Mission Statement

The ACM Women Europe (ACM-W Europe) mission is to foster women’s education and careers in computing, and encourage the European professional and scholarly community to promote the participation and professional development of women in computing and recognize their contributions to the field. It fulfills the ACM-W mission to support, celebrate, and advocate internationally for the full engagement of women in all aspects of the computing field, providing a wide range of programs and services to ACM members and working in the larger community to advance the contributions of technical women.

ACM Women Europe (ACM-W Europe) is a standing committee of ACM Europe and works to fulfil the ACM-W mission in Europe.

 

Latest Updates

 

End of Year’s Message from ACM-W Europe Chair – Dorota Filipczuk

Welcome to the December 2025 edition of the ACM-W Europe Newsletter. As the year ends, let us take a moment to reflect on the journey we’ve shared this year!

In 2025, the ACM-W Europe chapters network welcomed eight new chapters in our region: 

  • Gothenburg ACM-W Chapter (Sweden),
  • Fez ACM-W Chapter (Morocco),
  • American University in Bulgaria ACM-W Student Chapter (Bulgaria),
  • Tel-Aviv ACM-W Chapter (Israel),
  • London ACM-W Chapter (United Kingdom),
  • Delft ACM-W Chapter (Netherlands),
  • University of Zurich ACM-W Student Chapter (Switzerland),
  • Turin ACM-W Chapter (Italy).

Warm welcome to all new chapters, and a huge thank-you to all the chapter officers who have taken the initiative to establish them! Their efforts help create local communities in which women in computing can thrive, collaborate, and innovate.

2025 was also a year of fantastic events that inspired women in computing from all around the world. For the first time, our flagship event, the 12th ACM Celebration of Women in Computing: womENcourage, took place in Romania. The Celebration was hosted by Transilvania University of Brașov and organized in collaboration with Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași and Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj. With 54 posters, four inspiring keynotes, 17 expert workshops, a panel discussion, mentoring sessions, a career fair and a hackathon, the event gathered nearly 300 attendees to learn from one another, network, and celebrate the achievements of women in computing.

Thanks to generous support of 15 supporters, womENcourage travel scholarships were awarded to 30 students. 

Moreover, a special womENcourage scholarship called the ACM-W Europe Reyyan Ayfer Scholarship was awarded to seven students who made significant contributions as ACM-W Europe volunteers, demonstrating leadership through commitment to the ACM-W Europe Wikipedia Group, chairing student chapters and organising ACM Celebrations.

In fact, ACM-W Europe supported 4 local ACM Celebrations this year: 

These fantastic events provided many of our members opportunities to network, learn and celebrate together.

Last but not least, the ACM‑WE Wikipedia Working Group organised a workshop focused on improving the visibility of European women in computing on Wikipedia. Over the past year, the group has met regularly to develop a systematic approach to assessing notability, to compile a well‑documented list of notable women in the field, and to prepare a set of Wikipedia article submissions intended to strengthen the representation of women in computing on the platform.

As we look ahead to 2026, we would like to extend our sincere thanks to all members of our community who have contributed to our work over the past year. In particular, we are grateful to the ACM‑W Europe Executive Committee; the womENcourage and Africa CWIC Organising Committees; the organisers of local ACM‑W Celebrations and events; our chapter officers; working group members; and all our volunteers. The achievements of ACM‑W Europe are possible only through your commitment and hard work.

We are also looking forward to a full programme of events in 2026, including several Celebration events, Africa CWIC 2026, womENcourage’26. We warmly welcome all who wish to take part. For those who may be interested in engaging more closely with our activities—whether starting an ACM-W chapter, organising an ACM Celebration, hosting womENcourage’27, joining the ACM-W Buddy Programme, or participating in the Wikipedia Working Group —we would be delighted to have you with us on this journey.

Whatever the coming year may hold, we look forward to supporting you and to celebrating your professional and personal milestones.

Happy new year!

Dorota Filipczuk
ACM-W Europe Chair

womENcourage™ 2026 in Nice, France
13th ACM-W Europe Celebration of Women in Computing
September 30–October 2, 2026


ACM womENcourage™ 2026 will take place in Nice, on the French Riviera, France, hosted by Polytech’Nice Sophia, IUT Nice Côte d’Azur, Laboratoire I3S and Université Côte d’Azur.

The womENcourage™ 2026 will take place in Nice, France, on September 30–October 2, 2026.
Stay tuned for upcoming calls for workshops, posters, and scholarships. Your ideas, your spirit, and your presence make all the difference. We can’t wait to welcome you to Nice!

Wish to organize the next womENcourage (2027)?

ACM womENcourage Celebration is an exciting event, organized annually by ACM Women Europe, each year in a different European country to provide opportunities for women from diverse technical disciplines to come together and exchange knowledge, ideas and experiences. womENcourage attendees take part in hackathon projects, workshops, tutorials, keynotes, technical talks, panels, and poster presentations and expand their professional network through socializing. The Celebration is supported by a number of companies and professional organizations who generously donate funds and take part in the Career Fair, presenting exciting employment opportunities.

We are now looking for proposals to host womENcourage 2027. 

Deadlines: 

Expression of Interest Due – 15 January 2026
Notification of a successful Expression of Interest proposal –  30 January 2026
Full Proposal deadline –  15 March 2026

Eager to know more, please visit this link.

 

 

Check out our most recent Newsletter

  • Empowering Women in Computing: Apply for ACM-W Scholarships
    • Upcoming Scholarship Deadlines
    • Plan ahead!
  • womENcourage 2025 Survey
    • Key Performance Indicators
    • Core Strength
    • Future Impact
    • Top Themes in Feedback
    • Visualizations of some of the questions
    • Conclusion
  • Blog series – ACM Scholar Spotlights
  • Announcements

Check out our most recent Blog posts

Wikipedia, Women and Notability

ACM W Europe would like to see an increase in Wikipedia pages that highlight women in STEM. The Wikipedia Working Group has taken up a mission for sustainable submissions, including the formula for notability, develop a ‘notable women’ list,  and submissions of many Wikipedia pages and present our work at womENcourage 2025.

Read the blog to find out more.

 

Telling our stories

Each year, we have the privilege of meeting inspiring women through ACM-W events. We invite participants to share their experiences in blog posts, highlighting their journeys, challenges, and achievements.

This month we have the stories from Alexandra Codreanu, Deniz Soylular, Ioana Manghiuc, Marta Napolillo.