The Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards honor exceptional technical women. Three awards are presented by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (renamed AnitaB.org in 2017) each year, recognizing women in the categories of Innovation, Leadership, and Social Impact.
Awards The Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Innovation recognizes a woman for her contributions to technology innovation and progress.
The Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Social Impact recognizes a woman has changed the way technology effects society.
The Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Leadership recognizes a woman for her demonstrated leadership.
Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards Banquet The awards were at first presented annually at a banquet in Silicon Valley. The awards banquet has featured notable keynote speakers, including Anousheh Ansari (2011), Arianna Huffington (2010), Padmasree Warrior (2009), Diane Greene (2008), Esther Dyson (2007), and John L. Hennessy (2005).
Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Woman Award Beginning in 2011, the winner of the Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Award is honored at the awards banquet. A representative from the winning company receives the award and gives an acceptance speech.
Changes after 2016 The Anita Borg Institute moved the awards ceremony to the Anita Borg Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. They have also slightly altered some of the award names from "Abi" awards to "Abie Awards".
List of Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award winners YearInnovationLeadershipSocial Impact2005Radia PerlmanJanie TsaoPamela Samuelson2007Deborah EstrinDuy-Loan LeLeah Jamieson2008Helen GreinerSusan LandauJustine Cassell2009Yuqing GaoJan CunyMitchell Baker2010Kathleen McKeownKristina JohnsonLila Ibrahim2011Mary Lou JepsenChieko AsakawaKaren Panetta2012Sarita AdveJennifer ChayesSarah Revi Sterling2013Maja MatarićGenevieve BellVicki Hanson2014Tal RabinMaria KlaweKathrin Winkler2023 In 2015, the awards were updated to include the Student of Vision Award. "This award honors young women dedicated to creating a future where the people who imagine and build technology mirror the people and societies for which they build it." The award for technology entrepreneurship was also added. Each year, the types of awards change. YearTechnical LeadershipGovernmentStudent of VisionTechnology EntrepreneurshipSocial ImpactEducational InnovationEmerging Tech / Leader2015Julie Larson-GreenCamila Fernandez AchuttiKamakshi Sivaramakrishnan2016Michele GuelAlyssia JovellanosPooja Sankar2017Mercedes Soria and Diane GreeneMehul RajeLaura Mather2018Rebecca ParsonsChia AmisolaHolly Liu2019Fei-Fei LiJhillika KumarNatalya Bailey2020Lisa SuPelagia MajoniTracy Young2021Nuria OliverAinura SagynEden CanlilarEden CanlilarLisa HauserEden Canlilar2022Daphne KollerKatherine VergaraNeha NarkhedeKris Dorsey Paula Coto, Change Agent2023Margaret BurnettRenata SparksAnge Cynthia UmuhireEva Esteban VelascoEsther KumaliCarlotta BerryEva Esteban Velasco, Emerging Tech2024Kathy PhamNoreen Hecmanczuk
See also
List of awards honoring women List of computer-related awards Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Anita Borg Telle Whitney
External links Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards
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