From prizes at twas.org Tue May 10 08:46:33 2011 From: prizes at twas.org (TWAS Prizes) Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 14:46:33 +0200 Subject: [Wigsat-l] The TWAS-AAS-Microsoft Award for Young Scientists Message-ID: <4DC933A9.1000303@twas.org> Dear Sophia, if possible, we would be grateful if you could disseminate the following call for nominations for the TWAS-AAS-Microsoft Award through your mailing list/relevant contacts. Thank you! Regards, Mara ------------------- The TWAS-AAS-Microsoft Award for Young Scientists TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, is currently seeking nominations of young scientists in Africa whose research in computer science promises to have a positive impact in the developing world. Each year, three winners are selected from different countries on the continent. Each recipient receives a Euro 7,000 cash award generously contributed by Microsoft Research, of which EUR 2,000 may be spent at the recipient?s discretion and EUR 5,000 shall be earmarked for further research. Nominees can be any nationality, but must have been resident and working in Africa for at least the two years immediately prior to their nomination. Example: For the 31 July 2011 nomination deadline, nominees should have been resident in Africa since at least 1 August 2009. Nominees must also have received their most recent degree (Master?s or PhD) within the previous ten years. Self-nomination or nomination by selection committee members is not accepted. Nominations of young women computer scientists are particularly encouraged. Deadline: 31 July 2011. For additional information and to download the nomination form, please click http://twas.ictp.it/prog/prizes/twas-aas-microsoft-award From shuyer at wigsat.org Tue May 10 10:50:09 2011 From: shuyer at wigsat.org (Sophia Huyer) Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 10:50:09 -0400 Subject: [Wigsat-l] Deadline extension: Project write-ups on climate change, ICTs and water Message-ID: <8B0B1890-7BB9-4B8F-8370-070C830AFE8B@wigsat.org> CALL FOR PROJECT WRITE-UPs: Climate change, ICTs and water This is a reminder that the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Association for Progressive Communications (APC) are calling for short two-page project write-ups from initiatives in Africa, LAC and Asia dealing with climate change, ICTs and water. These will be collated into a publication to accompany research in those three regions. Three of the authors of the case studies will be invited to a workshop in South Africa in July. DEADLINE EXTENSION: Please note that the deadline for the call below has been extended until May 17th, 2011. Details of the call, with French and Spanish translations at the bottom of the page, can be found at: http://www.apc.org/en/news/icts-climate-change-and-water-call-project-and-ini For further information on this, please contact Alan Finlay (alan at apc.org). **** Alan Finlay Co-ordinator: ICTs and Environmental Sustainability Association for Progressive Communications (APC) www.apc.org Skype: alan_finlay -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hd at portiaweb.org.uk Thu May 26 06:09:30 2011 From: hd at portiaweb.org.uk (Henrietta Dale) Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 11:09:30 +0100 Subject: [Wigsat-l] 1st European Gender Summit: Science Quality through Equailty, 8th-9th Nov 2011, Brussels Message-ID: <4b0a76fa-e41c-4856-93e7-ae2bb8137c05@portiaweb.org.uk> The First EUROPEAN GENDER SUMMIT: Science Quality through Equality Brussels 8th ? 9th 2011 www.gender-summit.eu Convened by genSET, ESF and COST The Summit will bring together leaders in science research, gender experts and policy makers to discuss emerging trends and advances in understanding how gender issues impact science research and innovation at the European Level. 45 high level speakers and 800 participants will join the debate and together form concrete policy recommendations for action on the Gender Dimension in Science across Europe. An output of the event will the "Policy Manifesto for Integrated Action on the Gender Dimension in Science", which all attendees will be invited to contribute to and sign. Along with this, during the registration process attendees are asked to contribute ideas of topics for discussion, and there is the opportunity to share your research or initiatives in the poster sessions. PROGRAMME Building on the recommendations identified in the genSET Consensus Report, the summit will focus on five priority areas: Enhancing Research Quality The Culture of Innovation Promoting Structural Change Talking Gender and Innovation Defining policy KEYNOTES & WELCOMES Polish EU Presidency European Commission Directorate General Research Prof Marja Makarow, CEO, European Science Foundation Prof Rolf Tarrach, President, University of Luxembourg Prof Teresa Rees, Assistant Director, Leadership Foundation of Higher Education Session Descriptions in Short: All sessions have ample opportunity for discussion and contribution from the audience, for detailed information on themes and speakers see the full programme on the website www.gender-summit.eu Theme A: ENHANCING RESEARCH QUALITY ? Scientific leadership - Equality valuing talent of women & men ? Human Capital - Sharing duty and status in institutions ? Knowledge Production - Research norms & integrity Theme B: EFFECTIVESNESS OF INNOVATION ? Gendered R&D - Innovation talent of women &men ? Collaborative strength - Working better as teams ? Intellectual advantage - Collective intelligence & social sensitivity of research process Theme C: PROMOTING STRUCTUAL CHANGE ? R&D and HR new standards - Effective management of human resources ? Leveraging policies and legislation - The Norwegian Experience ? Mobilising and mobility of scientific talent - Competitive advantage of gender equality ? Excellence and responsibility of science - Gender as scientific equality value ? Embedding gender in the science curriculum - Improving professional competiveness of researchers Theme D: GENDER IN PUBLICATIONS ? Assessment and selection of research results PLENARY SESSION ? Advancing Research Policy for Integrated Action on the Gender Dimension in Science ? Launch the first "Policy Manifesto for Integrated Action on the Gender Dimension in Science" Portia is a not-for-profit organisation that promotes gender equality in science. Portia is the co-ordinating partner of the genSET project, an FP7 Science in Society project that facilitates dialogue and action for gender equality & research excellence in European Science. I very much hope that the strong research and policy focus will make this event of interest to you, and that you will be able to come to contribute to the discussion and policy recommendations. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. Kind regards Hernietta Henrietta Dale Operations Manager Portia Ltd 14 King Street ?London ?EC2V 8EA Tel: +44 (0) 207 367 5348 hd at portiaweb.org.uk Follow Portia on Twitter @portiaweb Portia is a member of the consortium delivering FP7 project, genSET: gender in science www.genderinscience.org genSET Patrons: European Science Foundation, Fraunhofer, Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, Research Council of Norway, Euroscience, TNO, CSIC, COST ? Please consider the environment before printing this email or its attachments -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: