IANAS “Women for Science Symposium”

April 2009
Mexico City, Mexico

 

MONDAY APRIL 20th

9:00-9:30      Opening Ceremony

9:30-10:15    Invited Lecture
Johanna Levelt Sengers  Member, US National Academy of Sciences
        Member, US National Academy of Engineering
        Co-chair InterAcademy Council Advisory Report
        "Women for Science" (2006)

10:15-10:30  Refreshments

10:30-12:15 Round Table I. Gender and Public Policies in Education, Science and Technology. Improving gender equity.
(four presentations of 20 minutes and open debate)

Chair: Juan Pedro Laclette (Mexico). Co-Chair IANAS.

  1. Alice Abreu (Brazil). Director of the Regional Office for Latin America and   the Caribbean, International Council for Science (ICSU).
  1. Nadia Ghazzali (Canada).  Professor at Université Laval.
  1. Diana Maffía (Argentina).  Universidad de Buenos Aires.
  2. Sophia Huyer (USA). Director of Women and Global Science and Technology (WIGSAT) and Executive Director, Gender Advisory Board, UN Commission On Science and Technology for Development

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Rapporteurs:
María Carlota Monroy Escobar (Guatemala).  Professor at Universidad de San Carlos.
Angela Stella Camacho (Colombia).  Professor at Universidad de los Andes. 

12:15-12:30  Refreshments

12:30-14:15 Round Table II. An agenda for change: removing obstacles for a career in Science and Technology
(four presentations of 20 minutes and open debate)

Chair: María del Carmen Samayoa (Guatemala). President of the Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences.

  1. Lilian Wu (USA). Chair of the National Academies Committee in Science and Engineering.
  2. Gloria Bonder (Argentina). Regional Chair of UNESCO’s Latin American Network of Women Science and Technology.   
  3. María Teresa Ruiz (Chile). Professor at Universidad de Chile.
  4. Marcia Barbosa (Brazil). Profesor of Instituto de Física - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Rapporteurs:
Mayra de la Torre (Mexico). Third World Organization for Women in Science; Member of Latin America & Caribbean Executive Board.
Gioconda San Blas (Venezuela). Professor at Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas.

14:15-15:30 Lunch

15:30-17:30 Round Table III. Increasing the visibility of women in Science in Latin America and the Caribbean: role models, mentoring and awards.
(four presentations of 20 minutes and open debate)

Chair: Venecia Álvarez Peña de Vanderhorst (Dominican Republic). Ambassador  of Science, Technology and Environment.  Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

  1. Elsa Quiroga (Bolivia).  President of the Bolivian Organization of Women in Science and Vicepresident of the Third World Organization for Women in Science in Latin America & Caribbean
  2. Mona Nemer (Canada). Vice President, Research.  University of Ottawa.
  3. Lilliam Margarita Alvarez (Cuba). Director of Science at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment.
  4. Constanza Moreira (Uruguay). Professor at Universidad de la República. 

Rapporteurs:
Norma Blázquez (Mexico).  Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Science and Humanities at UNAM.
Marta Valdez Melara (Costa Rica). Centro Nacional de Innovaciones Biotecnológicas. 

 

TUESDAY APRIL 21st.

9:30-11:30 Round Table IV. Improving the collection of gender disaggregated data for S&T policy making.
(four presentations of 20 minutes and open debate)

Chair: Judith Zubieta (Mexico). Researcher at National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

  1. Manju Sharma (India). President and Executive Director, Indian Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar and former Secretary of Biotechnology.
  1. Jorge Martínez Stack (Mexico). Advisor to the General Directorate for Institutional Evaluation, UNAM.
  2. Tatiana Láscaris (Costa Rica). Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
  3. Lena Ruiz (Mexico). President of Grupo Mujer Ciencia, UNAM

Rapporteurs:
Nicole Bernex (Peru).  Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
Helen Marjorie Jacobs (Jamaica). Professor at The University of the West Indies.

11:30-12:00  Refreshments

12:00-14:00 Parallel Sessions based on the 4 Roundtables
Chairs: Rapporteurs of the Roundtables

14:00-15.30 Lunch

15:30-17:30 Plenary Session
Chair: Roberto Markarian. University of La República, Uruguay.

  1. Rapporteurs Report
  2. Strategies for the future

17:30  Closing Ceremony



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