Empowering Women in Science
Symposium and Workshops
- Date: Sep 6, 2024
- Time: 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Location: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
- Room: Seminar room A1.009 and A1.011
- Host: Lai Ka Lo
We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming event, "Empowering Women in Science", scheduled for Friday, September 6th, 2024. The event will be held at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, 07745 Jena).
The aim of this event is to foster connections, share experiences, and promote opportunities for female scientists from surrounding research institutes, universities, and start-ups. We encourage participation from individuals of all research fields, genders, nationalities, career stages, and aspirations. Participation is free of charge!
Please register for the event by August 23th, 2024: Registration link
Contact: Lai Ka Lo (llo@ice.mpg.de)
Programme
- Talks by successful female scientists and entrepreneurs, sharing their academic journeys, highlighting how they have overcome challenges to become influential leaders, and discussing their efforts to create opportunities and empower fellow female scientists.
- Workshops on funding opportunities specifically for women in research and AI use to reduce gender differences.
- Round table discussions for exchanging perspectives on topics such as the glass ceiling, strategies to increase female representation, and balancing family and career.
- Networking opportunities through innovative activities such as pairing attendees during coffee breaks and BBQ lunch to maximize interactions among females at different career stages.
| 8:50 | Arrival |
| 9:00 |
Talk session I
Prof. Dr. Ann Kathrin Huylmans, University of Mainz Prof. Dr. Ilse Jacobsen, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI) Dr. Radhika Patnala, Sci-illustrate and Endosymbiont GmbH |
| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 |
Talk session II
Dr. Kerstin Krüger, KWS Saat SE & Co. KGaA Dr. Tanya Aneichyk, OmicsChart GmbH Prof. Dr. Tracy Kivell, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Prof. Dr. Corrie Moreau, Cornell University |
| 12:30 | BBQ lunch |
| 14:00 |
Workshops
Fundings for women in research by Dr. Karin Groten, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Start-up funding by Jena Unversity Learning & Leading with AI by Dr. Sin Yu Bonnie Ho, Microsoft |
| 15:30 |
Roundtable discussions with drinks & snacks
Topics: glass ceiling, strategies to increase female representation, balancing family and career and more |
| 16:30 | Wrap-up & institute tour |
Travel information: https://www.ice.mpg.de/94735/how-to-get-to-the-institute
This event is sponsored by the Female Career Fund from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology diversity project “More diversity, more inclusion, more excellent science” funded by the Max Planck Diversity Excellence Fund, and AG Ulrich.