For the International Day of Girls and Women in Science, the EU-funded projects MEDNIGHT & PATTERN, and the MCAA France Chapter, are delighted to invite you to the event "Women of Science & Tech: Research, Resolve, Revolution".

The event features a conference about Empowering Women in Science with various speakers from the Education, Research, Technology, and Science Policy sectors. Following the conference, there will be the launch of the MEDNIGHT exhibition "Les Marie Curie de la Méditerranée", interactive activities with ClaudeAI and a networking aperitif.

When: 14/02/25, 6 PM - 9 PM

Where: Learning Planet Institute, 8 bis Rue Charles V, 75004 Paris

Reservation link: here

Please find below the event agenda.

18h (CET) Introduction and Welcome

• François Taddei, President of Learning Planet Institute (LPI)
• Corinne Portioli, Vice Chair of Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA)
• Francesca Foliti, Project Manager at the Agency for the Promotion of European Research (APRE), Project Leader of PATTERN Open Research
• Giulia Rizzo, Chair of MCAA France and Representative of MEDNIGHT project

18h10 (CET) Roundtable on Bridging the Gaps and Opportunities to advance training in Gender and Inclusion in Research and Education

Moderator: Camille Gaulon, Pedagogical & Scientific Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Frontiers of Research and Education (FIRE) Doctoral School

Roundtable panellists:

• Andrea Giraldo Sevilla, Research Manager at the Citizen Science Team
• Caroline Nyaga, Founder of Women in STEAM initiative and Teacher Trainer at Digital Education Africa Network
• Fernanda Bajanca, Clinical Research Manager at CHU Toulouse
• Lucile Alexandre, MSCA Postdoctoral Researcher at Université Paris Cité
• Una McCarthy-Fakhry, Senior Project Officer, Section of Education for Inclusion and Gender Equality at UNESCO HQ, Paris

18h50 (CET) Roundtable on How to link Gender and Inclusion in Tech and Science Policies towards Societal Challenges

Moderator: Asya Salnikova, Science Officer at the European Science Foundation

Roundtable panellists:

• Lora Gailly, Associate Project Officer of the UNESCO Call to Action “Closing the Gender Gap in Science”, Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Section of UNESCO Headquarters
• Kave Bulambo, Founder of BlackinTechBerlin and TalentDiverse
• Ariane A. Corradi, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and Founder of ACorradi Consulting
• Radenka Krsmanovic Whiffen, Founding Chair of the MCAA Western Balkans Chapter

19h30 (CET) Networking Cocktail, interactive activity with ClaudeAI and MEDNIGHT Exhibition "Les Marie Curie de la Mediterranée"