present your own research.

 What conferences should you think about going to? AccessComputing students have attended a variety of conferences, including these options:

• Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing
• Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
• ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)
• ASSETS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
• The International Conference on Assistive Technology and Persons with Disabilities
• Local computing-, disability-, or diversity-related conferences

Interested in attending a conference? AccessComputing Workforce has limited funds to support student participants who are interested in attending conferences to learn more about accessibility. For more information, contact AccessComputing at accesscomp@uw.edu.

Conferences can be a great opportunity for professional development or dissemination related to accessibility. There are a number of great conferences related to accessibility. AccessComputing Workforce has limited funds to support travel to these conferences or other travel that furthers the professional development of our stakeholders.

• Accessing Higher Ground
• M-enabling Summit
• ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)
• ASSETS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
• The International Conference on Assistive Technology and Persons with Disabilities
• Disability:IN Conference

For more information, contact AccessComputing at accesscomp@uw.edu.