The Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards honor exceptional technical women. Three awards are presented by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (renamed AnitaB.org in 2017[1]) each year, recognizing women in the categories of Innovation, Leadership, and Social Impact.[2]
The Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Innovation recognizes a woman for her contributions to technology innovation and progress.
The Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Social Impact recognizes a woman has changed the way technology effects society.
The Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Leadership recognizes a woman for her demonstrated leadership.[3]
The awards were at first presented annually at a banquet in Silicon Valley. The awards banquet has featured notable keynote speakers, including Anousheh Ansari (2011), Arianna Huffington (2010), Padmasree Warrior (2009), Diane Greene (2008), Esther Dyson (2007), and John L. Hennessy (2005).[4][5][6]
Beginning in 2011, the winner of the Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Award is honored at the awards banquet. A representative from the winning company receives the award and gives an acceptance speech.[3]
The Anita Borg Institute moved the awards ceremony to the Anita Borg Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. They have also slightly altered some of the award names from "Abi" awards to "Abie Awards".[7]
In 2015, the awards were updated to include the Student of Vision Award. "This award honors young women dedicated to creating a future where the people who imagine and build technology mirror the people and societies for which they build it."[8] The award for technology entrepreneurship was also added.