GS24 In-Person Programme
All times are in EST, Eastern Standard Time.
The event will be held at Desmarais Building Room 4101, University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier Avenue East.
Please note there are no plans to record or stream the in-person event. The online version of GS24 was held earlier in the year in May 2024, the event in Ottawa is in-person only.
Registration for the in-person event is FREE OF CHARGE.
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 19 November 2024 | |
| 08:00–08:30 EST | Event opens Networking, participatory activities, exhibition |
| 08:30–08:40 EST | Welcome from the Host Martine Lagacé, Professor, Associate Vice-president, Research, Promotion and Development, University of Ottawa, Canada |
| 08:40–09:00 EST | Opening Keynote Presenting the findings of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Post-Secondary Research System, a new Council of Canadian Academies report examining the effectiveness of measures that address underrepresentation and marginalization of women and other equity-deserving communities in the research ecosystem and post-secondary institutions Juliet Daniel, Member of the CCA Expert Panel on EDI Practices for Impactful Change and Professor, Department of Biology, and the Associate Dean Research & External Relations, Faculty of Science, McMaster University, McMaster University |
| 09:00–11:00 EST | Plenary Panel 1 International experience of successful implementations of gender- and diversity-sensitive R&I policies > Intertwined strands: an integrated and inclusive approach to policy Claartje Vinkenburg, Independent Expert, Member of the Dutch National Advisory Committee for Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education and Research, Independent Expert > Implementing Sex and Gender considerations into health research funding policy: Process, impacts, and learning from Canada Angela Kaida, Scientific Director of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Gender and Health; Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, Institute of Gender and Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research > Weaving gender equality and Inclusion considerations into research projects Jessica Cadesky, Gender Equality and Inclusion Advisor, IDRC > Embedding good EDI practice in UKRI research portfolio and the wider research community Chloe Lianos, Director, UKRI North America, UKRI, UK > What can publishers do Ann Gabriel, Vice President for Global Strategic Networks, Elsevier Moderator: Bilkis Vissandjee, Full Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal |
| 11:00–11:20 EST | BREAK Participatory activities, networking |
| 11:20–11:40 EST | Science Keynote What the data tells us about equity for women in science Vincent Larivière, Full Professor, Faculty of Library and Information Sciences, Université de Montréal |
| 11:40–13:00 EST | Plenary Session 2 Science leaders reflect on the past to move more effectively forward in uniting scientific excellence and social progress Alejandro Adem, President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC/CRSNG) Trudy Samuel, Director General, Equity Strategy, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Janice Bailey, Scientific Director, Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) Elizabeth Barr, Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research, NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) Elizabeth Pollitzer, Director of Portia and Founder of Gender Summit, Portia Moderator: Catherine Mavriplis, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa |
| 13:00–13:45 EST | LUNCH Participatory activities, networking |
| 13:45–14:45 EST | Plenary Session 3 Valorising gender knowledge in research and innovation to improve the quality, objectivity and societal benefits of knowledge and technology > Innovation opportunities for women's health Elizabeth Barr, Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research, NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) > Tracking progress across gender equality issues by increasing access to data, analysis and tools Alison Holder, Director, Equal Measures > Women in Environmental and Clean technology and as inventors in Canada Bassirou Gueye, Unit head, Economic Analysis Division, Statistics Canada Amélie Lafrance-Cooke, Assistant Director, Economic Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Canada > Learnings from 50 years of Cell: A focus on women in STEMM Sri Devi Narasimhan, Deputy Editor, Cell Moderator: Juliet Daniel, Member of the CCA Expert Panel on EDI Practices for Impactful Change and Professor, Department of Biology, and the Associate Dean Research & External Relations, Faculty of Science, McMaster University, McMaster University |
| 14:45–15:00 EST | BREAK Participatory activities, networking |
| 15:00–17:00 EST | Open Consultation Establishing cooperation process for building Roadmap 2.0 > Transforming national science and technology policy Heisook Lee, President, Centre for Gendered Innovation in Science and Technology Research, South Korea > Setting targets through Science and Technology Basic Plan Miyoko Watanabe, Chair of Committee on gender-based innovation, Science Council of Japan Moderator: Janice Bailey, Scientific Director, Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) Moderator: Angela Kaida, Scientific Director of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Gender and Health; Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, Institute of Gender and Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Moderator: Catherine Mavriplis, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa Moderator: Elizabeth Pollitzer, Director of Portia and Founder of Gender Summit, Portia |
