The Second IES Women in Engineering

2018 IES Women in Engineering Forum: Program

2018 IES Women in Engineering Forum: Speakers

Monday, October 22, 2018: 2018 IES WOmen in Engineering Forum Program

9.30-9.45 AM	Welcome and Opening Remarks Welcome Message from the IES President, Prof. Xinghuo Yu, RMIT University, Melbourne, AUS. Opening remarks from the IES Vice-President for Membership Activities, Prof. Yousef Ibrahim, Federation University of Australia, AUS, and the IES WiE Representative, Prof. Lucia Lo Bello, University of Catania, Italy.
9:45-10:15 AM	Invited Speech Nicola Palmarini, Global Manager AI for Healthy Aging, IBM Research - MIT/IBM Watson AI Lab Cambridge, Cambridge, MA (USA) “Title: Why we need men advocating women in tech (and there is nothing wrong with it)” Chair: Prof. Lucia Lo Bello, University of Catania, Italy.
10:15-10:45 AM	Invited Speech Seta Bogosyan, Istanbul Technical University {ITU}, Turkey and University of Alaska Fairbanks{UAF}, USA. "Future Technologies and Women" Chair: Prof. Morgan Kiani, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, USA.
10:45-11:15 AM	Invited Speech Gaetana Sapienza, R&D Manager, ABB Corporate Research, Sweden and Head of Operations, SynerLeap, Sweden “Diversity and inclusiveness: important buildings for sustainable competitiveness in a global company” Chair: Prof. Concettina Buccella, University of L’Aquila, Italy
11:15-11:45 AM	Invited Speech Clara Otero Perez, Director System Innovations ,NXP Semiconductors, the Netherlands. “Title: The Key is diversity: Developing technology for the vehicles of the future.” Chair: Seta Bogosyan, Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Turkey, and University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), USA
11:45 AM-13.15 PM	Lunch and Keynote Lunch (Plenary)
13:15-14:05 PM	Keynote Speech Susan K. (Kathy) Land, IEEE Vice President of Technical Activities, Program Manager C2BMC S8.2-3 Missile Defense Agency, USA “Title: When Computer Programming Was 'Women's Work” Chair: Prof. Kamal Al-Haddad , FIEEE, FCAE, Canada.
14.05-15:05 PM	Panel Discussion Panel Title: " Women AND Engineering: What Works, What Doesn't" Moderators: Prof. Lucia Lo Bello, Prof. Morgan Kiani Panelists: Seta Bogosyan, Istanbul Technical University {ITU}, Turkey, and University of Alaska Fairbanks {UAF}, USA Concettina Buccella, University of L'Aquila, Italy. Susan K. (Kathy) Land, IEEE Vice President of Technical Activities, Program Manager C2BMC S8.2-3 Missile Defense Agency, USA Xiaolin Lu, Texas Instruments Kilby Innovation Center, Dallas, USA Nicola Palmarini, Global Manager AI for Healthy Aging, IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA Clara Otero Perez, Director System Innovations ,NXP Semiconductors, the Netherlands Gaetana Sapienza, R&D Manager, ABB Corporate Research, Sweden
15.05-15.15 PM	Closing
15.15-15.45 PM	Mingle and Coffee Break

Event registration and Contacts

If you are not registered for IECON 2018, but you wish to attend the IES WiE Forum, please register by emailing lobello@unict.it

Contact

Prof. Lucia Lo Bello, IES WiE representative. Email: lobello@unict.it

This event is to foster the women involvement in scientific and technical activities, but it is not intended for women only. Professionals and students, independently of the gender, are welcome to network in a relaxed atmosphere.

Aim

• While we are fostering involvement of women in scientific and technical activities, the event is not for women only.
• Promoting networking between professionals and students in a relaxed and gender independent atmosphere.
  
  

Format:

• Invited talks
• Panel discussions - identify needs and discuss ideas for future WiE initiatives
• Networking and meeting with PhD students and Young Professionals.