Light lunch and registration

Opening and Introduction: Supporting Women Researchers - Good Practices in Europe

Dr. Dóra Groó, Coordinator of the GENDERA project; Director, Hungarian Science and Technology Foundation, Hungary

Current Policy Regarding Gender in Science

Carmen Ianosi, Policy Officer, European Commissioner, DG Research and Innovation, Gender and Ethics in the European Research Area, Belgium

Gender Roles and Stereotypes in Sciene - and how to Resolve them

Prof. Dr. Drs. h. c. mult. Ernst Th. Rietschel, Past-President, Leibniz-Association Representative European Affairs, acatech, Germany

UNESCO and its Global Priority of Gender Equality

H. E. Ms. Katalin Bogyay, President of the General Conference of UNESCO, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Hungary to UNESCO

Coffee Break

Discussion Panel: Maximising Innovation Potential Through Diversity in Research Organisations

with

• Prof. Gülsün Saglamer, Former Rector of Istanbul Technical Unviersity (ITU), Director of the Center for Women Studies in Science, Engineering and Technology (ITU), Turkey
• Dr. Laura Kramer, Former ADVANCE Program Director, U.S. National Science Foundation (2007-2008) and Professor Emerita of Sociology, Montclair State Univeristy, New Jersey, USA
• Prof. Dr. Meike Tilebein, Director of Institute for Diversity Studies in Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Director of the Centre for Management Research, German Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF), Germany

Chair: Dr. Judith Abrahami, Advisor to the President on Women's Issues, ORT Braude College of Engineering, Israel

Keynote Address and Reception

Andrea Lindlohr MdL, Member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg Deputy Chair of THE GREENS in Parliament, Spokesperson for Economic Policies

» Musical accompaniment from students at the Stuttgart School of Music

Chair: Prof. Dr. Norbert Höptner, European Commissioner of the Minister of Finance and Economics of Baden-Württemberg