[fitsbits] Gender Summit 3 - North America, registration extended

[Henrietta Dale]

Dear Colleague

I am writing again to you to inform you that we have extended the deadline for registration for the Gender Summit 3 - North America Diversity Fueling Excellence in Research and Innovation, to the 28th of October 2013, to allow for delays owing to the USA government shutdown.

See the speakers, and register at www.gender-summit.com. I have appended tan outline program to this email, highlighting the excellent range of top level speakers and topics. Go to the website to see details of the 125+ speakers and 25+ sessions. 

We look forward to welcoming you to the Summit.

The Gender Summit Team

The Gender Summit series - Quality Research and Innovation through Equality

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 Day 1, Wednesday 13 November 2013
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Registration
9:00 am – 9:15 am
Welcome
·       Cora Marrett PhD, Acting Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)
9:15 am – 9:45 am
Keynote Address
·       Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President Obama    
·       Maire Geoghegan Quinn, Commissioner for Research, Innovation & Science, Directorate General Research, Innovation & Science, European Commission, Europe – video
9:45 am – 11:30 pm
Plenary Panel: Develop a collective commitment to strengthen human capital development, research and innovation through diversity
In this session leaders of major research funding bodies will agree on a joint approach to taking specific, evidence-based actions, which can clearly benefit the quality of research and innovation, for both women and men.
11:30 pm – 12:00 pm

Break
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Plenary Panel: Develop joint policies and criteria for gender-responsive research and innovation
Chair: Patricia Falcone, Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs, OSTP, The White House, USA
·       Developing an international network to address emerging infectious diseases and water issues
Rita Colwell PhD, Chair of Canon US Life Sciences Inc. and Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA 
·       Educating for standards led technology transfer
Rocío Cassaigne Hernández PhD, Professor, Faculty of Chemistry Centre for Advanced Technology, Mexico
·       Collaborations with industry to improve STEM human capital
Nan Mattai, Senior Vice President, Engineering & Technology, Rockwell Collins, USA
·       Partnerships for wider access to quality higher education
Phyllis Wise, Chancellor, University of Illinois, USA
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Lunch
2:45 pm – 4:45 pm

Plenary Panel: Demonstrate evidence of how incorporating sex and gender consideration into STEM research and innovation informs policy
Chair: Juan Pedro Laclette PhD, Scientific and Technological Consultative Forum, Mexico
·       Encouraging young women to study engineering and sciences, and enhancing the status of women in the profession
Ruby Heap PhD, Professor, Department of History at the University of Ottawa, Coordinator of the University of Ottawa Women in Engineering Research Group, Canada
·       Improving the Efficacy of Vaccinations for Women, Men and Children and Consequences for Public Health Policies
Sabra Klein PhD, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, USA
·       The Prevalence of Science-Gender Stereotypes and its Impact on Education and Policy
Brian Nosek PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, US
4:45 pm – 7:30 pm

Evening event: reception, dinner, keynote speech
Day 2, Thursday 14 November 2013
8:45 am – 9:00 am

Welcome
·       Ana María Cetto PhD, Professor, Physics Institute, National University of Mexico
9:00 am – 9:30 am

Keynote Address
9:30 am – 11:15 am

Plenary Panel: Harnessing Gender Dimensions to Address Global Scientific and Societal Challenges
Chair: Simone Buitendijk PhD, MPH, MD, Vice-rector Magnificus and member of the Board of the University of Leiden; Professor and Chair of Women’s and Family Health at the Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
·       Cross Boarder Research Collaboration
Subra Suresh PhD, President of Carnegie Mellon University, USA (former Director of the NSF) representing the Global Research Council
·       Why gender budgeting empowers women and can boost economic and social development
Janet Stotsky PhD, Adviser, Office of Budget and Planning, International Monetary Fund
·       Patents for Humanity: Building a Better Modern World
Teresa Stanek Rae, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the US Patents and Trademark Office, USA
·       Gender Issues in Transport
Eva Molnar, Director of Transport, UNECE
·       Gender and the Millennium Goals 
Bibiana Aído Almagro, former Minister of Equality, Spain
11:15 am – 11:45 am

Break
11:45 am – 1:15 pm

Parallel Sessions: Stream 1 – Diversity in participation
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1.     Equity for Excellence in Research Teams

2.     Openness, Diversity, and Collective Problem Solving

3.     Opportunities and Challenges for Women of Color in STEM and Society

4.     Diversity in Leadership

5.     Diversity and Gatekeepers in STEM Participation

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm

Lunch
2:15 pm – 3:45 pm

Parallel Roadmap development sessions
 
1.     Cultivating and Promoting Future Leaders
2.     Empowering Voices of Early-Career Scientists
3.     Integrating Gender into Research Content and Methods
4.     Improving Career Life Balance
5.     Creating and Sustaining Networks
6.     Transforming the Role of Gender in STEM and in Communication
7.     Ensuring Inclusive Excellence through Merit/Peer Review
8.     Enabling Organizational Systems and Processes
9.     Pioneers Trailblazing the Future
10.  Creating Bridges with European Funders
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm

Break
4:15 pm – 6:15 pm

Plenary Session: Gender roadmap for research and innovation systems. Addressing the needs of different stakeholders
Day 3, Friday 15 November 2013
9:00 am – 10:30 am

Parallel Sessions Stream 2 – The Gender Dimension in the Research Continuum (Basic -> Applied -> Innovation -> Markets)
 
1.     Health
2.     Environment
3.     Climate Change
4.     Food Security
5.     Transportation
10:30 am – 11:00 am

Break
11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Parallel Sessions: Best Practice Training Workshops
 
1.     Integrating Gender Dimension into Medical Researcher Training
2.     New Approaches to Career Development Support for Early Stage Female Scientists
3.     Mentoring: How to Make it Work
4.     Making Women in the System Visible

5.     Methods of Supporting Career-life Balance in Institutions
6.     Fostering Interdisciplinary Careers
7.     The NSERC Model: Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering Program
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Networking lunch

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