Seminar on Women
in Science and Technology
4 March 2011 – Senate (Brussels)
To mark the topic of this year’s International Women’s Day 2011 dedicated to Women in Science and Technology, JUMP, which has been chosen as the “National Point of Contact for Women in Technology” by the European Center for Women in Technology (ECWT) based in Oslo, and Senate Members, Marie Arena and Hassan Bousetta, have invited you to the Senate on the 4 March 2011 at 13:30.
Press release
Video interviews
(Sénatrice)
Pictures
European Commission’s “Code of best practices for Women and ICT”
Code signatories
Marie-Claire Van de Velde, VP Technology Transfer & Valorisation, IBBT
Martine Piccart, Head of the Medicine Department – Institut Jules Bordet
Saskia Van Uffelen, CEO, Bull & CSB Consulting
Pasquale Nardone, Physicien et Professeur, ULB
Inge Janssens, Diversity Manager, Belgacom
Carole Paleco, President, Be-Wise
Mieke Jacobs, Director, Capgemini Belgium
Programme
We invite you to read the press release in French or Dutch.
Progress in science and technology has a constant impact on our daily lives and is essential for our economic growth based on the knowledge economy.
Women, who represent 60% of university graduates, are a reservoir of talent for science, technology and innovation. However, only 33% of them choose science or technology at higher education and very few make a career in this field. The majority of women in science are in the fields of medicine, biology or mathematics (to become teachers) and they often completely drop subjects such as computer science or civil and industrial engineering.
We must increase the attractiveness of science and technology subjects in order to increase the gender balance in this sector and bring innovation and economic growth.
Conducted by Mia Doornaert, Columnist “De Standaard”
13:30 – Registration
13:45 – INTRODUCTION
Marie Arena, Member of the Senate
14:00 - HOW WOMEN CAN SAVE THE ECONOMY?
Presented (30′) by:
Philippe Busquin, Former Member of the European Commission for Research and of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Saskia Van Uffelen, CEO of Bull Belux and “ICT Woman of the Year” in 2011
Q & A (15′)
14:45 - I DO NOT LIKE SCIENCE!
Discussion panel (30′) on education and training with:
Valérie Tanghe, Member of “KVIV Group Women and Engineering” and Operations Manager at Belgacom
Pasquale Nardone, Physician and Professor at ULB
Dominique Lafontaine, Professor at ULG and author of “Promouvoir l’orientation des filles vers les options scientifiques dès l’enseignement secondaire” (“Promoting the orientation of girls towards sciences in Secondary Education”)
Nicole Dewandre, Advisor on stakeholders’ issues at the European Commission, DG INFSO and former responsible of “Women and Science”
Debate (15′)
15:30 – Coffee – Networking
15:45 - WOMEN’S CAREER IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Discussion panel (45′) on employment, job and career with:
Véronique Halloin, Secretary-General of FRS-FNRS
Martine Piccart, Associate Professor of Oncology at ULB and Department Head of the Jules Bordet Institut
Carole Paleco, Be Wise Belgian Women in Science
Brigitte Bekaert, Communication Manager at L’Oréal and organiser of the prize L’Oréal-Unesco “Pour les femmes et la science” (For Women and Science)
Debate (15′)
16:45 – Signature of the European Commission’s “Code of best practices for Women and ICT”
17:00 – Final Statement and Action Plan
Isabella Lenarduzzi, JUMP and “National Point of Contact for Women in Technology”
17:15 - Cocktail
With the support of
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