International Women in Science Conference
The Way Forward
9-11 May 2007, Heidelberg, Germany
Our aim
The Way Forward will look to the future of women in science. Bringing together scientists, politicians and other decision-makers, the aim is to inspire participants to take action that will help attract women into science and keep them there.
The conference will signpost the way forward, providing participants with ideas and tools to improve their own working environment. More...
Sessions
- Successful initiatives in the spotlight
- Committees as gatekeepers
- What can politics do?
- Changing institutional culture
The conference sessions will be followed by the SET-Routes Ambassador training.
Speakers
- Brian Nosek (University of Virginia, USA)
- Helga Rübsamen-Waigmann (AiCuris, Germany)
- Geraldine Richmond (University of Oregon, USA)
- Ragnhild Sohlberg (Norsk Hydro ASA, Norway)
- Nadia Rosenthal (EMBL, Italy)
- Lesley Yellowlees (University of Edinburgh, UK)
- Janet Hyde (University of Winsconsin-Madison, USA)
- Rosalind C. Barnett (Brandeis University, USA)
- Jan Peters (Katalytik, UK)
- Herbert Killackey (University of California, Irvine, USA)
- Isabel Beuter (CEWS, Germany)
Panellists
- Daniela Corda (Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Italy)
- Marja Makarow (University of Helsinki, Finland)
- Alexandre Quintanilha (Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal)
- Daniela Rhodes (MRC- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK)
- Håkan Billig (Swedish Research Council, Sweden)
- Julia Goodfellow (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK)
- Carlos Martínez-A. (CSIC, Spain)
- Ragnhild Sohlberg (Norsk Hydro ASA, Norway)
- Agnes Wold (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
- Tiziano Camporesi (CERN, Switzerland)
- Otmar Wiestler (Helmholtz Association and DKFZ, Germany)
- Mary Osborn (Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemical Chemistry, Germany)