DAY 2: Plenary Sessions, Friday 30 Nov 2012, 08:00 – 12: 30
08:00 - 09:00 Arrivals
Location: European Parliament (room Jozsef Antall 4Q2, building JAN )
Address: Rue Wiertz 60, B-1047, Brussels. Tel.: +32(0)2 28 42111
NB This is a different room from DAY 1
Please arrive in good time to clear the security of the European Parliament, making sure you have your passport or ID card with you.
09:00 - 09:20 Session 6: The role of research evidence in shaping science making and science policies
Location: European Parliament
The future European policy agenda for advancing research and innovation is centred on three key initiatives: HORIZON 2020, Innovation Union and European Research Area. HORIZON 2020 has a budget of €80 billion over the 6 years from 2014 – 2020.
This session will present the latest policy strategies developed by the European Commission to ensure that future investment in research, development and innovation delivers real benefits in terms of quality of knowledge, opportunities for new markets, and continued acceptance of the relevance and importance of science for society.
Dr. Anneli Pauli, Deputy Director-General on Innovation and ERA (European Research Area), DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
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Commissioner Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda for Europe
Prof. Anne Glover, the Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission
09:20 - 10:35 Session 7: Integrating the Gender Dimension in Research and Innovation Content
Location: European Parliament
Chair: Martin Hynes BE, MBA, C.Eng., F.I.E.I. Chief Executive of the European Science Foundation (ESF)
During the last decade important research evidence has been produced revealing many examples of past biases in science knowledge making, application and communication, such as unquestioned adoption of 'male' as the norm or adopting a 'gender blind' approach when in fact gender acts as a key dimension of the investigated problem.
In this session, top-level researchers will explain how gender as a dimension of research quality impacts on science knowledge making by highlighting key areas of bias and demonstrating recent discoveries that open up new and exciting directions for research and innovation.
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Prof. Martina Schraudner, Professor for Gender and Diversity in Organisations, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the Technical University Berlin, Germany
Prof. Marie Vahter, Karolinska Institute, Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), Sweden
Dr Inger Jonsson, University of Uppsala, and Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS), Sweden
10:35 - 10:50 Break
10:50 - 12:05 Session 8: Mainstreaming and Consolidating Gender Research Scholarship
Location: European Parliament
Chair: Dr. Thomas Eichenberger, Swiss Federal institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland
Europe has established considerable intellectual leadership in understanding gender issues and there is now available sufficient expertise to apply this knowledge to improve approaches to research and innovation, and the science systems, in general.
This session will present and discuss how the latest gender research scholarship and expertise can be mainstreamed into science knowledge, researcher training and research methods, and into innovation processes to make sure that, where gender bias has been identified, it is acknowledged and not propagated.
Prof. Veerle Draulans, Associate Professor of gender studies and Prof. Dr. Tine Baelmans, Vice-Rector for diversity and gender programmes, University of Leuven, Belgium
Dr. Brigitte Ratzer, Technical University Vienna, Austria
Prof. Curt Rice, Vice-Rector for Research, University of Tromso, Norway
12:05 - 12:25 Session 9: Open Discussion on Key Points from Plenary Sessions on Day 2
Location: European Parliament
This session will encourage open discussion and feedback from the participants on major issues raised in the presentations throughout the event.
Discussion led by:
Prof. Simone Buitendijk, Vice Rector of the University of Leiden and Member of the LERU Steering Group for the Advice Paper on Gender in Academia and
Prof. Curt Rice, Pro Rector for Research & Development, University of Tromso, Norway
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
Location: European Parliament
DAY 2: Cafés Scientifiques, Friday 30 Nov 2012, 13:30 – 16: 30
13:30 - 14:00 Arrivals at Cafés
Location: The Thon EU Brussels
Address: Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 75, B-1040, Brussels. Tel: +32 (0)2 204 3911
14:00 - 16:00 Session 10: Parallel Cafés Scientifiques
Location: The Thon EU Brussels
These participatory sessions will start important consultative discussions on new topics in the discourse on gender equality and quality of research and innovation, gathering delegates input on how to open up new approaches for advocating change and overcoming resistance to change.
The parallel Cafés Scientifiques will address the following topics:
Read More about the topics and structure of the Cafés
16:00 - 16:30 Session 11: Close
Location: The Thon EU Brussels
