Diversity and Gender in Science: Enhancing the Value of Research and Innovation
Singapore Women in Science are hosting the 2019 Gender Summit.
SGWIS is hosting the 16th Gender Summit in Singapore with partnership support from other women in science groups from leading science institutions in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region. This gender summit will continue the work of previous events to enhance scientific excellence by drawing focus to the presence of gender bias in scientific knowledge making, and to hold space for conversations about advancing gender equality in scientific practises and institutions. The theme for this year’s event is Diversity and Gender in Science: Enhancing the Value of Research and Innovation. For more information about the Gender Summit series and previous events please visit the Gender Summit website.
Dates: 28th-29th August.
Venue: Matrix Theatrettes, Biopolis.
Schedule: The gender summit will include invited speakers and talks selected from abstract and poster sessions. Full event schedule is available.
Diversity and Gender in Science: Enhancing the Value of Research and Innovation
Singapore Women in Science are hosting the 2019 Gender Summit.
SGWIS is hosting the 16th Gender Summit in Singapore with partnership support from other women in science groups from leading science institutions in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region. This gender summit will continue the work of previous events to enhance scientific excellence by drawing focus to the presence of gender bias in scientific knowledge making, and to hold space for conversations about advancing gender equality in scientific practises and institutions. The theme for this year’s event is Diversity and Gender in Science: Enhancing the Value of Research and Innovation. For more information about the Gender Summit series and previous events please visit the Gender Summit website.
Registration for the 2019 Gender Summit opens March 1st 2019.
Dates: 28th-29th August.
Venue: Matrix Theatrettes, Biopolis.
Schedule: The gender summit will include invited speakers and talks selected from abstract and poster sessions. Full event schedule is available.
Registration (fees applicable)
About Gender Summit
The Gender Summit is a platform for dialogue where scientists, policymakers, gender scholars and stakeholders in science systems examine new research evidence showing when, why, and how biological differences (sex) and socio-cultural differences (gender) between females and males impact on outcomes. The aim is to reach consensus where improvements to science knowledge and science practice are needed and who should take action.
Gender Summit aims to make gender equality in research and innovation the norm and to embed gender as a primary dimension of quality. The Gender Summit started in Europe in 2011 and has helped to influence how gender is addressed in Horizon 2020, the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020), where it is now recognized through three criteria: (A) greater gender equality by increasing the number of women in scientific roles; (B) improved integration of sex-gender analysis in research process; and (C) achieving cross-cutting benefits of gender-sensitive and responsive research and innovation.