Day 2 - Women Empowering STEM
This year’s 2nd day of the University’s Diversity Days is dedicated to Women in STEM.
The day offers an excellent opportunity to meet female professors from our university and learn more about the diverse possibilities in the fields of Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Computer Science and Medicine. You can look forward to inspiring talks from successful women in academia who will share their personal experiences. Additionally, there will be informal networking sessions where you can connect with professors, researchers, and peers, as well as a workshop program on soft skills.
We also explicitly invite all persons who identify as non-binary, trans or inter to participate in the event.
Key note, talks & panel discussion
8:30 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
CP1-HSZ, Hörsaal 2
P.I. meeting & speed dating
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
CP1-HSZ, rooms 0.020, 0.021, 0.022/0.023
Workshops
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
CP1-HSZ, various rooms
Registration and time period
Date
Thursday, May 23, 2024
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location
CP1-HSZ, Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 5, 53115 Bonn
Registration
The event is free of charge.
Key note, talks & panel discussion
CP1-HSZ, Hörsaal 2
Arrival of participants & morning coffee
8:30 - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome remarks
8:45 - 9:00 a.m.
- Conference Chair
Jun Prof Dr Elena Reckzeh, Argelander Professor of TRA Life and Health & Life and Medical Sciences Institute & ImmunoSensation2 Cluster of Excellence - Vice Rector for Equal Opportunity and Diversity
Prof Dr Irmgard Förster
Key note
9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
- “Why so few? The gender gap in academia and industry”
Dr Imke Leicht, Femtec GmbH, Berlin
Series of talks by professors at University of Bonn, part 1
9:45 - 10:25 a.m.
- “How knots wind and untangle my career”
Prof Dr Katrin Paeschke, Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn - “Research in approximation algorithms”
Prof Dr Vera Traub, Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics & Hausdorff Center for Mathematics Cluster of Excellence
Coffee break
10:25 - 10:45 a.m.
Series of talks by professors at University of Bonn, part 2
10:45 - 11:45 a.m.
- “Key ingredients for success in science”
Jun Prof Dr Ala Bunescu, Kekulé Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry - “How I (almost) learned to stop worrying and live the life of a cosmological imposter”
Jun Prof Dr Andrina Nicola, Argelander Institute for Astronomy - “New models, methods, and interdisciplinary career paths in particle physics”
Jun Prof Dr Lena Funcke, Clausius-Professor of TRA Matter & Helmholtz Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics
Panel discussion
11:45 a.m. - 12.35 p.m.
Moderation: Dr Elisabeth Jurack, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn
Participants: Dr Felix Boes (Institute for Computer Science), Jun Prof Dr Ala Bunescu, Jun Prof Dr Lena Funcke, Jun Prof Dr Andrina Nicola, Prof Dr Katrin Paeschke, Prof Dr Vera Traub
Closing remarks
12:35 - 12:40 p.m.
Conference Chair, Jun Prof Dr Elena Reckzeh
Fair of Opportunities
During the lunch break, visitors will have the opportunity to visit the Fair of Opportunities from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. The fair hosts several key players regarding diversity at the University of Bonn who you are welcome to get in contact with.
The following players are represented:
- Bonn Graduate Center
- Office of Family Services
- Femtec GmbH
- Gender Equality Office
- IRENE
- Matter and Light for Quantum Computing (ML4Q) Cluster of Excellence
- Human Resource Development
- Vice Rectorate and Staff Unit for Equal Opportunity and Diversity
- Vice Rectorate for Sustainability
- Transfer Center enaCom
- WHATS UB
- Central Study Advisory and Counseling Services
P.I. meeting & speed dating
Meet the P.I. and speed dating
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
CP1-HSZ, rooms 0.020, 0.021, 0.022/0.023
Group 1
- Jun Prof Dr Ala Bunescu
- Prof Dr Katrin Paeschke
- Jun Prof Dr Elena Reckzeh
Group 2
- Dr Felix Boes
- Prof Dr Vera Traub
Group 3
- Jun Prof Dr Lena Funcke
- Jun Prof Dr Andrina Nicola
Workshops
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Diverse careers, different paths and motivations. Career building in STEM
Language: English
Location: CP1-HSZ, room 0.020
More information will follow shortly
Trainer: Marion Zeßner, Managing Director, Femtec GmbH, Berlin
Personal branding – the art of professional networking
Language: English
Location: CP1-HSZ, room 0.021
They promote, recommend, support, and help you, growing your career - Professional Business Networks. But how do I network properly, what does it have to do with my positioning as well as with Female Empowerment and to what extent can I make good use of my own network? We will answer these and other questions together in the workshop: Personal Branding - The Art of Professional Networking with Kinga Bartczak.
About the Trainer: Kinga Bartczak studied literature and linguistics, is a certified systemic coach, founder and managing director of UnternehmerRebellen GmbH and editor of the Female Business online magazine FemalExperts. As a Female Empowerment & Diversity Coach, she specifically supports female professionals and executives as well as (aspiring) entrepreneurs on their professional and entrepreneurial path.
Working in diverse teams
Language: English
Location: CP1-HSZ, room 0.022/0.023
Did you ever have to cope with intercultural or interpersonal issues in your team?
Science benefits from diverse minds but how to deal with diverse cultures if we don’t understand them ?
We would like to boost your competencies in this. Join this workshop and empower your international team work and collaborations with essential soft skills.
Trainers: The trainers are your international peers and alumni of Uni Bonn: Dr Atie Kashef and Dr Nora Balzer.
Empowering women to start (up)
Language: English
Location: CP1-HSZ, room 0.108 (B-it)
You can't let go of your idea, but a thousand reasons keep you from realizing it? Then you've come to the right place! In this workshop by the Transfer Center enaCom, we help you to leave your comfort zone and break new ground. We support you in standing confidently behind your idea and successfully taking the next steps. You will receive important impulses and inspiration to implement your ideas, initiate changes or make important decisions. All of this takes place in a protected and relaxed atmosphere. You don't need any prior knowledge or a concrete start-up idea to take part!
Trainer: Anna Müller, Start-up Coach, enaCom; Coordinator EXIST Women scholarship, University of Bonn
Contact and Organisation
Daina Hues
Dechenstraße 3-11
53115 Bonn
Dr. Katharina Gahbler
Dechenstraße 3-11
53115 Bonn
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