GS21 Programme
Gender Equality, Diversity, Inclusion post-Corona: Quo vadis?
EVOLVING PROGRAMME
VIRTUAL live event with some pre-recorded sessions
14 – 16 April 2021
ALL TIMES ARE CET (CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME) - UTC+1
14 April 2021
PRE-SUMMIT TRAINING WORKSHOP EVENTS
Parallel sessions in four break-out rooms
Separate registrations are required for each Workshop
Access codes will be provided at a later date
14:00 – 16:00 | • ROOM 1: Workshop 1: Diversity & Inclusion: A real facilitator for excellence in science? Led by Max Planck Society • ROOM 2: Workshop 2: Career pathways in Data Science, led by Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft • ROOM 3: Workshop 3: Developing European Quality Benchmark for Academic and Research Working Condition (Part 1), led by Centre for Responsible Research and Innovation (CERRI) • ROOM 4: Workshop 4: Gender and standardisation, led by TU-Berlin |
16:00 – 18:00 | • ROOM 1: Workshop 5: Advancing the collection methods and quality of gender data for SDGs, led by Portia, Elsevier, and UN Women • ROOM 2: Workshop 6: Gender dimension in research, led by German Research Council (DFG) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) • ROOM 3: Workshop 7: Intersectionality in Research Funding: Thinking on Strategies for Implementation, led by The Dutch Research Council (NWO) • ROOM 4: Workshop 8: Developing European Quality Benchmark for Academic and Research Working Condition (Part 2), led by Centre for Responsible Research and Innovation (CERRI) |
15 April 2021
Available on Gender Summit website throughout the event will be short pre-recorded video statements from science leaders talking about:
o The special or unusual steps their science institutions had to take to enable researchers and academic employees continue working during the pandemic.
o The lessons drawn from the Covid-19 pandemic so far and the impact on gender and diversity in the future.
Access URL will be provided at a later date
09:00 – 10:15 | Opening of the Gender Summit Welcome addresses. Pre-recorded |
• Anja Karliczek, German Minister for Education and Research, TBC • Dieter Spath, President of acatech • Katja Becker, DFG president • Hans-Christian-Pape, AvH President (member of core organizing group) • Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner DG RTD |
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10:15 – 11:15 | PLENARY SESSION 1: Round table (live in virtual format) The Presidents’ Jury Advancing collective action to incorporate gender and intersectionality dimensions in research and innovation, and in science policy Access code will be provided at a later date |
This session asks how principal actors in knowledge systems - producers and users - can co-operate to advance shared bias-free criteria for assessment of merit of researchers and when valuing importance of their work. Jury Members: Presidents: o Katja Becker – President, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) o Dieter Spath – President, Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften (acatech) o Hans-Christian-Pape – President, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation o Dorothea Wagner – President, German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat) o Peter-André Alt, President of the German Rectors´ Conference (HRK) Moderator: Magdalena Skipper, Editor in Chief, Nature |
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11:15 – 11:30 | BREAK |
11:30 – 11:45 | Keynote: Equality-oriented structures and diversity in research Christina Hadulla-Kuhlmann, Division for Equal Opportunities in Education and Research at the BMBF, Germany |
11:45 – 13:15 | PLENARY SESSION 2 (live in virtual format) Science in the time of crisis: institutional perspectives on the lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic for gender, diversity, and inclusion issues in science knowledge and practice Access code will be provided at a later date |
This session reports on the measures implemented by the organisations in R&I systems during the pandemic to minimise disruptions to operations and maintain continuity in functioning as part of science systems. The session also explores the structural and operational gender and inequality effects revealed by the pandemic, and how should science institutions prepare for future major disruptions 1. Rhonda J. Davis, Head Office of Diversity and Inclusion, National Science Foundation, USA 2. Jadranka Gvozdanovic, Professor, Head of Department, U. Heidelberg; Member of Equality Diversity and Inclusion Policy Group, League of European Research Universities (LERU), Europe 3. Genevieve Almouzni, Director of research exceptional class at the CNRS, Honorary Director Institut Curie, Science 4. Bahar Mehmani, Reviewer Experience Lead in the Global STM journals- Elsevier Moderator: Martina Schraudner, Professor, Board Member of acatech |
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13:15 – 14:00 | BREAK |
14:00 – 14:15 | Keynote: Outlook for STI. The unavoidable need for systemic change in Universities Carthage Smith, Senior Policy Analyst, OECD |
14:15 – 15:45 | PLEANARY SESSION 3: (live in virtual format) Innovative methodological approaches to integration of gender dimensions, with intersectionality perspectives, into research process. Access code will be provided at a later date |