| 17:00–18:00 EST | Closing reception Participatory activities, networking |
- ///// 19 November 2024
- 08:00–08:30
- Event opens
Networking, participatory activities, exhibition - 08:30–08:40
- Welcome from the Host
Martine Lagacé, Professor, Associate Vice-president, Research, Promotion and Development, University of Ottawa, Canada
- 08:40–09:00
- Opening Keynote
Presenting the findings of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Post-Secondary Research System, a new Council of Canadian Academies report examining the effectiveness of measures that address underrepresentation and marginalization of women and other equity-deserving communities in the research ecosystem and post-secondary institutions
Juliet Daniel, Member of the CCA Expert Panel on EDI Practices for Impactful Change and Professor, Department of Biology, and the Associate Dean Research & External Relations, Faculty of Science, McMaster University, McMaster University - 09:00–11:00
- Plenary Panel 1
International experience of successful implementations of gender- and diversity-sensitive R&I policies
> Intertwined strands: an integrated and inclusive approach to policy
Claartje Vinkenburg, Independent Expert, Member of the Dutch National Advisory Committee for Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education and Research, Independent Expert
> Implementing Sex and Gender considerations into health research funding policy: Process, impacts, and learning from Canada
Angela Kaida, Scientific Director of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Gender and Health; Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, Institute of Gender and Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
> Weaving gender equality and Inclusion considerations into research projects
Jessica Cadesky, Gender Equality and Inclusion Advisor, IDRC
> Embedding good EDI practice in UKRI research portfolio and the wider research community
Chloe Lianos, Director, UKRI North America, UKRI, UK
> What can publishers do
Ann Gabriel, Vice President for Global Strategic Networks, Elsevier
Moderator: Bilkis Vissandjee, Full Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal - 11:00–11:20
- BREAK
Participatory activities, networking - 11:20–11:40
- Science Keynote
What the data tells us about equity for women in science
Vincent Larivière, Full Professor, Faculty of Library and Information Sciences, Université de Montréal - 11:40–13:00
- Plenary Session 2
Science leaders reflect on the past to move more effectively forward in uniting scientific excellence and social progress
Alejandro Adem, President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC/CRSNG)
Trudy Samuel, Director General, Equity Strategy, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Janice Bailey, Scientific Director, Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ)
Elizabeth Barr, Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research, NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)
Elizabeth Pollitzer, Director of Portia and Founder of Gender Summit, Portia
Moderator: Catherine Mavriplis, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa - 13:00–13:45
- LUNCH
Participatory activities, networking - 13:45–14:45
- Plenary Session 3
Valorising gender knowledge in research and innovation to improve the quality, objectivity and societal benefits of knowledge and technology
> Innovation opportunities for women's health
Elizabeth Barr, Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research, NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)
> Tracking progress across gender equality issues by increasing access to data, analysis and tools
Alison Holder, Director, Equal Measures
> Women in Environmental and Clean technology and as inventors in Canada
Bassirou Gueye, Unit head, Economic Analysis Division, Statistics Canada
Amélie Lafrance-Cooke, Assistant Director, Economic Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Canada
> Learnings from 50 years of Cell: A focus on women in STEMM
Sri Devi Narasimhan, Deputy Editor, Cell
Moderator: Juliet Daniel, Member of the CCA Expert Panel on EDI Practices for Impactful Change and Professor, Department of Biology, and the Associate Dean Research & External Relations, Faculty of Science, McMaster University, McMaster University - 14:45–15:00
- BREAK
Participatory activities, networking - 15:00–17:00
- Open Consultation
Establishing cooperation process for building Roadmap 2.0
> Transforming national science and technology policy
Heisook Lee, President, Centre for Gendered Innovation in Science and Technology Research, South Korea
> Setting targets through Science and Technology Basic Plan
Miyoko Watanabe, Chair of Committee on gender-based innovation, Science Council of Japan
Moderator: Janice Bailey, Scientific Director, Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ)
Moderator: Angela Kaida, Scientific Director of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Gender and Health; Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, Institute of Gender and Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Moderator: Catherine Mavriplis, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa
Moderator: Elizabeth Pollitzer, Director of Portia and Founder of Gender Summit, Portia - 17:00–18:00
- Closing reception
Participatory activities, networking