Over the past two years, the website has been regularly updated with information about the FemStart project or other projects and events that consider similar issues. Please note that although the website will remain online until at least 2010, the website will not be updated frequently.
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| 18.05.2009 | CEWS publishes report on encouraging the advancing of women scientists CEWS Center of Excellence Women and Science in Bonn present the final publication of 'Encouragement to Advance - Training Seminars for Women Scientists'. |
| 13.05.2009 | WEL Summit in Istanbul, Turkey [June 4-5, 2009] Esteemed leaders and women entrepreneurs from diverse countries get together in Istanbul to grow the international network of women entrepreneurs transforming their circumstances to succeed. Registration is open; a short-term early registration fee applies for those who act quickly - ending on 15. May 2009! |
| 11.05.2009 | EC-Publication: The Secret Of Success Tips from European entrepreneurs on entrepreneurship |
| 14.04.2009 | FemStart has started the discussion ... The FemStart initiative came to an official close at the end of February 2009. The initiative was funded for 2.5 years by the European Commission's DG Research. The end of the project does not mean the end of dealing with the topic, in fact, the project offered a starting block for future activities ... |
| 12.03.2009 | Women in Academia - Barriers and Good Practices, Conference in Denmark frAU - Female Researchers at AU - in collaboration with Britta Thomsen, member of the European Parliament (Social Democrats) and Aarhus University present the Women in Academia - Barriers and Good Practices Conference in Aarhus from 18. - 19. May 2009 |
| 06.03.2009 | FemStart Article published in eStrategies SEZ's gender-focussed work is featured in a two-page article in eStrategies, published by British Publishers. |
| 03.03.2009 | Winner of International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship Best Paper Award announced Emerald Group Publishing Limited is delighted to announce that the winner of the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship Best Paper Award is Debabrata Maji, of the Centre for Appropriate Technology and Rural Development North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (India). His winning paper is entitled ‘Women’s Entrepreneurship Development in Arunachal Pradesh’. |
| 24.02.2009 | Evening Reception and Conference in Brussels, 2nd March and 3rd March 2009 EVENING RECEPTION on Monday, 2. March 2009, 18:00 to 21:30 Ensuring women's full participation in the knowledge society - the European Center for Women and Technology CONFERENCE - Signing of the code for best practices for women and ict on Tuesday 3rd March 2009 |
| 29.01.2009 | Women’s International Research Engineering Summit (WIRES), Barcelona, June 2-4, 2009 The European Science Foundation and US National Science Foundation partner to host the Women’s International Research Engineering Summit (WIRES) to be held in Barcelona, Spain, June 2-4, 2009. Do you do research in one of the following areas, or know women who do? - Simulation based engineering - Nano/micro technology - Energy systems |
| 28.01.2009 | FemStart Recommendations |
| 16.01.2009 | Frauen gründen High-Tech am 05. Februar 2009 im Hauptgebäude, Raum H 2036 ein. Durch interessante Vorträge werden an diesem Tag aktuelle Hintergrundinformationen und praktische Tipps zum Thema vermittelt. Eine erste Einführung zu Gender Mainstreaming gibt Frau Dr. Anne Rösgen von proInnovation, die Maßnahmen der Gründungsunterstützung an Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen aufzeigt. In mehreren Präsentationen werden anschaulich nationale und internationale Best-Practice zur Erhöhung des Anteils von Frauengründungen im High-Tech-Bereich aufgezeigt. Zum Abschluss der Konferenz wird innerhalb einer Podiumsdiskussion die Frage erörtert, ob bzw. welche genderspezifischen Anforderungen es bei der Unterstützung von High-Tech Gründungen gibt. |
| 07.01.2009 | Women in the Academy of International Business Emerging scholar AWARD in Women's Entrepreneurship 1st Annual Emerging Scholar Award in Women's Entrepreneurship. |
| 15.12.2008 | Conference Bucharest - Summarising Result Paper The final conference in the series took place in Romania in November 2008. The conference offered an insight into the topic from the view and situation of one of the newest Member States. Once again, good practice examples and personal experience were highlighted in a fascinating event. |
| 02.12.2008 | The European Centre for Women and Technology (ECWT) ECWT is a sustainable European multi-stakeholder partnership representing high-level expertise in women and technology development from business, government, academia and non-profit sectors and supporting regional innovation through leveraging resources, research, best practices and services. |
