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Supporting Women in scientific careers can be done in several ways – about the effectiveness and the experiences with networking, seminars, and mentoring informs the conference ‘Supporting Women in Scientific Careers’, taking place on June 26th and 27th, 2008 in Brussels. Two EU-projects – ‘Encouragement to Advance – Training Seminars for Women Scientists’ coordinated by the Center of Excellence Women and Science and ‘Advanced Training for Women in Scientific Research’ coordinated by Danube University Krems – are hosting jointly the final event of their projects.
As concrete results of the conference the following key points for the development of sustainable career paths in academia are aspired: The implementation of a mentoring program at universities accompanied by a special targeted training; supporting the implementation of the seminar and training concept of ‘Encouragement to Advance’, which supports female scientists in getting prepared for appointment procedures for professorships.
The conference addresses HR responsibles from universities and research organisations, who would like to gain information on instruments and supportive modules like training seminars, mentoring, and summer schools for women scientists. Furthermore, the conference addresses post-graduates, doctoral students, post-doc researchers, and senior level researchers who are interested in career development as well as commissioners for equal opportunities.
Both projects intend to improve the situation of female scientists in the European Union and are funded within the 6th EU research framework program. For further information about the conference please visit our websites www.cews.org or www.advance-project.eu. If you would like to attend the conference, please send the registration form to silke.toelle@cews.org or to manuela.krug@donau-uni.ac.at until June 6th 2008. Participation in the conference is free.
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