International Women in Science Conference

Programme

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Wednesday, 9 May 2007

10:00 - 13:00

Registration + Coffee

13:00 - 13:15

Welcome address
Gerlind Wallon (EMBO)

13:15 - 14:15

Keynote Lecture
Understanding the role of pervasive negative gender stereotypes: what can be done?
Rosalind C. Barnett (Brandeis University, USA)


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14:15-14:45

Coffee break

Session I: Successful initiatives in the spotlight
Chair: Gerlind Wallon (EMBO)

14:45 - 14:55

European policy on women in science
Florence Bouvret (EC)

14:55 - 15:15

MuT-Mentoring und Training
Sabine von Heusinger (University of Mannheim, Germany)


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15:15 - 15:25

Junior Faculty
Anna Bjertsjö Rennermalm (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)


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15:25 - 15:35

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard-Stiftung
Maria Leptin (CNV-Stiftung, University of Cologne, Germany)


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15:35 - 15:45

Re-start
Susanne Matuschek (Swiss National Science Foundation - Marie Heim-Vögtlin Subsidies, Switzerland)


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15:45 - 15:55

Dual-career
Madeleine Lüthy (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)


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15:55 - 16:05

Support for women
Ingrid Wünning (Robert Bosch Stiftung, Germany)

16:05 - 16:15

SETNET- The Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics Network
Barbara Tigar (SETPOINT Lancashire, UK)


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16:15 - 16:25

Introduction to the Bazaar
Gerlind Wallon (EMBO)

16:25 - 17:30

Coffee in the Bazaar

17:30 - 18:30

Myths and Facts
Isabel Beuter (CEWS, Germany)


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18:30 -

Dinner, finger food in the Bazaar

Thursday, 10 May 2007

Session II: Committees as gatekeepers
Chair: Helga Rübsamen-Waigmann (AiCuris, Germany)

09:00 - 09:45

Mind bugs: The ordinary origins of bias
Brian Nosek (University of Virginia, USA)


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09:45 - 10:15

Open discussion on unconscious bias

10:15 - 10:45

Coffee break

10:45 - 11:15

Analysis of female and male applicants to the EMBO Long-term Fellowship Programme
Gerlind Wallon and Anna Ledin (EMBO)


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11:15 - 11:45

Powering Up: Women as Leaders in the Scientific Enterprise
Geraldine Richmond (University of Oregon, USA)


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11:45 - 13:15

Lunch

13:15 - 13:30

Introduction to panel discussion
Helga Rübsamen-Waigmann (AiCuris, Germany)

13:30 - 15:00

Panel discussion on committee culture
Daniela Corda (Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Italy)
Tiziano Camporesi (CERN, Switzerland)
Marja Makarow (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Alexandre Quintanilha (Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal)
Daniela Rhodes (MRC- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK)
Mary Osborn (Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemical Chemistry, Germany)


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15:00 - 15:45

Coffee break

Session III: What can politics do?
Chair: Hermann Bujard (EMBO)

15:45 - 16:15

What politics can - and cannot - do!
Ragnhild Sohlberg (Norsk Hydro ASA, Norway)


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16:15 - 16:45

SET Fair and Beyond: an examination of the impact and challenges of UK policy for women in SET
Jan Peters (Katalytik, UK)


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16:45 - 18:15

Panel discussion: Are quota a way forward?
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)
Otmar Wiestler (Helmholtz Association and DKFZ, Germany)
Agnes Wold (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

18:30 -

Dinner

Friday, 11 May 2007

Session VI: Changing institutional culture
Chair: Nadia Rosenthal (EMBL)

09:00 - 09:30

Magnificent obsessions
Nadia Rosenthal (EMBL)


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09:30 - 10:00

ADVANCE: Successful Initiatives for Recruitment and Advancement of Women in STEM
Herbert Killackey (University of California, Irvine, USA)


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10:00 - 10:30

Good practice in UK university chemistry departments
Lesley Yellowlees (University of Edinburgh, UK)


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10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00

The Gender Similarities Hypothesis: Implications for Mathematics and Science
Janet Hyde (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)


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12:00 - 12:30

Concluding remarks
Gerlind Wallon (EMBO)

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

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