| 31.10.2008 | Conference Twente - Summarising Result Paper Conference Twente - Summarising Result Paper Please find below the link to the summary of the most important points of the presentations and panel discussion at Twente University. |
| 27.10.2008 | Programme Announcement for the FemStart Event in Bucharest The sixth and final FemStart Forum will take place in Bucharest from 12. - 13. November 2008. |
| 20.10.2008 | Bucharest Conference Programme available The programme for the 6th and final FemStart Conference is now online and available to download: |
| 15.10.2008 | “Women in Chemistry” Symposium The Chemical Sciences Council of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO-CW), invites you to the first “Women in Chemistry” Symposium which will be held on Friday, 14 November, 2008. This symposium will take place from 10.00 – 18.15 at the NWO Java building, The Hague, the Netherlands. Please visit the website for free of charge registration and more information. |
| 02.10.2008 | Conference - Women entrepreneurship, how does it works ADVANCIA organises together with ADIEF on Tuesday, October 21 an event on the theme of Women entrepreneurship, how does it works? or how to better support women who have entrepreneurial projects. |
| 09.09.2008 | Report - Situation of Women Scientists in Europe Benchmarking Policy Measures For Gender Equality In Science - report available |
| 08.09.2008 | Conference Gender Budgeting as an instrument for managing scientific organisations "Bridging the Gap – Gender Budgeting as a Management Instrument for Gender Equality at Universities" is the topic of a conference in Brussels on 17. September 2008. |
| 01.09.2008 | Continuation of the Gender Action Plan or an equivalent under the Seventh Framework Research Programme (FRP) Parliamentary Questions - Erika Mann (PSE) tabled questions to the European Commission concerning the increase of involvement of women scientists in EU research projects and ensure that greater account was taken of gender issues in the research sector in general |
| 29.08.2008 | Seventh Emmy Noether Annual Meeting in Potsdam - Young researchers At this year's Emmy Noether Annual Meeting in Potsdam, about 160 young researchers met to discuss about the competitiveness of German universities. |
| 25.08.2008 | New brochure: The Path to ERC Grants The Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the European Office of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research EUB and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) published a new brochure "The Path to ERC Grants". |
| 21.07.2008 | A New European Centre for Women and Technology opens the way to link global ICT Initiatives Drammen, 17-19 July 2008. During the meeting of the representatives of the International Taskforce on Women and Information and Communication Technology (ITF) and its European grouping, ITF-Europe, the European members have formally approved and signed the Statues of the European Centre for Women and Technology, thus creating a new force to boost the role and place of women in defining the direction of technological change in the European Community, and globally. |
| 18.07.2008 | Research ruled by men, many female scientists agree Gender equality in scientific research has not been achieved yet, a survey co-funded by the European Commission suggests. |
| 11.07.2008 | Report on Women and Science by the European Parliament Ms Britta Thomsen - Danish MEP (PSE)- took the initiative to promote a report on the situation of women in science. |
| 11.07.2008 | FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award 2009 Call for nominations Deadline: 1 September 2008 The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) are pleased to announce the second call for nominations for the FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award. |
| 10.07.2008 | Gender in technological transfer positions: final conference in Barcelona on 11/13 June 2008 WIST - Women in Innovation, Science and Technology is a two years project funded under FP6 with the aim to analyse the role of gender in technology transfer positions. |
| 03.07.2008 | 14th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES14) ICWES14, the International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists is the 14th in a series of International Conferences held. It will be held from Tuesday, July 15th to Friday 18th, 2008, in Lille (France). Find more information: www.icwes14.org |
| 30.06.2008 | New Web Portal EURAXESS EURAXESS is a new web portal - "One-stop shop" for researchers seeking to advance their careers and personal development by moving to other countries. http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index_en.cfm |
