Speaker Presentations
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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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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