|
Wednesday June 6
13:00
– 17:00
Workshop for selected women
19:00 – 21:00
Welcoming Reception
Sponsored
by Hewlett-Packard
Thursday June 7
9:00
– 10:15 Opening Session
Moderator: Claudia Morrell
, Executive Director of CWIT, Chair of ITF and
Conference Co-chair, USA
-
Kamel Ayadi
– WFEO
President
and Conference
Chair –
Tunisia
-
Ellen
Sauerbrey - US
Assistant Secretary of State - USA
-
Walter R. Erdelen, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences,
UNESCO
-
Ghlem Dabbèche - OIT President - Tunisia
-
Keynote speech by Tunisian Government Representative
10:15 – 10:45
Networking Break
10:45 –
12:00 Keynote
Speakers I
Room
SERAIL
Moderator: Barry Grear, WFEO
President-elect
- Australia
12:00 – 13:15
Lunch (Networking
Time)
13:15 – 14:15 Introduction to
Four Tracks
Room
SERAIL
Moderator:
Bebia Chihi, CEO, Société Nationale de Distribution des Pétroles -
SNDP-Tunisia
1)
Girls and
Women in Engineering Education
Rapporteur:Duncan Fraser, Centre for Research in
Engineering Education, University of Cape Town, South Africa
-
Barbara Waugh
, Director of University
Relations, Hewlett-Packard
- USA
2)
Women
Engineers and Technologists:
Entrepreneurs of Small and Medium Enterprises
Rapporteur: Jennifer DeBoer, WFEO Researcher and
MIT Engineer - Tunisia/USA
-
Marina Larios
,
President,
European Association for Women in Science, Engineering and
Technology
-
UK
3)
Women Enabling
Technology in Communities
Rapporteur: Monique Frize, President, INWES - Canada
-
Najat Rochdi,
Regional Coordinator , ICTDAR
(UNDP)
(representing Arab countries)
-
Morocco
4) Women Engineers and Technologists:
The Workforce
Rapporteur: Ann Holmes, Principal Consultant, Ann
Holmes & Associates, and Board Member, Women in Global Science
and Technology - Canada
-
Dana Winner, Executive Director, IMTAS; KM
Institute for Iraq and Kuwait
-
USA
14:30
– 15:45 Breakout
Sessions 1
1)
Girls and Women in
Engineering Education: A Global Perspective
Room AL-DIWAN
Moderator: Russel Jones,
Chair, WFEO Capacity Building Committee -
USA
-
Raoudha Ben Othman (Tunisia)
-Images of Engineers and Engineering Among Tunisian Young
People
-
Pamela
Alvarez and Carola Alejandra
Blazquez -
Chile - Women Faculty
Members in Engineering Departments Across Chilean
Universities
-
Carla Giovana
Cabral - Brazil -The Women in Brazilian
Schools of Engineering: History, Education and
Future
-
Anntonette
Joseph -
Australia
- Gen2Y: Gender and Generational Issues from the Perspective
of a Young Engineer
-
Peggy Layne
- USA
-Using Data to Drive Institutional Change
2)
Women
Engineers and Technologists: Appreciating Your Entrepreneurial
Spirit
Room LE MOULIN
Moderator: Henda Ben
Ghezala, Ministry of Higher Education and Technology, Tunisia
3)
Women EnablingTechnology
in Communities: Mining for Advancement
Room KHIMA
Moderator: Nadia
Ghazzali, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Université
Laval - Canada/Morroco
-
Regina Stella Fittipaldi, CONFEA- Brazil:
Taking Care: Ethics for Participative Management
-
Olga Loffredi, Landmark Education Business
Development - USA
Case Study of Community
Sustainability Efforts inside a Mining Operation in Africa –
LonMin
-
Youn Jung Park, Syracuse University - USA:
