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ECWT Newsletter - February 2012





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FEBRUARY 2012

Latest news Entrepreneurship - Talent management - Research

OECD Gender Initiative launched
29/02/12 07:28 AM

Business workshop builds support for OECD Gender Initiative and a Horizontal Project in Gender Equality in three areas: Education, Employment and...

 

Launch of  a Women Talent Pool Program with Viviane Reding,  Vice President of the European Commission
29/02/12 07:35 AM
Investing today to develop tomorrow's leaders. Microsoft and Orange FT join forces with WIL to support selection and training of talented future female workforce.

Women's International Research Engineering Summit 2012 - Welcome to join a global Community of Excellence!
29/02/12 02:12 PM

The annual summit that will be organized between 2012 and 2015 is under the patronage of the European Commission and UNESCO.

 

Interview with new ECWT Members
Dr. Irene Kamberidou, ECWT Executive Group, Chief-Editor E-NEWS interviewing Dr.Giuseppe Pellegrini, Observa – Science in Society (IT), Valérie Tandeau de Marsac, VoxFemina (FR) and Shai Reshef, University of the People (USA).

Dr. Giuseppe Pellegrini on Women and Science issues and Observa joining the ECWT
24/02/12 07:20 PM

There is a growing interest for science and technology and a slow increase of women in SET. There is, however until men and women will improve the image of science and technology on equal terms.

Increasing the visibility of female experts in the media
25/02/12 05:11 PM

In France women are under-represented in professional categories as newsmakers. 81 % of spokespersons and 80 % of experts in the news are male. Voxfemina is taking on the role to bring about a major change and looks for partners from Europe. 

University of the People
on the offensive to attract more women through asynchronous programs

25/02/12 06:31 PM

University of the People is the world's first tuition-free online university dedicated to the global advancement and democratization of higher education. 

Events coming up:

Final Call for Experts by CEN ICT Skills Workshop for European e-Competence Framework v.3 Project Team

Deadline for Application is the 4th of March 2012.

Girls, Women and ICT Conference - VHTO  & IBM
Start: 08/03/12 02:00 PM    End: 08/03/12 06:00 PM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

On International Women's Day IBM and VHTO organizes a conference on girls, women and ICT. Marja van Bijsterveldt, Minister of Education, Culture and Science will be present.

GendERA final Conference
Start: 19/03/12 09:00 AM    End: 20/03/12 05:00 PM
Stuttgart, Germany

The final conference of the FP7 GendERA project focusses on current issues around gender and research in research organisations.

Scientific Innovations and the Gender perspective
Start: 29/03/12 09:00 AM    End: 30/03/12 04:00 PM
Madrid, Spain

The event will provide a discussion forum about the successes and future challanges of integrating the gender dimension into Spanish scientific and technical research content.

e-skills Week 2012 Final Conference & Women, digital skills and building the workforce of tomorrow breakout session
Start: 30/03/12 10:00 AM    End: 30/03/12 06:00 PM
Copenhagen, Denmark

Join in the final the celebration of e-skills Week 2012!

Annual General Meeting of the ECWT
Start: 31/03/12 10:00 AM    End: 31/03/12 02:00 PM
Copenhagen, Denmark

The 4th AGM of the European Centre for Women and Technology will be held in Copenhagen, following the closing event of the e-Skills Week 2012.

ECWT welcomes its newest members!

Name

Organization

Country

Marta Gutiérrez CSC Spain
Rachel Petero GENVIVA UK
Borghild Lundeby Renatesenteret Norway
Katerina Pastra Cognitive Sytems Research Institute (CSRI) Greece
Shai Reshef University of the People USA
Valérie Tandeau de Marsac VoxFemina France
Anastasia Basia   Australia
Anett Molnar   Hungary
Elisavet Angelakopoulou   Greece
Inma Ruiz Vela   Spain
Zina Kremer    Belgium

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