Name: Lunch: Key Global Challenges: Women Leaders Throw Down their Gauntlets (by invitation only)
Start: 2013-03-06T12:30:00+0100
End: 2013-03-06T02:30:00+0100

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Lunch: Key Global Challenges: Women Leaders Throw Down their Gauntlets (by invitation only)

The conference discusses the many challenges facing global science. One such challenge common across all areas is the role of women in science, research and economic and societal development.

The current difficult economic climate provides women with an opportunity to lead us forward to find a more positive, and sustainable position for the benefit of people.

We set no topic limitations or agenda other than a basic request that a high level group of intelligent and socially conscious women leaders each put forward their five to ten minute vision for the future of Europe and the global environment and economy.

We ask the European Commission to take up some of these challenges in the framing of the Horizon 2020 Programme.

Moderators

Prof. Lizbeth Goodman

Director, SMARTlab and Chair of Creative Technology Innovation, University College Dublin

Lizbeth Goodman is Chair of Creative Technology Innovation and Professor of Inclusive Design for Education at University College Dublin, and an Executive Board member of the Innovation Academy (TCD, UCD, QUB), for which she runs the Social Entrepreneurship module and part of the core... Read More →

Speakers

Mudassir Asrar

Chairperson, Pakistan Council for Science and Technology

Use science and technology to improve the life of common people and for economic growth

Maria Da Graça Carvalho

Member of the European Parliament

Maria da Graça Carvalho is a member of the European Parliament in the PPE group since 14 July 2009 (member of the ITRE-Industry, Research and Energy Committee, substitute member of the Budgets Committee and member of the ACP-UE Joint Parliamentary Assembly). She was elected co- President... Read More →

Martha Lucia Garcia-Garcia

CEO, Foresight Links Corporation, Foresight Links Corporation

Martha is a Colombian-Canadian health professional, entrepreneur and philanthropist. After working as a clinical biochemist at Oxford, United Kingdom, from 1990 to 1995, she moved with her family to Canada, where she founded Foresight Links Corporation in 1996 and was awarded an MBA... Read More →

Dr. Aoibheann Gibbons

Director of Reserach Development, University College Dublin

Aoibheann Gibbons

Prof. Susan Jeffords

Vice Chancellor, University of Washington, Bothell (Seattle)

Diane Payne

Lynnae Ruttledge

International disability rights policy advisor, DOCTRID

Lynnae M. Ruttledge is a member of the US National Council on Disability, appointed by President Obama in 2013. In addition, she serves as a disability policy advisor to the international research institute, DOCTRID. Ms. Ruttledge served as Commissioner of the US Rehabilitation Services... Read More →

Nancy Salmon

Lecturer in Clinical Therapies, Marie Curie Research Fellow and Chair of IDS@UL, University College Limerick, Ireland, University of Limerick

After completing her undergraduate degree in Occupational Therapy from Dalhousie University (1989) Nancy worked for several years in Canada both in hospital and early childhood settings. Nancy then moved to Philadelphia, PA where she developed a community based, private practice while... Read More →

Jutta Treviranus

Director, Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University

Jutta Treviranus is the Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) and professor in the faculty of Design at OCAD University in Toronto (http://idrc.ocadu.ca ). Jutta established the IDRC in 1993 as the nexus of a growing global community that proactively works to ensure that our digitally transformed and globally connected society is designed inclusively. Dr. Treviranus also founded an innovative graduate program in inclusive design a... Read More →

Wednesday March 6, 2013 12:30pm - 2:30am CET
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