<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hello Women of OpenStack!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We look forward to seeing many of you in Tokyo at the Summit in just a few short weeks. Currently just 11% of the registered attendees are women. Yes, that means women are still way underrepresented at the Summits - but our presence is valuable and strong. We hope you’ll be an active participant at the Summit and make your voice heard.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Attached is a helpful Summit venue map that highlights the women-specific events that are planned throughout the week. We encourage you to participate in some or all of these events, take the opportunity to get to know your fellow Stackers in person and support the talks with women presenters.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">View a list of all women-lead sessions <a href="https://openstacksummitoctober2015tokyo.sched.org/?s=WOO" class="">HERE</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">First-up when you arrive in Tokyo you’ll want to kick-off the Summit by attending the Women of OpenStack Networking Happy Hour on Monday evening, October 26. This fun-filled event is a great place to meet and mingle before the week gets hectic. BIG thank you to Intel and IBM for their continued sponsorship!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-of-openstack-networking-event-tokyo-summit-tickets-18935864681" class=""><b class="">Women of OpenStack Networking Event - RSVP HERE!</b></a></div><div class="">Monday, October 26</div><div class="">4:30-7:30pm</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">If you haven’t already, please step-up your involvement with the Women of OpenStack group by join us on <span class=""><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Women-OpenStack-WOS-4681909?gid=4681909&mostPopular=&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical:group,idx:1-1-1,tarId:1430248860119,tas:women%20of%20openstack" class="">LinkedIn</a><b class=""> </b></span><span class="">and participating in the upcoming meetings. View all related items here: <a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Women_of_OpenStack" class="">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Women_of_OpenStack</a>.</span></div><div class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="">During the Summit we’ll again host a <a href="http://openstacksummitoctober2015tokyo.sched.org/event/f6f1cc58fbdd8b1bc345116889274a4a#.VhV-jWDyS5I" class="">Working Breakfast Session</a> on Wednesday morning, 7:00-9:00am, before Keynotes. More details and the meeting agenda will soon be added to the summit schedule and shared on the mailing list. Stay tuned. </span></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">See you in Tokyo!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Claire</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""></div></div></body></html>