All Ireland

Engineers Week - STEM

Engineers Week - STEM
  • Date From 28th February 2018
  • Date To 28th February 2018

Overview

The All Ireland Member Group is proud to support an Engineers Week STEM event at University College Cork organised by WiSTEM, a group of female university students, seeking to form a society to support, help and encourage women to achieve their full potential in STEM, within the university and at the beginnings of their careers.

The night itself will be a series of talks from women in STEM covering a range of topics such as careers, challenges, opportunities and the future of STEM.

Agenda

Challenges

  • 20:00–20:15 – Unconscious Bias: Dr Gillian Murphy, Applied Psychology UCC
  • 20:15–20:30 – Culturewise Interactive Talk: Culture as a lens in social perception – Dr Alvina GROSU Director Culturewise

Women working in STEM  

  • 20:30–21.15 – Each speaking about her career
    • Magaly V. Mora, WITS Executive Committee Member
    • Representatives from WES Industry/Research

Future and opportunities

  • 21:15–21:30 – WiSTEM2D: Liz Dooley, Johnson&Johnson
  • 21:30–21:45 – Athena SWAN: Ann King, UCC Project Officer Athena SWAN

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