Registration to the event is closed.

WHEN? Friday February 12th from 12:00 to 16:00
WHERE? Zoom. When registered, you will receive the link prior to the event.

PROGRAMME

12:00 Introduction and welcome by Dr. Ann Van der Jeugd, President of BeWiSe

12:15 Panel 1: Research on gender bias: where do we stand today?
           Robin Devroe, senior researcher at UGent    
           Jozefien De Leersnyder, professor at KULeuven & Member of Young Academy
           Jenny Veldman, PhD researcher at KULeuven    
           Dounia Bourabain, PhD researcher & academic assistant at VUB  
           Walter Daems, professor & vice dean for education at UAntwerp
                                     
13:05 Panel 2: Ways of correcting gender bias: institutional policies and measures
           Marysa Demoor, professor & dir. Centre for Gender Studies at UGent    
           Andrea Bardyn, policy advisor at KU Leuven’s Diversity Policy Office
           Nellie Konijnendijk, HR Advisor Equality at VUB    
           Koen Van Laer, professor at UHasselt    
           Karen Vandevelde, Departement Personnel & Organisation at UAntwerp  
           Tim Thijs, Policy advisor strategic research at FWO

14:05 Panel 3: Role of mentoring and advising
           Ann Van der Jeugd, program manager at KU Leuven & president at BeWiSe    
           Tine Brouckaert, gender policy advisor at UGent
           Nel Grillaert, career policy advisor at UGent    
           Bieke Broux, senior postdoc at UHasselt    
           Tatjana Parac-Vogt, professor at KULeuven

15:00 Inspirational talk and testimonies
           Inspirational talk: Michel Van Cauter, Founder Pop-up Yoga Concepts
           Testimonies:
           Rania Charkaoui, Master student ULB and responsible for the “Yes She can" campaign
           Delphine Laboureur, professor at the Von Karman Institute in Brussels
           Aurora Viva, process engineer at Solvay
           Aurelie Bellemans, professor at VUB

15:50 Conclusion