2017
Presentations
Available via agenda!
Join the most influential thought leaders in gender equality for 2 days of inspiring speakers, pertinent case studies, networking and knowledge collaboration.
Learn from the best examples of gender policy implementation.
Gain insight into developments in policy and best practice to address gender equality.
Understand how to track your gender records and statistics to drive improvement.
Learn how to embed equality throughout an organisation.
Deputy Director-General
Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
Director, Division for Gender Equality
Office of the Director-General, UNESCO
President
Center for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WISET), Korea
Chief Executive
Equality Challenge Unit & Athena SWAN Charter
President of the Workers' Group
European Economic and Social Committee
Congresswoman and President of the Sub-Commission for Equality and Non-Discrimination
Portuguese Parliament, Portugal
Head of Education and Human Resources Programs, AAAS and Co-chair of the Gender Advisory Board of the UN Commission on S&T for Development
Head of Department for Scientific Affairs
German Research Foundation (DFG)
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Partnerships)
Edith Cowan University
Managing Director, Human Capital & Diversity
Accenture
Director Global Network
UNESCO Chairs on Gender
Executive Director
Research Council of Norway
Executive Director
Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE)
2017-18 President-Elect
American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
Managing Director and European Lead for Accelerated R&D Services (ARDS)
Accenture
Former Rector
University of Münster
Co-Founder
EDGE Certified Foundation
Co-Author of the Global Gender Gap Report 2016
World Economic Forum
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Prairie View A&M University
Interim Director of Women’s and Gender Studies
University of Texas-El Paso
Researcher
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences
Wright State University
Senior Lecturer
Psychology Department, University of Westminster
Project Coordinator
Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF)
Chief Executive
European Science Foundation
Director (Science)
Eleanor Glanville Centre, University of Lincoln
Senior Advisor to the Provost on Women Faculty
University of British Columbia
Deputy Dean at the Lord Ashcroft International Business School
Anglia Ruskin University
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
University of Texas at El Paso
Chief Executive Officer
Gapsquare
Managing Director
Essen College of Gender Research (EKfG)
Cofounder and Executive Director
Digital Leadership Institute
Director, Board on Higher Education & Workforce
National Academy of Sciences
Senior Faculty Associate to the Provost for ADVANCE
Rochester Institute of Technology
Expert
KK-foundation Stockholm and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
Head of Research Affairs
Science Europe
NSF S STEM PI/Chair
Suffolk County Community College
Vice-President
European University Association
Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Equity and Inclusion
University of California, Davis
Chair of the Department of Organizational Behavior, Weatherhead School of Management
Case Western Reserve University
Chancellor Emerita, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Women and Gender Studies
University of California, Davis
Coordinator
PLOTINA Horizon 2020 Project, University of Bologna, Italy
Chief Policy Officer
League of European Research Universities (LERU)
Journalist
SIC Television Network, Portugal
Founding Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)
President
European Women Rectors Association
Vice-President
Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF)
Chair of Woman in Science Committee
Inter-University Council of Catalonia
Director, ARROWS, Office of the Provost
Boston University
Reader in Psychology
University of Westminster
Deputy Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Case Western Reserve University
Scientific Director of the Institute of Gender and Health
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Executive Advisor and member of the European Catalyst Advisory Board
PAREXEL International
Coordinator of the Business Unit "Policy Design and Evaluation"
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
Coordinator, Gender Equality Unit
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Track chaired by Dr Raphaëla Kitson-Pantano, Vice President, Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF)
Congress registration and poster display commences – tea and coffee.
Shared keynote: UNESCO’s Promise: Priority gender equality as a common thread – Saniye Gülser Corat, Director, Division for Gender Equality, Office of the Director-General, UNESCO
Shared keynote: Research-oriented standards on gender equality – Dr Annette Schmidtmann, Head of Department for Scientific Affairs, German Research Foundation (DFG)
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Shared: Best practice in sex and gender equality policy and training within research funding: Lessons and transfer of knowledge – Dr Cara Tannenbaum, Scientific Director, Institute of Gender and Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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Tea & coffee break
Session 1:
Gender equality in careers, gender balance in decision-making, and the integration of the gender dimension in the context of research
Addressing gender imbalance in workplaces, academia and STEM disciplines: What will it take? – Prof. Cobie J Rudd, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Strategic Partnerships), Edith Cowan University
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Building support for women into your programs and structures: Best practice examples –
Dr Havidán Rodríguez, Founding Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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Panel session: Thought leaders from NGO, policy and academia share insight on gender best practice and success.