| 16.06.2008 | DINAMICS - Diagnostic Nanotech and Microtech Sensors DINAMICS is co-funded by the European Commission as an Integrated Project (IP) under the 6th Framework Programme. Aim of DINAMICS: Development of a biosensor with the help of nanotechnology. According a gender statistic (2007) on the workforce employed by the DINAMICS project, the percentage of women involved in the project is more than 30%. |
| 21.05.2008 | Conideas Valencia The Universidad Politecnica de Valencia with its Instituto IDEAS has the honor to host the 5th CONIDEAS International Conference from Wednesday, November 26th to Friday, November 28th, 2008. More information: www.conideas.upv.es |
| 09.05.2008 | Final Conference of the EU-projects ‘Encouragement to Advance’ and ‘Advance’ Registrations are welcome until June 6th! |
| 11.03.2008 | 2008 W.I.N. Forum in Barcelona The Annual W.I.N. Global Forum is the core product of Women's International Networking (W.I.N). This year's forum takes place in Barcelona from 18. - 21. September 2008. |
| 04.03.2008 | Women Innovators Connected, Glasgow Women Innovators Connected is a networking event to help connect you to other women working in science and technology areas in Scotland and around Europe. The event will take place in Glasgow, Scotland on Thursday, 17th April 2008 |
| 22.02.2008 | Conference paper call: The politics of knowing: research, institutions and gender in the making The KNOWING project research consortium issues a cordial invitation to the conference "The politics of knowing: research, institutions and gender in the making", which will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 27 and 28 November 2008. The conference is held under the EU Framework Programme 6 project KNOWING (Knowledge, Institutions and Gender: an East-West Comparative Study). |
| 11.02.2008 | DIONE Conference 2008, Newcastle, UK International Best Practice Conference Stimulating a Balanced Participation of Men and Women in Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship through Targeted Networking and Business Mentoring 13 February 2008, International Centre for Life, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom. |
| 30.01.2008 | Neuer Aufruf für Projekte der EU-US Hochschulkooperation Die Europäische Kommission hat gemeinsam mit dem US Department of Education ein neues Programm zur deutsch-amerikanischen Hochschulkooperation, ATLANTIS, ins Leben gerufen. |
| 28.01.2008 | Slowenische Ratspräsidentschaft: Thema Frauen in der Wissenschaft Mit Beginn des Jahres 2008 hat Slowenien die EU-Ratspräsidentschaft für die erste Jahreshälfte übernommen. Für den Bereich Forschung wurde die Rolle von Frauen in der Wissenschaft als eine der Prioritäten benannt. Im Fokus soll das Thema Vereinbarkeit – „family-friendly scientific careers“ – stehen, hier soll in den nächsten Monaten ein neuer Impuls gegeben werden. |
| 28.01.2008 | Slovenian Council Presidency: Role of Women in Science On the 1st of January 2008, Slovenia became the first of the New Member States to assume the Presidency of the European Council. The role of women scientists has been named as one of the priority topics in the research agenda. New impulses for "family friendly scientific careers" will be delivered in the coming months. More information is available from the Presidency website |
| 22.01.2008 | ACTiVATE program received the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship's award ACTiVATE, a program of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) that trains mid-career women to start and manage technology ventures, was honored by a leading national entrepreneurship organization last Saturday. |
| 18.01.2008 | UKRC Conference 200: Raising the profile of women scientists and engineers within the Media and creating partnerships for the future Discussing the role and responsibility of the mass media in portraying a positive representation of women in SET within the media will be the main theme of the UKRC’s annual conference. |
| 15.01.2008 | Conference Wroclaw - Summarising Result Paper Please find below the link to the summary of the most important points of the presentations and panel discussion in Wroclaw. |
| 14.01.2008 | bga - Fachtagung Good-Practice-Beispiele von Gründerinnen- und Unternehmerinnenzentren in Deutschland In der Fachtagung am 14. Januar in Berlin werden neue Erfolgsfaktoren und Gefährdungspotenziale anhand ausgewählter Good-Practice-Beispiele von Gründerinnen- und Unternehmerinnenzentren aus ganz Deutschland vorgestellt. Die Veranstaltung wendet sich insbesondere an Wirtschaftsförderungseinrichtungen und Multiplikatoren. Weiterer Informationen zu der Veransatltung finden Sie unter www.gruenderinnenagentur.de |
| 10.01.2008 | Jump - Homepage Forum for Active Women JUMP is the first General Public Forum dedicated to the professional life of women and to their career planning |
