3rd European Research & Innovation Exhibition:
Paris, France, 7-9 June 2007. http://www.european-research-exhibition.com/

European Women Inventors & Innovators Conference & Awards
Berlin, Germany, 14 & 16 June 2007. http://www.euwiin.com

Wonbit: Women on Biotechnology, Scientific and Feminist Approaches
Rome, Italy, 21-23 June 2007. http://www.wonbit.net

INWES Regional Symposium on Women Scientists and Engineers in New EU Countries and Eastern Europe
Wroclaw, Poland 2-4 July 2007. http://www.inwes.org

5th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education
Berlin, Germany, 28-31 August 2007. http://www2.hu-berlin.de/eq-berlin2007/

European Women in Mathematics
Cambridge, UK, 3-6 September 2007. http://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/ewm

Encouragement to Advance - Training Seminars for Women Scientists
Encouragement to Advance - Training Seminars for Women Scientists coordinated by the Center of Excellence Women and Science CEWS The project is funded through the 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission and aims to support female scientists to prepare for appointment procedures for a professorship in six different countries of the European Research Area. For more detailed information see http://www.cews.org.

Women in Engineering and Technology Research International Conference
Palais du Luxembourg, Paris (France) 26-27 October 2007. http://www.prometea.info/conference2007

Computer Science & IT Education Conference (CSITEd 2007)
The Republic of Mauritius (Indian Ocean), November 16-18, 2007, Hosted by the University of Technology Mauritius. http://CSITEd.org

International Colloquium 2007:
Empowering Women in Engineering and Technology: Global Efforts for Local Empowerment.

This international conference, sponsored by the World Federation of Engineering Organisations, will take place on 6th –8th June in Tunis, Tunisia. For more information please visit: http://wfeo.org/women/index.html
Flyer - International Colloqium 2007

Booklet published aimed at encouraging women returners to return to a career into ITEC
WiTEC UK, as a partner in the Equalitec project, has recently published a booklet entitled ‘ITEC Career Opportunities for Women Returners’ which outlines potential areas in ITEC open to women returners, the benefits of working in ITEC and also features case studies of women who have returned either as entrepreneurs, employees or trainees in ITEC. The booklet will be available as a resource from the Equalitec website.
The booklet was co-financed by the ITEC Skills Team at the DTI who are working with a number of organisations to make a difference in the gender balance within ITEC fields. Please click here to view the booklet (pdf format): http://www.equalitec.org.uk/equalitec_main/contents/final_version_for_print.pdf

A Women fair (Bologna, 3rd-6th May 2007)
Four days entirely dedicated to women, in other words, Universo donna (Female Universe): this is the event planned from 3rd to 6th May 2007 at the historical Palazzo Re Enzo in Bologna city centre. This fair will bring together cultural, commercial and entertainment activities focussed on the female universe. Cultural events will be coordinated by a Honour Committee among whose members is the Italian WiTEC delegate (Miretta Giacometti). Within this commercial event, on May 5th she will organize a conference about women in University and the attitude to entrepreneurship of university female students and will coordinate a round table on promoting female entrepreneurship.
At the end, the best graduated females from the Faculties of Engineering and Industrial Chemistry of the University of Bologna will be awarded. Further information at http://www.universodonnaexpo.com

A bridge between Bologna and the Silicon Valley
‘La Storia nel futuro. Cultura d’Impresa ed Innovazione in Emilia-Romagna’ (History in the Future. The Culture of Enterprise and Innovation in Emilia-Romagna): this is the name of the project coordinated by Miretta Giacometti, WiTEC delegate in Italy and sponsored by some regional companies and the University of Bologna. The project is based on 5 conferences focused on innovation and competitiveness in some industrial sectors; company managers and academics will discuss these topics in front of university students. Six of them (three women and three men) will be awarded with a two weeks study tour of high- tech companies in the Silicon Valley (California). Two conferences were held in November 2006, three more will be realised in March and April 2007.
More details at http://ilo.unibo.it/Seminari-e-California/About-en.htm

Eco-engineering Workshop
The Equalitec programme has organised a One Day Workshop on Sustainable Future through Eco-Engineering 29/01/07 at the Institute of Engineering and Technology in London, UK. Discover the challenges and opportunities in this fast- developing area of SET from organisations such as Sony, e2v, Richard Rogers Partnership, UK CEED, Imperial College, EPSRC and others.
For more information please visit: http://www.equalitec.org.uk/equalitec_main/images/IET_29jan07.GIF
To book please email events@equalitec.org.uk

The Career Benchmark Tool
The Career Benchmark Tool has been designed by the w-fFORTE innovation programme – the programme funded by the Austrian Ministry of Economics and Labour.

The career benchmark tool is an assistance tool for career planning. It focuses with its questionnaire on female managers and researchers in technical-scientific areas. The questionnaire is designed to be as suitable for job beginners as for senior experts. The interview and the analysis will take about 15 minutes and is absolutely anonymous. The participants will be asked about their education, current job situation, career opportunities as well as about support of their families. The answers are compared within the target groups. The outcome will be provided immediately online.

Due to the cooperation between the w-fFORTE programme and WiTEC Austria, we would like to invite you to complete the online-questionnaire of the Career Benchmarking Tool.

The online-questionnaire is available under: Online Career Benchmark Tool


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