Fwd: FW: NSF-led 3rd Gender Summit: Diversity in Research and Innovation, 13-15 November, Washington DC
Patricia Solis
From: Elizabeth Pollitzer [mailto:e...@portiaweb.org.uk]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 8:29 AM
Subject: NSF-led 3rd Gender Summit: Diversity in Research and Innovation, 13-15 November, Washington DC
Dear Colleagues
I am writing to draw your attention to the NSF-led Gender Summit 3 – North America Diversity Fuelling Excellence in Research and Innovation. The aim is to achieve positive change towards greater diversity in STEM workforce and leadership, and greater inclusion of the “gender dimension” in research content and process.
Over 100 leading international experts will discuss topics ranging from the role of sex differences in the mechanisms controlling cell behaviour to how productivity of research teams is influenced by gender balance and what is needed to promote leadership. Although this year's gender summit is focused on North America, it does also look at gender issues and policies that have global impact, including health, environment, food security and climate change. The two previous summits were focused on Europe, as will the one in 2014, but the 2015 event will focus on Africa.
This is the most influential event addressing gender and diversity issues in science.
See the speakers, and register at www.gender-summit.com.
The Summit is being co-convened by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC - CRSNG), the National Council on Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT), US National Institutes of Health (NIH), The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and UK based NGO, Portia Ltd.
By participating you will contribute to the creation of a Roadmap for Change, a programme of action for key stakeholder groups in the science enterprise.
You can register for the summit at www.gender-summit.com. Registration closes on the 21st of October.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Summit, and hope you will pass this email to your colleagues at your institutions, and networks.
Kind regards
Dr Elizabeth Pollitzer
www.portiaweb.org.uk (Summit co-convener)