| 08.01.2008 | High Technology Small Firms Conference, May 21-23, 2008, Enschede, The Netherlands FemStart partner Nikos (Dutch Institute for Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship) of the University of Twente and the Manchester Business School (MBS), have the pleasure of inviting you to the High Technology Small Firms (HTSF) conference on May 21-23 2008, in Enschede, The Netherlands. |
| 10.12.2007 | FemStart Riga, LV - Programm verfügbar The programme for next month's FemStart conference is now online |
| 05.12.2007 | Erfolgreich ist weiblich - Neues BMBF-Projekt stellt sich vor Der Frauenanteil an den Gründungen aus den Technischen Hochschulen ist vergleichsweise gering. Das Projekt soll Frauen ermutigen, eine eigene Gründung in ihre Berufs- und Karriereplanung einzubeziehen. |
| 29.10.2007 | Programme for FemStart Riga to be announced shortly Look out for the fourth FemStart Conference programme which will be published here shortly. The conference will take place in Riga from 17. - 18. January 2008. |
| 08.10.2007 | High level of interest in FemStart Wroclaw Shortly before the conference, a high level of interest has been recorded for the event to take place in Wroclaw, Poland from 17. - 18. October 2007. Registration is only open until Wednesday this week, so book your place now. |
| 27.08.2007 | FemStart Wroclaw - Programme finalised The programme for next month's FemStart conference in Wroclaw finalised |
| 09.08.2007 | Online registration for third FemStart conference in Wroclaw commences The FemStart team are pleased to announce the opening of online registration for the conference in Wroclaw (Poland). |
| 07.08.2007 | European W.I.S.E.R. Festival in Maastricht (NL) Oct 4-5: Women in Science, Education and Research You are invited to the European Festival W.I.S.E.R (more Women in Science, Education and Research) in Maastricht (the Netherlands) on October 4 en 5, 2007. With W.I.S.E.R., a two-day European festival, we want to celebrate female talent, put female scientists in the spotlight and prime female academics to aim for the highest. W.I.S.E.R. offers inspiring keynotes and interviews with female scientists from all over Europe, debates on gender and scientific excellence; media training for female talent; HRM tools for change; mentoring and coaching; application training for professorships in Europe; workshops on aspects such as salary negotiations; and a research funding lab where experts give advice on how to write winning proposals. An accompanying art and culture track will provide a different perspective on the issue. |
| 09.07.2007 | Nordic Conference on Women's Entrepreneurship and Regional Development with focus on Women's Resource Centres (WRCs) The preliminary programme has been announced for the Nordic Conference on Women's Entrepreneurship and Regional Development with focus on Women's Resource Centres (WRCs) to be held on 19. October 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden. |
| 28.06.2007 | Experts discussion on how to promote women scientists to start a business in Riga |
| 25.06.2007 | fusion - Opportunities for women-owned businesses in Science, Engineering, Construction and Technology fusion - the first UK conference and exhibition on women business owners in Science, Engineering, Construction and Technology (SECT). This event aims to open doors to new market opportunities for female business owners in the SECT industries and inform corporate and Government procurers on how their supply chain can benefit from untapped talent. Don't miss this opportunity to be at the forefront of a new movement in UK innovation. |
| 15.06.2007 | Frauen schaffen Innovation in Europa - Frauen aus Forschung und Industrie vernetzen sich in Freiburg Am Mittwoch, den 27. Juni 2007 findet in Freiburg (DE) die nächste Infoveranstaltung der Reihe „Frauen aus Forschung und Industrie vernetzen sich“ statt. |
| 21.05.2007 | Conference Valencia - Summarising Result Paper Please find below the link to the summary of the most important points of the presentations and panel discussion in Valencia. |
| 16.05.2007 | Dates announced for fourth FemStart Event We are pleased to announce that the 4th FemStart will take place in Riga, Latvia from 17. - 18. January 2008. More information will follow shortly. |
| 14.05.2007 | European Platform of Women Scientists holds first General Assembly The European Platform of Women Scientists held its first General Assembly in Brussels on 27-28 April 2007. Following an extensive one-year membership outreach, EPWS now counts 107 members – networks of women scientists and networks promoting women scientists, individuals and supporting organisations – together representing more than 8000 scientists. All full members of the Association attended the General Assembly. The disciplines represented cover a variety of areas, such as: humanities, social sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry and economics. The new members expressed their views and voted on the strategic direction and future work programme of the Platform. The existing Board of Administration members were unanimously confirmed in their position by the Assembly. The General Assembly also extended the Board of Administration to increase its geographical representation from Eastern Europe (Lithuania) and Southern Europe (Portugal). For more information and your opportunity to apply for membershi, please contact EPWS directly (follow the link below and click on "Membership"). |
