Women Chemists and Innovation in the Visegrad Countries October 19, 2010

The conference on Women Chemists and Innovation in the European Research Area with Special Regards to the Visegrad Countries (Hungary October 20-22, 2010) aims to celebrate the first doctoral diploma in chemistry which was issued to Laura Kovács in 1910. The role of women chemists was very important in the history of Chemistry and nowadays too, e.g. Marie Curie Sklodowska was the first woman scientist who awarded the Nobel Prize in 1911.

The conference actively supports the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) in 2011 that it joins one of the main objectives of the year which will be the celebration of women in science, more specifically the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Marie Curie Sklodowska Nobel Prize in Chemistry. /Note: The United Nations declared 2011 The Year of Chemistry. This conference, shortly preceding the IYC, will be organized by the Hungarian Chemical Society and will highlight the coming celebratory year. This conference aims to emphasize the role of women in the scientific fields. One of the main topics of the IYC, i.e. the role of women provides an excellent opportunity to promote the celebrations in 2011 especially in the Visegrad countries. The Conference program will include invited lectures, oral and poster presentations and round table discussions of the Visegrad Countries.

We welcome both female and male participants at the conference, of course. The participants are invited to submit abstracts for both oral and poster presentations.

Hungary has always welcomed women chemists, e.g. in the 1930’s chemistry was considered to be a particularly good field for women. This conference intends to outline the best practices of women chemists in the last 100 years. The target groups are as follows: women chemists with university degrees, and women chemistry teachers and young PhD students. We also expect male researchers, PhD students and teachers of chemistry who are supportive of women’s chemistry studies. We would like to attract the women chemist, teachers and young generation. The Young Scientists’ Session is of special importance as a means of encouraging networking and interaction among scientists and providing a platform for the exchange of views to the next generation of chemists.

The Conference provides a unique opportunity for representatives of the Visegrad Countries working in chemistry-related areas to exchange scientific ideas, inspire new research, and establish new contacts for closer co-operation. The Visegrad Countries must change co-operation style according to the new challenges we face in Europe. These issues will be addressed by facilitating partner identification for EU projects, scientific cooperation, student exchange programme, also by enhancing cooperation within Visegrad Countries so as to better reflect the role of chemistry across the whole life. This conference points towards the future, as the EU has recently required to develop the gender sensitive employment in scientific fields for women.

TOPICS

• Historical overview of women’s role in science in the past 100 years in the Visegrad and in other European countries


• The most important modern chemistry research results achieved by women – Scientific field / Chemical industry


• Educational issues and the role of women in chemistry education -
  
  General education / Higher education


• Young scientists’ session (researchers will also present their latest results and the most successful young presenters will be awarded a special prize)

Conference information provided by konferenciakalauz.hu

Official Website: http://www.women-in-chemistry2010.mke.org.hu/