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ECWT Newsletter - May 2013






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ECWT Newsletter
May 2013

New ECWT Partnerships

Collaboration with WhatIF International
28/05/13 08:33 PM

ECWT as a strong believer of Strategic Cooperation and collaboration with active Networks, has signed a cooperation agreement with the goal to...

ECWT Commiting to active involvement in EURICA
28/05/13 09:23 PM

ECWT and several of its member organizations are involved in the development of the EURICCA Initiative with the goal to strengthen EU Cultural sector... 

Research

CERN advises UN on bringing women into science
12/05/13 11:05 AM

European physics laboratory CERN dedicated its first act as an observer to the United Nations General Assembly to addressing the disparity between the...

She Figures 2012 - Gender in Research and Innovation

'This is the fourth issue of She Figures since the Commission first published it in 2003 and the analyses presented show that we are far from achieving gender equality in research.' 

Workforce

Workplace flexibility and the next generations -
PwC Global Generation Study

25/05/13 07:45 AM

When leadership and organisations understand that flexibility and work/life balance are not just Millennial- or women-focused challenges, then we will...

Bundestag in Germany rejects mandatory quota for women in company boards
06/05/13 06:57 AM

The German parliament has the 18 April 2013 rejected a proposed minimum quota for female company executives. 

The FTSE Board Report, UK
26/05/13 02:30 PM

The authors of the 2013 Cranfield Female FTSE board report have expressed concern that after a short period of growth, complacency may again be..

Global Women

WICTAD Forum Statement
13/05/13 09:01 AM

The first meeting of the Women, ICT (Information and Communication Technologies), and Development (WICTAD) International Forum held in Washington DC, January 10-11, 2013 formulates emergingprinciples and identifies ten key recommendations for collaboration.

US Study Takes Mystery Out of Hiring Tech Women

The present study is the first in a series of reports focusing on solutions companies can employ to improve the recruitment, retention, and advancement of technical women. 

OBS! Deadline for EU Competition for ICT 2013: Wednesday 5th June 2013, 16:00 CET

Call for students / young ambassadors
02/05/13 10:02 AM

Become a student ambassador & Present your own ICT project at the European ICT flagship event ICT 2013 the 6-8 November in Vilnius. Applications...

Student ICT research project competition
02/05/13 10:02 AM

Become a student ambassador & Present your own ICT project at the European ICT flagship event ICT 2013 the 6-8 November in Vilnius. Applications...

Key events coming up

3rd Digital Agenda Assembly
Start: 18/06/13 10:00 AM
End: 20/06/13 06:00 PM
Ireland, Dublin

The Digital Agenda Assembly is an annual assembly of government, commercial sector and civil society stakeholders. The main aim of the event is to assess progress and identify challenges for the Digital Agenda for Europe.

Gender - an innovation factor for clusters
Start: 27/06/13 09:30 AM
End: 27/06/13 01:00 PM
Linz, Austria

NGender and diversity are seen as important innovation factors for innovation-ecosystems like clusters. The CENTRAL EUROPE Interreg Project CluStrat will present some good examples of Boosting innovation through new cluster concepts at its workshop in Linz.

AGM of the  ECWT
Start: 06/11/13 08:30 AM
End: 08/11/13 03:00 PM
Lithuania, Vilnius

The ICT flagship event of the European Commission will be 6-8 November 2013 at Litexpo in Vilnius.

The Gender Dimension of HORIZON2020
Start: 03/10/13 09:00 AM
End: 03/10/13 04:00 PM
Szekesfehervar, Hungary

An international conference organized by NaTe - Hungarian Women in Science, the Hungarian National Point of Contact of the ECWT and hosted by Óbuda University, a centre of excellence in engineering research.

 

WIRES3 – Women’s International Research Engineering Summit 2013
Start: 09/09/13 08:00 AM
End: 12/09/13 05:00 PM
Athens, Greece

NSF, GeorgiaTech and the Ohio State University join forces with the European Centre for Women and Technology to sustain a community of excellence for Women's International Research Engineering Summits.

ICT2013
Start: 06/11/13 08:30 AM
End: 08/11/13 03:00 PM
Lithuania, Vilnius

The ICT flagship event of the European Commission will be 6-8 November 2013 at Litexpo in Vilnius.

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