Speeches

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Kathy Kleiman discovered the ENIAC Programmers 20 years ago as a Harvard undergraduate. Their story inspired her and now she delights in sharing it with others. Her speeches to the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Engineering, Army Research Labs, Grace Hopper Conference, Renaissance Computing Institute, Furman University and the Public Leadership Education Network have met with cheers, and tears.

Click here to read testimonials. To arrange speeches by the ENIAC Programmers Project, please contact us at speeches@eniacprogrammers.org.

Recent Speeches include

March 12, 2009 – Baltimore, MD

MDWIT's Annual Conference: Women: Leading the Future of Technology honored the ENIAC Programmers and presented the Korenman Award to ENIAC Pioneer Jean Bartik. Ms. Bartik, ENIAC Programmers Project Founder Kathy Kleiman, Kay Burch, VP, Northrop-Grumman, and Dr. Barbara Broome of Army Research Labs led the standing room only panel, “ENIAC Programmers: The Real Story of Women and Technology.”

March 10, 2009 – McLean, VA

Kathy Kleiman spoke at the Executive Women's Roundtable on Refrigerator Ladies: Finding the Women of ENIAC.

November 25th, 2008 – McLean, VA [Cert of Appreciation]

Kathy Kleiman spoke on A Missing Chapter of Computer History: the Unknown Origins of Modern Software at MITRE'S C2 Joint Lecture Series (video teleconferenced to nationwide locations).

November 17th, 2008 – Greenville, SC [more info]

Kathy Kleiman delivered Furman University's IBM Lecture on Shaking Up Computer History: Finding the Women of ENIAC as part the University's Year of the Sciences Program.

September 25th, 2008 – Chapel Hill, NC [more info]

Kathy Kleiman delivered the Renaissance Computing Institute's Distinguished Lecture on Shaking Up Computer History: Finding the Women of ENIAC, co-sponsored by Duke University's Provost Office and Office of Information Technology.

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