– Dr Katrien Maes, Chief Policy Officer, League of European Research Universities
– Dr Cara Tannenbaum, Scientific Director, Institute of Gender and Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Prof. Jennifer Love, Senior Advisor to the Provost on Women Faculty, University of British Columbia
– Prof Belinda Colston FRSC, Director (Science), Eleanor Glanville Centre, University of Lincoln
12:45:
Lunch
Keynote address: The impact of gender diversity in research teams on research and innovation performance – Prof. Martine Rahier, Vice President, European University Association
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Session 2:
Embedding equality throughout the organisation
A regional approach to addressing the needs of STEM women academic faculty: Benefits and challenges of a multi-institutional model – David Goldstein, Principal Investigator of the LEADER Consortium, Wright State University
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Improving gender equality in higher education: Strategies and action plans – Dr Kathryn Waddington, Head of Department, Department of Psychology, University of Westminster and Deborah Husbands, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Westminster
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Tracking your gender records and statistics: Demonstrating success – Dr Wafa El-Adhami, Executive Director, SAGE
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Tea & coffee break
Session 3:
Supporting a culture of gender equality and research excellence
How to set up a smart and tailor-made evaluation framework for gender equality measures across Europe – Dr Susanne Bührer, Head of Business Unit Policy Design and Evaluation, Fraunhofer ISI
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The context and considerations of gender equality within peer review, evaluation, career tracking and programme management – Dr Jean-Claude Worms, Chief Executive, European Science Foundation
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Panel session: Improving gender equality through mentoring programmes: Lessons learned from academia – Dr Anna Berga i Timoneda, Chair of Woman in Science Committee – Inter-University Council of Catalonia
– Dr Candice J Foley, NSF S-STEM PI/Chair, Suffolk County Community College
– Dr Felecia M Nave, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Prairie View A&M University
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17:45:
Congress drinks reception
Day 1 closes
Track chaired by Cheryl Miller, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Digital Leadership Institute
Poster Display commences – tea and coffee
Shared keynote: Striving for gender balance at the science-policy interface: Experiences of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre – Maive Rute, Deputy Director-General, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
Shared keynote: Tracking your gender records and statistics: Demonstrating success – David Ruebain, Chief Executive, Equality Challenge Unit and Athena SWAN
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Shared: Women in IT education and work environments: tensions between gender equality policies, self representations and interpersonal negotiations – Prof. Gloria Bonder, Director Global Network, UNESCO Chairs on Gender
Tea & coffee break
Session 1:
Equality in STEMM
Working to align political, business and academic stakeholders in achieving gender equality – a perspective from Portugal – Elza Pais, Congresswoman and President of the Sub-Commission for Equality and Non-Discrimination, Portuguese Parliament
Gender segregation in education, training and the labour market: Emerging findings from the Beijing Platform for Action report – Lina Salanauskaite, Researcher, European Institute for Gender Equality
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Strategies and opportunities to partner with and engage men – Dr Ulf Schneider, Board Member, Catalyst Europe AG
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Improving gender equality in the STEM environment: EESC recommendations – Gabrielle Bischoff, President of the Workers’ Group, European Economic and Social Committee
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13:00:
Lunch
Keynote: Leading in the new: A catalyst for equality and diversity (subject to change) –
Payal Vasudeva, Managing Director, Human Capital and Diversity, Accenture
Session 2:
Gender equality in STEM industries
Conclusions, insight and recommendations from the World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report 2016 – Vesselina Stefanova Ratcheva, World Economic Forum
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Checking our assumptions: What gets measured gets done
– Aniela Unguresan, Co-Founder, EDGE Certified Foundation
Tea & coffee break
Panel session: The importance of industry in supporting gender equality in academia: Sharing best practice between industry and academia – Vesselina Stefanova Ratcheva, World Economic Forum
– Petra Jantzer, Managing Director and European Lead for Accelerated R&D Services (ARDS), Accenture
– Aniela Unguresan, Co-Founder, EDGE Certified Foundation
– Dr. Zara Nanu, CEO, Gapsquare
Closing remarks from track chair: Creating an action plan for implementation and key take aways
17:00:
Congress ends
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