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Holiday Inn on
Avon
Christchurch
July 2 - 4,
2008
Support for Secondary School
Science Students to Attend -
more information here
The Association for Women in the Sciences invites women working with,
or interested in, all fields of science to attend ‘Striking a Balance’
in Christchurch, July 2 - 4, 2008.
The conference will consider how to
balance the roles we occupy from researchers to partners/mothers to
entrepreneurs to teachers/science communicators.
The programme includes
mini symposia, plenary speakers and numerous workshops aimed at skill
development for attendees.
Speakers will represent the spectrum of work
in the sciences from media people to social scientists to science
managers.
There will also be a number of sessions where researchers
from diverse backgrounds present overviews of their research plus tell
of how they have balanced their careers with other aspects of their
lives.
Keynote speakers
include:
- Professor
Margaret Brimble, University of Auckland, L’Oreal UNESCO
winner of Women in Science Award
- Dr Jilly Evans,
Vice-President of Amira Pharmaceuticals, San Diego
- Dr Cordelia
Fine, Academic Psychologist and freelance author, University of
Melbourne
Workshop themes
include:
- Presentation skills for scientists
- The Art of Mentoring - how to be a mentor and
how to get the most from
your mentor
- Running your own scientific business
- Writing scientific articles for mainstream media
- Juggling work and preschool children's needs
Please click on
menu bar above for more information
For information on past conferences,
click here.
Support for Secondary School Science
Students to Attend AWIS Conference
With the support of UNESCO, AWIS is offering female secondary students
sponsorship to attend "Striking a Balance" at the Holiday Inn on Avon,
July 2-4, 2008.
The conference will consider how to balance the roles we occupy
from researchers to partners/mothers to entrepreneurs to
teachers/science communicators. The programme includes mini symposia,
plenary speakers and numerous workshops aimed at skill development for
attendees. Speakers will represent the spectrum of work in the sciences
from media people to social scientists to science managers. There will
also be a number of sessions where researchers from diverse backgrounds
present overviews of their research plus tell of how they have balanced
their careers with other aspects of their lives.
Sponsorship will cover all costs for 3 students outside of Christchurch
and will cover registration costs only for 7 Christchurch students.
To apply, please write no more than one A4 page about "How Science can Change the World".
Applications can be sent by email to:
Malina Storer: malina.storer@syft.com
or posted to:
AWIS PO Box 1078
Christchurch
Sponsors
AWIS would like to thank all the generous sponsors of the 2008
conference
Gold Sponsor
Silver Sponsors
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With thanks for the
College of Science
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