Introduction to Internet Governance and Women Policymakers
4)
Women
Engineers and Technologists:
Encouraging Women Engineers to Occupy Top Managerial Positions
Room SERAIL
Moderator:
Suzelle Barrington, President, Canadian Memorial Engineering
Foundation (Canada)
-
Sylvie Beland, Canadian Space Agency
- Canada
-
Carlien Dorcas
Bou-Chedid, Ghana Institute of Engineers -
Ghana
-
Claudio Santibanez,
Inter-American Development Bank (representing
South America)
15:45 – 16:15
Networking Break
16:15
– 17:30 Breakout
Sessions II
1)
Girls
and Women in Engineering Education:
Promoting Technological
Studies in Higher Education
Room
AL-DIWAN
Moderator:
Margarita Artal, Director of CIREM-Barcelona ( Foundation Center for
European initiatives and research in the Mediterranea ) and member
of the Research Program on Women and the Information and
Communication Technologies, Open University Catalonia (UOC)
-
André Béraud,
Researcher and Networking Manager for ECEPIE (Egalité des Chances
dans les Etudes et la Profession d’Ingénieur en Europe) - France
-
Capitolina
Diaz, Associate Professor, University of Oriedo, and Director of the
Women and Science Unit, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science - Spain
-
Veronica
Hisado, M.Sc. Telecommunications Engineering and M.Sc. Mathematics,
Gender and ICT Consultant, Artau Equality Policy - Spain
-
Milagros Sainz, Researcher for the Program on Gender and ICT, Open
University, Catalonia - Spain
2)
Women Engineers
and Technologists: Motivation of
Enterprising Women
Room
LE MOULIN
Moderator:
Prof. Najla Bouden Romdhane, Ministry of Higher Education& Technology,
Tunisia
-
Sheila Pen ,
University of Bath - UK
-
Chiheb Bouden, ENIT, University El Manar -
Tunisia
-
Linda Alepin, Global Women's
Leadership Network - USA
3)
Women
Enabling Technology in Communities: Propelling Women
via Technology
Room
KHIMA
Moderator:
Yvette Ramos, Director, INWES - France
-
Issie Gueye, INWES Director and CIFISATS Secretary General
-Ivory Coast
Reinforcing the Capacity of ICTs for
Women Engineers and Scientists
-
Dillip Pattanaik, Director,
IRMA India
Community Information Centre: Empowering Women in Rural Orissa
4)
Women Engineers
and Technologists: Making
Engineering More Attractive to Women
Room
SERAIL
Moderator: Mariam Jaïdène, Professor, ENIT, University El Manar
-
Tunisia
-
Sharifa Bader Al-Fadala,
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research -
Kuwait
-
Gunilla Burrowes,
School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT
University -Australia
-
Lula Mohanty, IBM
- India
17:45
– 18:15 Brief Day 1: Reports from the 4
Rapporteurs
Room
SERAIL
19:30 – 21:00
Networking reception / Poster
presentations
Room
KHIMA
Sponsored by CISCO
Friday June 8
9:00
– 10:15
Keynote Speakers II
Room
SERAIL
Moderator:
Alifa Farouk,Ombudsman of Tunisia, -Tunisia
10:15 – 11:30
Breakout
Sessions
III
1)
Girls and Women in
Engineering Education: Enhancing Access
Room
AL-DIWAN
Moderator: Bethany
Jones, Distinguished Professor, James Madison University (USA)
-
Yvette Ramos (France) - Actions to Encourage Female Students to
Become Engineers
-
Anupama Pande (India)
– Powering the Revolution
-
Sandhya Prabhakaran (India)
– Are You a Successful Engineer?