| 11.05.2007 | Support for families 'essential for more growth and jobs' The Commission is urging action on better gender-equality policies and support for families so that Europeans can have the number of children they want and pursue a successful career, to counter the ageing population and reach the Lisbon targets of more growth and jobs. |
| 17.04.2007 | Registration deadline for the 2nd event, Valencia on 20. April 2007 Registration deadline approaching - don't forget your registration for the 2nd event in Valencia. Online registration is possible until Friday 20. April 2007. |
| 13.04.2007 | Conference: Gender Issues in Research - Innovation through Gender Equality, Berlin, 18.-19.April The conference, organised by the Center of Excellence Women and Science (CEWS), is intented to explore the new structures, measures and activities which are being developed in Germany to ensure equal opportunitites for women scientists. |
| 26.03.2007 | Encouragement to Advance - Training Seminars for Women Scientists "Encouragement to Advance - Training Seminars for Women Scientists" that is coordinated by the Center of Excellence Women and Science CEWS. CEWS is part of the German Social Science Infrastructure Services GESIS, member of the Leibniz Association. |
| 16.03.2007 | Conference Stuttgart - Summarising Result Paper Please find below the link to the summary of the most important points of the presentations and panel discussion in Stuttgart. |
| 07.03.2007 | Photos of the first FemStart conference are published Photos of the first FemStart conference in Stuttgart on 14-15. February 2007 are published. |
| 06.03.2007 | European Presidency Conference in Stuttgart, 13. - 15. May 2007 The European Presidency Conference "EUR Future - European Researchers of Tomorrow: Crossing the Borders of Academia and Industry" will take place in Stuttgart's Haus der Wirtschaft from 13. - 15. May 2007. |
| 16.02.2007 | First FemStart Forum attracts good attendance The first FemStart Forum in Stuttgart took place from 14. - 15. February. 90 participants from 10 countries attended and made their contribution to the debate. |
| 09.02.2007 | First FemStart Forum set to welcome guests from Europe FemStart's first expert forum will take place in Stuttgart next week. With over 80 participants from 9 countries expected to attend, the organisers are looking forward to instigating an interesting debate. |
| 07.02.2007 | Neue Auszeichnung für innovative Frauen ins Leben gerufen Am 6. Februar wurde in Brüssel eine neue Auszeichnung zur Anerkennung der Leistungen der innovativsten Frauen in Europa ins Leben gerufen. |
| 26.01.2007 | Registration deadline approaching Please note that the deadline for registering to participate at FemStart's first event is getting closer. |
| 22.01.2007 | Speaker profiles online The first speaker profiles of the FemStart Conference in Stuttgart are online. |
| 04.01.2007 | Online registration commences The FemStart team are pleased to announce the opening of online registration. |
| 03.01.2007 | Happy New Year The FemStart partners would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. |
| 19.12.2006 | Programme for FemStart Stuttgart available for download Conference Programme available for download. |
| 15.12.2006 | Programme for FemStart Stuttgart finalised The conference programme for the first FemStart event in Stuttgart has been finalised and will be available to download shortly. |
| 08.12.2006 | National Agency for Women Start-ups Activities and Services (bga) backs FemStart Germany's National Agency for Women Start-ups Activities and Services (bga) has announced their backing for the FemStart initiative. |
| 08.12.2006 | Erster Preis in der Kategorie Wegbereiter des Unternehmertums für ifex bei den European Enterprise Awards in Brüssel Jetzt ist es offiziell: unter den letzten zwölf Nominierten hat ifex, die Initiative für Existenzgründungen und Unternehmensnachfolge des Wirtschaftsministeriums Baden-Württemberg, den ersten Preis in der Kategorie für den unternehmerischen Wegbereiter (Entrepreneurial Trailblazer Award) erhalten. |
| 24.11.2006 | Dates finalised for second FemStart Event FemStart initiative announces dates for second event |
| 10.11.2006 | Dates finalised for first FemStart Event FemStart initiative announces dates for first event |