D2BD is designed to open the eyes of Young Women (7th grade to 10th grade) to the pervasiveness of computing technologies in their everyday lives and to the wide spectrum of exciting and creative careers that leverage an education in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Foothill College: Mike Murphy

Mike made Anne and me very welcome at our visit today. Foothill college is in a beautiful location in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains near Los Altos. The buildings are mostly single-story shingle-covered with rooms for 30 students on tables or 50 people on chairs. There are two or more 200-person auditoriums and one 940-person theatre that will be occupied on February 27 in the afternoon. There is also a cafeteria that could do catering and boxed lunches in a central location. This location would be a safe and spacious environment for the conference. The only drawbacks may be that it’s either 200 or 900 people…. but then we could have two 200-person keynote rooms.

Cost is a minor issue, and may run in the low 1000s.

There is also the Kraus center for innovation with a very nice interior architecture and nice workspaces for group projects.

Mike also has contacts at Apple and Cisco and will try to get us in touch.

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