Next Generation of Bay Area Entrepreneurs and Technologists Gather for the Second Annual Dare 2B Digital Conference

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The Dare 2B Digital Conference , the premier hands-on learning event for middle and high school girls aged 13-16, is coming up this weekend. Join the next generation of entrepreneurs and technologists in the Valley on Saturday, February 12, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., to hear inspirational keynote sessions, workshops, demonstrations and discussion panels.

Presented by Invent Your Future Enterprises in partnership with Microsoft, Oracle, Brocade Communications, Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Mozilla, SAP Labs, Symantec, WestEd, eBay, and the National Center for Women & Information Technology, we wanted to provide you with a sneak peek at some of the highlights and keynote speakers to expect:

  • Susan Zwinger,vice president, Global Systems Technical Support Center, Oracle Corporation to keynote
  • 18 year-old Microsoft Student Partner Genevieve L'Esperance,founder of GenINC, a web-based channel that engages young women to think about technology, its global social impact and a future career in an industry that holds exciting opportunities for talented young women
  • Hands-on computer labs about movies, music and photos
  • Power-packed parents workshops on Financing College Education, Facebook for Parents, Online Safety, Handling Teen Stress

Don't forget to follow these groups on Twitter @dare2bdigital and join the discussion using #D2BD11.