ECWT Newsletters

ECWT in e-skills Week 2012
05/07/12 02:48 AM

ECWT has played an active role in driving the women and e-skills agenda in 2012 year's e-skills Week and has been successful in gathering Italian...

ECWT among the key contributors of the e-skills manifesto
25/07/12 10:07 AM

ECWT has contributed to the manifesto with Chapter 4 Unlocking the Full Potential of Women.

CEPIS Micro-conference on challenge of attracting young women to IT
08/06/12 06:57 PM

CEPIS, an active member of the ECWT hosted a micro-conference on the women and ICT agenda in Brussels and sponsored...

STEM-Learning

Concerted US actions to promote STEM among girls
24/07/12 12:22 PM

National level coordinated actions and support of the White House help to raise national awareness, spread good examples and mobilize for getting more girls into STEM careers in the US.

Better Future for STEM Learning – NEW ITEST Engineering Model
22/07/12 08:37 PM

The report shares an Engineering Education Model drawn from the experiences of projects funded by the National Science Foundation’s Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program.

ECWT takes part in the inGenious ECB Partners Meeting in Brussels
18/07/12 04:21 PM

Report by ECWT's representative in the inGenious project's dissemination meeting held in Brussels the 21st of June.

Organizational news

Completing ERA and open access to scientific information

25/07/12 10:08 AM

Summary of the two important policy papers adopted by the European Commission 17th of July 2012.

DG CONNECT - a reorganized directorate general to manage the Digital Agenda
25/07/12 10:06 AM

As of 1st July 2012 DG CONNECT - the European Commission Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology will manage the Digital Agenda of the EU.

The UKRC-WISE announces new Director
08/06/12 06:57 PM

CEPIS, an active member of the European Centre for Women and Technology hosted a micro-conference on the women in ICT agenda in Brussels and sponsored...

Upcoming events

Online competition for Social Entrepreneurs and Tech innovators with solutions for girls

start: 016/06/12
end: 15/08/12
Global

Global online competition to enrich the lives of girls and women.

STEM conference in Netherlands - Note the conference location has changed from Amsterdam to Haarlem
start: 05/09/12 09:00 AM
end: 06/09/12 05:00 PM
Haarlem, The Netherlands

The STEM Network Conference organized by VHTO will address Gender & STEM Educational and Occupational Pathways and Participation in a global context.

Launch of a new entity- Bulgarian Centre for Women in Technology to function as the Bulgarian N-PoC of the ECWT
start: 20/09/12 10:00 AM
end: 20/09/12 04:00 PM
Sofia, Bulgaria

Bulgarian Centre of Women in Technology (BCWT) will be a new oragization established to promote more girls and women in the technology sector reflecting Bulgaria's interest to be the new Silicon Valley of Europe!

90th anniversary celebrations of Georgia Technical University
start: 18/09/12 10:00 AM
end: 21/09/12 06:00 PM
Tbilisi, Georgia

The prominent technical university has strong links to around fifty universities around the world and was visited by a delegation from NSF 2 June 2012.

More Technologies – More Women Entrepreneurs
start: 06/11/12 10:00 AM
end: 06/11/12 06:00 PM
Athens Greece

The final conference of the ladybizIT project will present European best practices of ICT supported women entrepreneurship.

Women & Technology 2012 Milano with a focus on e-nutrition
start: 06/11/12 09:00 AM
end: 06/11/12 11:45 PM
Milano, Italy

The prestigeous international conference will focus in 2012 on e-nutrion.

CONNECT Me! Social inclusion, e-inclusion, web-based learning approach
start: 22/11/12 09:00 AM
end: 22/11/12 05:30 PM
Milano, Italy

Welcome to join a high-level European conference targeting European level policy makers, social inclusion and life long learning decision makers and e-learning service providers from all around Europe to share the experiences of the CONNECT Community.

European Gender Summit 2012 Aligning Agendas for Excellence

start: 29/11/12 02:00 PM
end: 30/11/12 05:00 PM
Brussels, Belgium

The 2nd European Gender Summit - EGS 2012 will be held at the European Parliament, Brussels on the 29th and 30th of November. The theme of the conference is Aligning Agendas for Excellence.

Announcement: Junior Professorship for Gender Studies in Cumputer Science at the University of Freiburg

ECWT welcomes its newest members!

Name

Organization

Country

Katia Marchesin
ADL Engineering Group Center of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies-CSG Italy Italy

Toula Tranaka
GynaikaSimera – Women Today Greece

Marietta Nagy
T-soft Engineering Office Ltd. Hungary

Narine Abazian
Women and Information Society Armenia

Binah Baum
Professor, Ben Gurion of the Negev University Israel

Michela Cozza
Individual, PhD in Information Systems and Organizations, Dept. of Sociology and
Social Research, University of Trento Italy

Elissavet Kyritsi

Individual
Greece

Theresa Mercer Dr.
Environmental scientist, Keele University, Environment, Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics Research Group (EPSAM) United Kingdom

Benbitour née      Khennane Messaouda
Individual, Researcher solar energy Algeria

Milena Mihailova
Ardency Consulting Bulgaria

Olubunmi Opeodu
Individual United Kingdom

Shoreh Hosseinifard
Individual Iran

Gra Studzinska-Cavour
Trainer, Digital Poland Poland

Beata Szoboszlai Individual Hungary

Anka Trajkovska Petkoska Researcher Assistant Professor, Faculty of Technology and Technical Sciences,
Veles, University St. Clement Ohridski – Bitola Macedonia

Toula Tranaka Editor   Greece

Paata Tsagareishvili
Individual Georgia

Maria Zarotiadou
Individual Greece

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