Women contributions to engineering-technology and life sciences sectors have been exponentially increasing in the last decade. On the other hand women still face great difficulties in developing professional careers in equal opportunities to those of men in these sectors, especially regarding their proportion and representation at the higher levels of hierarchical ladder.

The UNICAFE Project (2006-2008) aimed to conduct a survey with seven partnering universities from six countries, on university career of female scientists at life sciences versus technical universities. Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Women Academics in Engineering-Technology and Life Sciences across Europe Conference aims to present the outcomes of UNICAFE project and to bring together the scholars and researchers from all over the world who are currently working on the current situation and future perspectives of Women Academics in engineering, technology and life sciences.

Conference will focus on enhancing and disseminating existing knowledge on career patterns of female scientists at universities. Conference also aims to draw the attention of the university management and decision makers to the importance of ensuring equal opportunities to women and men and the practice of gender mainstreaming as a policy of the European Union.

The project is lead by the Hungarian Science and Technology Foundation - TET Alapitvany and partners are:

• Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
• Graz Medical University, Austria 
• Semmelweis University, Hungary
• Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
• University of Oulu, Finland
• Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• University of Tor Vergata, Italy.

The conference:

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