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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME


Gender Equality in a Changing Academic World. August 29 - 31, 2012, Bergen, Norway.

Wednesday 29 August 2012

Chair: Pro Rector Berit Rokne

09:30 – 10:30 Welcome! Registration

Coffee & Tea

10:30- 10:45 Opening session

                    Rector Sigmund Grønmo

                    Professor Gerd Bjørhovde

10:45 - 12:20 Keynote speakers

10:45 – 11:30 Cordelia Fine

11:30 - 12:15 Curit Rice

 

12:20 – 12:30 Exhibition presentation

                          Marie Storaas

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:30 Parallel sessions I*

(incl. coffee & tea)

15:30 – 16:30 Panel discussion

Practioners panel

16:30 - 17:30 Poster presentations

17:30 - Reception Radisson Blu Royal Hotel

Thursday 30 August 2012

Chair: Professor Ellen Mortensen

09:00 – 09.15 Good morning!

09:15 - 10:50 Keynote speakers

09:15 - 10:00 Kathrin Zippel

10:00 – 10:45 Renata Siemienska

 

10:50 – 11.20 Coffee Break

11:20 – 12:20 Panel discussion II

Experiences from EU-projects

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:30 Panel discurssion III

Excellence vs. gender equality

14:30 – 16:30 Parallel session II

(incl. coffee & tea)

19:00 Conference dinner/banquet Radisson Blu Royal Hotel

Friday 31 August 2012

Chair: Associate Professor Inga Berre

08:45 – 09.00 Good morning!

09:00 - 11:00 Parallel sessions III

(incl. coffee & tea)

11:00 - 12:30 Keynote speakers

11:00 - 11:45 Mari Teigen

11.45 – 12:30 Alexandra Bitusikova

 

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:30 Panel discussions IV

The financial crisis and changing conditions for research

14:30- 15:15 Summing up - visions of the future

15:15 – 15:30 Closing speeches/End of conference

*Suggested topics for parallel sessions and panel debates:

  1. The financial crisis in the world and changing conditions for research and higher education. How will it affect gender equality in academia?
  2. Autonomy reforms in higher education and gender equality
  3. Gender mainstreaming in universities: challenges and successes
  4. Assessing the impact of gender equality interventions and measures
  5. Gender equality and the challenge of intersectionality
  6. Men, masculinities and gender equality in academia
  7. Excellence and research policy in relation to equality and diversity
  8. Open track

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