-
Anupama Saxena and
Malathi Subramanian (India) – Women
in Engineering and Technology Education in
India: Prospects for Rural Women
2)
Women Engineers
and Technologists: Building Bridgees
and Closing Gaps
Room
LE MOULIN
Moderator: Riadh Zghal,
Professor Emeritus, University of Sfax -Tunisia
-
Margaret Ajibode (UK/Africa)
– Bridging the Gap for Women in
Africa Using Engineering and Technology
-
Hayfaa
Almudhaf, Kuwait Institute of scientific Research
-
Patricia Garcia Guevara, University of Guadalajara, Mexico
3) Empowering Women
Through Traditional and New Media
Room
KHIMA
Moderator: Peri Shamsai,
Discovery Communications
-
Lori Post, Assistant Dean for Research, College of
Communication Arts & Science, Michigan State University
-
Diane Butts, Television Manager, Voice of America
-
Julia Wilson, Wilson Global Communications
4)
Women Engineers
and Technologists: Barriers
Limiting Women from Engineering
Room
SERAIL
Moderator:
Sylvie Beland, Canadian Space Agency (Canada)
-
Jyotsna Anand, IBM India Pvt.Ltd (Sweden)
-
Faiza
Azzouz, Ministere des Technologies de la Communication (Tunisia)
-
Yixin
Zhong, University of Posts and
Telecommunications (China)
11:30 – 12:00
Networking
Break
12:00 – 13:15
Breakout Sessions IV
1)
Girls
and Women in Engineering Education: Who Will beTomorrow's Education
Leaders? A
Toolkit for Engaging Your Colleagues in Transformation for Equity
Room
AL-DIWAN
Moderator: Lisa Frehill , Executive Director,
Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (USA)
2)
Women Engineers
and Technologists: Women Engineers
in Technological Research
Room
LE MOULIN
Moderator: Suzelle
Barrington, President, Canadian Memorial Engineering Foundation - Canada
-
Andre Beraud, ECEPIE
(France)
-
Felizitas Sagebiel,
University of Wuppertal (Germany)
-
Anita Thaler, Inter-University Research Centre for Technology,
Work and Culture -Austria- , and
-
Jennifer Dahmen, University of Wuppertal, Germany
3)
Women
Enabling Technology in Communities:Empowering
Women in Rural Communities
Room
KHIMA
Moderator: Olu Awoyinfa, Secretary
General, Federation of African Organizations of Engineers -Nigeria
-
Sogani Reetu, Chief Coordinator,
Community Awareness Centre -India
-
Svetlana
Aslanyan, Founding President, Center for Development of Civil
Society and Women’s Scholar Council -
Armenia
4)
Women
Engineers and Technologists:
Cultural Diversity Issues Influencyng Women Engineers to Join the
Workforce
Room
SERAIL
Moderator: Jennifer DeBoer, WFEO
Researcher and MIT Engineer -Tunisia/USA
-
Ikbel Gharbi ,
Professor, University Zeïtouna -Tunisia:
Women, Islam and Knowledge
-
Lela Barbosa de Sousa Sa, Confea, Brasilia- Italy
-
Kehinde Taiwo, Obafewi Awolowo University -Nigeria
13:15 – 14:30
Lunch (Networking
Time)
14:30
– 15:00
Keynote Speakers
III
Room
SERAIL)
Moderator : Semia Melham, Senior
Operations Officer, Global Information and Communication
Technology in Latin America -Argentina
15:00 – 16:30
Major National and International Organizations Supporting
Women in Engineering and Technology
Room
SERAIL
Moderator: Tony
Majoram, Program Specialist, UNESCO
-
Gloria Bonder, Chair, UNESCO Women,
Science and Technology in Latin America
-Argentina
-
Soukeina Bouraoui -
General Director
, Center
of Arab Women for Training and Research
(CAWTAR)
-Tunisia
-
Monique Frize
:
International
Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES)
-Canada
-
Monique Moutaud:
International Conference
on Women Engineers and Scientists
(ICWES) 14 -France
-
Sana Ghenima, Arab Women Organization - Tunisia
-
Anntonette Joseph, WFEO Young Engineers Network
(Australia)
-
Russel Jones
,
WFEO Committee on
Capacity Building -
USA
-
Paulo Bubach, CONFEA - Brazil: The Gender
issue in WFEO-WEC 2008
-
Nancy Pascall, Gender Policy
Coordinator, Information Society and Media Directorate General,
European Commission - Belgium
-
Oum Kalthoum Ben Hassine, Présidente, Association Femme et
Sciences - Tunisia
16:30 – 17:00
Networking Break
17:00 – 17:45
Day 2 Debrief: Reports from Rapporteurs
Room
SERAIL
17:45 – 18:30
Next Steps/Final Remarks
Room
SERAIL
-
Kamel Ayadi, WFEO
President and Conference Chair (Tunisia)
-
Claudia Morrell,
Executive Director of CWIT, Chair of International Taskforce on
Women and ICTs and Conference Co-Chair (USA)
-
Representative from Tunisian Government
19:30 – 21:30 WFEO Gala
Recognition Dinner
for Associates (CCC, OMAF)
Room
SERAIL
Invitation required
Saturday June 9
8:30 – 12:30
Workshop for selected women
|