This session will report and explore research advancing understanding, representation and integration of gender equality, diversity and inclusion dimensions in different fields of science. The speakers explain methods of sex/gender analysis in their own area of research; how such analyses can be taught as part of researcher training, and in reporting of research. o Effect of patients' sex on the efficacy of immunotherapy Fabio Conforti,MD and Scientist, Instituto Europeo di Oncologia, Italy o The need for diversity and bias free Machine Learning and AI Ferenc Huszar, Professor, U Cambridge, UK o Tracking progress through novel indicators Alice McGushin, Programme Manager, The Lancet Countdown Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change, Global o Novel mixed methods and approaches to isolate structural components of community dynamics Daniel Armanios, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Moderator: N.N. |
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15:45 – 16:00 | BREAK |
16:00 – 17:30 | PARALLEL SESSIONS in Breakout Rooms 1-5 (live in virtual format) Access codes will be provided at a later date for each room/break out session |
• ROOM 1: Science careers in interorganizational and international collaborations • ROOM 2: Science and engineering in digital space • ROOM 3: Risks of re-emergence of gender stereotypes • ROOM 4: Questions for research: what we need to know about violence against women and femicide • ROOM 5: Effect of the corona crisis on societal relevance of STEM |
16 April 2021
09:00 – 10:15 | PLENARY SESSION 4: Round Table (live in virtual) Board Members Jury Advancing collective action to integrate gender equality and intersectionality criteria into organisational excellence standards Access code will be provided at a later date |
This session asks how senior leaders and executives in science institutions and knowledge systems can co-operate to advance shared bias-free criteria for assessment of organisational excellence in processes and practices. Members of the Jury o Alexander Kurz, Vice President, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft o Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina o Ulman Lindenberger, Vice President of Max-Planck-Gesellschaft o Leibniz Association o Helmholtz Association Moderator: |
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10:15 – 10:30 | Keynote: The transforming power of science publishers. How Elsevier has taken up the ‘quo vadis’ challenge Kumsal Byazit, CEO, Elsevier |
10:30 – 11:00 | BREAK |
11:00 – 12:30 | PLENARY SESSION 5 (live in virtual format) Recognising the movers and shakers of institutional change in Science. What has changed after former Gender Summit events? Access code will be provided at a later date |
This session will focus and compare national policy contexts and conditions underpinning the drive to improve gender equality and diversity in scientific endeavours and enable to sustainable change. o Marcelis Boereboom, Director General, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Netherlands o Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., NIH Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health, Director, NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health o Heisook Lee, Director, Gendered Innovation in Science and Technology Research, Republic of Korea o Miyoko O. Watanabe, Executive Director, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); Director, Office for Diversity and Inclusiveness, JST, Japan; Chair, Gender Summit 10 Asia-Pacific, Japan Science Technology Agency Moderator: N.N. |
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12:30 – 13:30 | BREAK |
13:30 – 15:00 | PLENARY SESSION 6: Round Table Academic freedom and the dimension of gender, diversity, inclusion Access code will be provided at a later date |
This session will ask how fundamental is the autonomy of science and scholarship for the quality of research – and is there a gender dimension? What does it take to ensure and guarantee scientific freedom – with a gender dimension? Could the discourses on academic freedom and gender be linked to further both causes?
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15:00 – 15:15 | BREAK |
15:15 – 16:45 | PLENARY SESSION 7 (live in virtual format) Reaching out from science to society: creating evidence driven policy ecosystems for equality, diversity and inclusion Access code will be provided at a later date |
This session asks the question how can gender, diversity, inclusion in science and scholarship contribute to a more effective policies for tackling societal challenges. How can science help different institutions, publicly funded agencies and Civil Society organisations harmonise their response to societal inequalities, disruptions, and emergencies. How to measure gender equality policy effectiveness at institutional level. o Indicators and policy contexts of She Figures 2021 Mina Stareva, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG RTD, Europe o Impact of COVID-19 on gender inequality Jutta Allmendinger, President, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany o Citizen Science: challenges and opportunities for the science-society interface Uta Wehn, Professor and acting Chair of the Knowledge & Capacity Development Group at IHE Delft, Netherlands o Integrating gender and social equity considerations into energy transitions research Oliver Johnson, Head of Climate, Energy and Society Unit Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden Moderator: N.N. |
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16:45 – 17:30 | PLENARY 8 (live in virtual format) Working conditions for researchers: research institutions as good employers - a German and EU perspective Access code will be provided at a later date |
• Fraunhofer: Working conditions for researchers: research institutions as good employers - a German and EU perspective • Max Planck: Survey on work culture and work atmosphere • Acatech: Prize for Early Stage Women Researcher: recognizing research excellence potential |
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17:30 – 17:45 | FINAL REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE Elizabeth Pollitzer and Martina Schraudner |