A changing world: new opportunities for women engineers and scientists
ICWES14, the International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists is the 14th in a series of International Conferences held, every three years, all over the world since 1964 as the headlight event of INWES (International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists).
Under the theme of “A changing world : new opportunities for women engineers and scientists”, the conference is an opportunity for all participants to exchange ideas and information with outstanding professional and academic women working in an international and challenging environment, leading change and helping progress of cultural change.
The CNISF (Conseil National des Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France) is honoured to welcome and organize the next ICWES14 in Lille – France. They are expecting a great participation of European attendees as well as from all over the world, enjoying this famous event for women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
It will be held from Tuesday, July 15th to Friday 18th, 2008, in Lille (France).
For more information click here: http://www.icwes14.org/icwes14-en
The Draw the line! Conference is co-organised by WOMEN-CORE and UPGEM (Understanding Puzzles in the Gendered European Map). This conference will bring together Danish and international scientists, policy makers and representatives from the business world. At the conference, WOMEN-CORE will present its most recent research results on women’s careers in construction research and will compare these to results from other research projects on other sectors of natural science research. We will look at the research institution as work place and the significance of a research career for women and men. We will compare the conditions that shape a research career in the academic and commercial research environments. WOMEN-CORE will chair a 2 days workshop on ‘Drop outs within science in academia and the private sector’. We will present the project’s most interesting research results in a panel discussion with representatives of other research projects on gender and science in Europe. The conference will be held at the Danish School of Education (DPU) in Copenhagen, on May 30-31, 2008. Please register without charge by sending an e-mail to Søren Kyd, skja@dpu.dk. The deadline for registration is April 29, 2008.
For further information, please find the program of the conference here
On scientific boards women are under-represented in almost all European countries. The scarcity of women in senior positions in such bodies inevitably means that their opinions are less likely to be voicedin policy and decision-making processes, which may lead to biased decision-making and priority setting in scientific research.The aims of the expert group on Women In Research Decision Making (WIRDEM) have been to identify and review positive actions and gender equality measures at institutional and national level to promote women into senior positions in public research. The WIRDEM report has been produced during the 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All, an initiative leading the way to a bolder strategy to establish definitely the fight against discrimination and to promote equality between women and men at EU level. It contributes successfully to the key activities of this Year, promoting rights, representation, recognition and respect. This report examines and describes in detail nomination procedures, obstacles, facts and funding limitations that women need to overcome in their academic careers. It reviews the procedures for evaluating and promoting research personnel to senior positions and identifies examples of good practice at national and institutional levels.
Please find the report here
Friday, November 07, 2008, BioPark, Hertfordshire
This meeting will be a comprehensive overview of the issues of returning to work after a career break. It will be Chaired by Dr Maureen Cooper, Former Director, Scottish Resource Centre for Women in SET, Napier University, Edinburgh. Topics under discussion include advice on grants for returners, can you progress in a part time position?, best interview and CV techniques and your rights as a mother/father and scientist. The deadline for early (reduced rate) registration is July 20th 2008 so book now and save ££s! You can get 20% off the registration fee by entering the code RETURN when registering online (this does not apply to the academic fee). Talks include:
How the UK Resource Centre for Women in SET can support you in returning to a career in science - Ms Veronica Benson, Oxford Women's Training, UK
Top Ten Tips for Returners to SET Careers - Dr Katie Perry, The Daphne Jackson Trust, UK
Scientific Research - a great way to travel - Professor Ijeoma F. Uchegbu, Chair in Pharmaceutical Nanoscience, University of London
Managing your career break - Dr Katharine Hollinshead, Diversity Programme Leader, The Institute of Physics, UK
Construction - Janet Shelley MBE, Women Builders, UK
Talk title to be confirmed - Dr Pia Ostergaard, St Georges Medical School, UK
The deadline for abstract submissions is July 10th 2008
Abstract guidelines can be found at http://www.euroscicon.com/absguidlines.html
The deadline for early registration is July 20th 2008For more information or to register see http://www.regonline.co.uk/return08For General enquiries email: enquiries@euroscicon.com, website: www.euroscicon.com
For further information click here
WOMEN SHAPING SCIENCE
The European Platform of Women Scientists EPWS cordially invites you to the First EPWS Annual Conference 2008 "Women Shaping Science", organised in collaboration with BASNET, the Baltic States Network: Women in Sciences and High Technology, in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 5-7 June 2008. You can find all conference information and forms at the EPWS website ww.epws.org.
Increasing the human resources in science and technology is a key objective in order to meet the target set by the Lisbon summit in 2000 of making Europe the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. One way of achieving this is by using the existing pool of highly trained women. Statistics in Focus takes a deeper look at female shares of HRSTO in different European countries. The report can be downloaded here
Now in its 24th year, the ARCOM conference is the pre-eminent forum for those researching management issues in the construction sector. The conference will be held in a state-of-the-art facility in the centre of Cardiff, the cosmopolitan Capital City of Wales, from the 1st – 3rd September 2008. This is the first time that the conference has been held in Wales and an outstanding social programme will be organised which will include a reception in the award-winning Welsh Parliament Building and dinner at the world-famous Millennium Stadium. This year’s conference is to be sponsored by the ICE, CIOB, ConstructionSkills and Taylor and Francis.
In addition to the usual two Best Paper Prizes, the organisers are particularly pleased to announce the addition of two special prizes for papers submitted to this year’s conference:
The editors of Construction Management and Economics will be awarding a prize for the best PhD Paper at the ARCOM 2008 conference. The winner will receive a free subscription to the journal and a cash prize of £250. The winning student will be encouraged to submit their paper to Construction Management and Economics. Details of the journal can be found at: www.informaworld.com/cme
The editor of Construction Information Quarterly will be awarding a prize for the most industry relevant paper at the ARCOM 2008 conference. The winner will receive a cash prize of £200 and a version of their paper will be published in the Journal.
Abstracts of 150-300 words, with up to 5 keywords, should be submitted on-line (www.arcom.ac.uk) before the 1 February 2008.
For enquiries and further information please see the website or contact:
Andrew Dainty (Conference Chair, A.R.J.Dainty@Lboro.ac.uk) or Chris Carter (Conference Secretary, C.D.Carter@Lboro.ac.uk).
An international conference on women in engineering and technology research will be held in Paris, France, on 26 and 27 October. The event is organized in the framework of the EU-Science in Society-funded PROMETEA (Empowering Women Engineers in Industrial and Academic Research) project. The goal of the conference is to gather together specialists to exchange views on gender issues in engineering and technology research careers.
Five plenary sessions will address the following topics:
- gender dynamics of male and female careers;
- differential effects of organizational cultures on male and female careers ;
- recognition of excellence in engineering and technology research;
- identification and evaluation of good practice;
- transversal issues raised by PROMETEA research.
In addition to these five sessions, a roundtable will bring together men and women working in engineering and technology research, students who plan to become researchers, people responsible for research policies and researchers working on gender and research. Two networking sessions are also planned.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.prometea.info/conference2007/
The Helsinki Group - Women as a science policy focus
Women in Industrial Research (WIR)
Enwise - Gender Equality in wider Europe
The European Platform of Women Scientists
Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS)
European Technology Assessment Network (ETAN)
Equality Network for Construction Researchers in Europe (ENCORE)
