16:00 Registration
17:00 Welcome
Dr., Prof. Baiba Rivža, Minister of Education and Science, LV
Dr., Prof. Tatjana Volkova, BA School of Business and Finance, Rector, LV
17:30 Keynote Speech
- Dr., Prof. Jānis Stabulnieks, Latvian Technological Center, Director
18:00 Reception (Hotel “Konventa sēta”)
9.00 Registration and Coffee
9.30 Opening Remarks
Dr., Prof. Tatjana Volkova, BA School of Business and Finance, Rector, LV
9.40 Female Scientists and Entrepreneurs
- Christina Diegelmann, Ministry of Economic Affairs Baden-Württemberg, DE
- Dr. Maija Bundule, represented by Dr. Gita Rēvalde, Ministry of Education and Science, LV
- Tiia Raudma, Estonian Ministry of Education and Research, EE
- Dr. Aurelia Novelskaite, Institute for Social Research, LT
- Dr. Kirsti Dautzenberg, University of Potsdam, DE
Moderator/Chairperson: Dr. Ineke Jenniskens, Nikos – University of Twente, NL
11.00 Coffee Break
11.30 Programmes and Policies Supporting Technology Oriented Female Entrepreneurship
- Dr. Ilze Beverte, University of Latvia Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Latvian Technological Center, LV
- Aiva Vīksna, Association “Lidere“, LV
- Līga Vecā, EQUAL project “Reducing Causes of Professional Segregation”, LV
- Veneta Ivanova and Wolfgang Kniejski, INI-Novation GmbH, SWITCH project, DE
Moderator/Chairperson: Dr. Gheorghe Valentin Roman, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest, RO
13.00 Lunch
14.30 Panel Discussion: Female Entrepreneurship-Personal Experience, Problems and Challenges, Future Vision and Tasks
- Dr.,Prof. Dagnija Blumberga, Riga Technical University, “Ekodoma”, LV
- Dr. Monika Pramann Salu, Inotex Grupp OÜ, EE
- Dr. Edīte Kaufmane, Latvia State Institute of Fruit-Growing, LV
- Dr. Gunta Šlihta, Institute of Physical Energetics, Latvian Academy of Science, LV
- Dr. Erna Gailīte-Karule, Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy, LV
Moderator/Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Tatjana Volkova, BA School of Business and Finance, LV
15.45 Summarising Remarks
16.00 End of the Conference