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Conference Programme, Monday, 19. March 2012

Conference Chair
Dr. Petra Püchner, Managing Director, Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum Stuttgart, Germany

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

KEYNOTE SPEECHES

Patente, Current Policy Regarding Gender in Science,
Carmen Ianosi, Policy Officer, European Commission, RTD Research and Innovation, Gender and Ethics in the European Research Area, Belgium

Gender Roles and Stereotypes in Science – 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

DISCUSSION PANEL: Maximising Innovation Potential Through Diversity in Research Organisations

Prof. Gülsün Saglamer, Former Rector of Istanbul Technical University (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 University, 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

Evening Reception

Keynote Address
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

Conference Programme, Tuesday, 20. March 2012

Conference Chair
Dr. Petra Püchner
, Managing Director, Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum Stuttgart, Germany

Encouraging gender equality policy at the national level – The Status Quo
Prof. Dr. Dunja Mladenic, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Jožef Stefan Institute and Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Slovenia

SESSION 1 / Module 1: Career Paths in Research - Structural Change

Caroline Roughneen, Director, Centre for Women in Science & Engineering Research (WiSER), Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Dr. Karin Uphoff, Managing Director and Proprietress, uphoff pr & marketing GmbH, Germany

Dr. Mária Palasik, Jean Monnet Professor, Head of Research Department of the Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security, Hungary

Prof. Maca Jogan, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Chair
Assoc. Prof. Alexandra Bitusikova
, Ph.D., Vice-Rector for Research, Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

SESSION 2 / Module 1: Gender and Innovation - Maximising the Potential of Women Researchers in Innovation

Prof. Dr. Martina Schraudner, TU Berlin, Gender and Diversity in Organisations at the Department of Machine Tools and Factory Management, Germany

Prof. Rosa Azhari, Department of Biotechnology Engineering, ORT Braude College of Engineering, Chairperson-Subcommittee for Engineering and Technology, Council for Higher Education, Israel

Gertraud Oberzaucher, AustriaTech - Federal Agency for Technological Measures Ltd., Gender in Research, Technology and Innovation Projects, Austria

Chair
Nuria Valles
, CIREM – Center for European Initiatives and Research in the Mediterranean, Spain

COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 1 / Module 2: Innovative Good Practices

Dr. Helene Schiffbänker, Researcher, POLICIES - Centre for Economic and Innovation, JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Austria

Prof. Dr. Andras Recski, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Assoc. Prof. Dagmar Caganova, Ph.D., Project Manager, AUTOCLUSTERS project and '''Assoc. Prof. Jana Sujanova''', Ph.D., First Deputy Director for Science and Research, Institute of Industrial Engineering, Management and Quality, Slovak Technical University, Slovakia

Chair
Maria Samara
, Greek SSH NCP and EU Projects Officer, National Documentation Centre / NHRF (EKT/NHRF), Greece

SESSION 2 / Module 2: Clusters - an Innovation Environment for Gender

Inger Danilda, Encounter AB and „IT, Innovation and Gender“, Sweden

Kerstin Hindrum, Project Coordinator “All Aboard”, Swedish Marine Technology Forum, Sweden

Marita Svensson, Cluster Representative & Project Manager, Fiber Optic Valley, Sweden and

Susanne Andersson, Ph. D. Gender Researcher, Stockholm University / Vinnova, Sweden

Torunn Aass Taralrud, Director Regional Office Oppland County, Innovation Norway, Norway

Chair
Dr. Petra Püchner
, Managing Director, Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum Stuttgart, Germany