years GHC required speakers to purchase their own conference ticket, but as of 2020, speakers receive complimentary registration. (In the case of two selected poster presenters, only one will receive complimentary registration.) Speakers are not paid and travel and hotel expenses are not covered. The "pay to speak" approach has been criticized by people including author and software engineer Gayle Laakmann McDowell. List of Grace Hopper Celebrations Past Grace Hopper Celebrations include: See also List of awards honoring women Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing References External links Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing GHC Archives Women in computing Computer conferences Awards honoring women Association for Computing Machinery conferences