@inproceedings{3576c7bbfe9a42b09795fd81148db1d6,
title = "Boosting Professional Participation in Computing Through Greater and Wider Conference Access",
abstract = "In this paper, we describe efforts of an alliance to increase Pell-grant eligible and first-generation student access to active conference participation by systematically including considerations for student basic needs as well as developing professional science skills and knowledge that aligns with industry and graduate school pathways in computer science. We describe how an alliance creates the structure and flexibility for systematic care for student needs and local innovation to improve educational practice regarding conference participation. We describe our lessons learned for improving access to conferences as well as provide recommendations for increasing student access to professional conference benefits.",
keywords = "career advancement, conference participation, first generation student populations, student basic needs",
author = "Sarah Hug and Patricia Morreale and Gates, \{Ann Quiroz\} and Brianna Rivera and Bianca Alvarez and Heather Thiry",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2025 Owner/Author.; 2025 Conference for Research on Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2025 ; Conference date: 14-07-2025",
year = "2025",
month = jul,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1145/3704637.3734772",
language = "English",
series = "RESPECT 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 Conference for Research on Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc",
pages = "216--221",
booktitle = "RESPECT 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 Conference for Research on Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology",
}