Careers of Women in Science: Issues of Power and Control (Conference, May 2001)

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Two Conferences in One

This conference is designed to expand diversity in the scientific workforce by encouraging young women, and particularly young women of color to pursue scientific careers. It combines a broad recruitment conference coordinated with schools and organizations for high school girls and undergraduate women with a scholarly conference analyzing the extent to which women have obtained power in scientific employment situations and control over their working life.

Both conferences offer large disciplinary area and special topic panels in which two analytical papers will be presented along with one or two papers on the speaker's experience as a scientist. The panels will be chaired by distinguished women scientists.

Scholarly Conference

The Scholarly Conference will examine how successful women have been in various scientific and technical careers in terms of position and prestige within their respective areas. The sessions will analyze the structures that essentially govern the structure of science such as academic departments, industrial research and development, schools, federal scientific agencies, national labs, scientific journals, scientific policy organizations and explore the extent to which women participate in powerful positions within these organizations.

Career Outreach Conference

The Outreach Conference is offered to encourage greater participation of young women and especially women of color in scientific careers. It combines a program of analysis with one of personal stories about how women, particularly those of color, who earned doctorates in science shaped their careers and why. The sessions present many of the organizations that support girls and women in science by providing information about careers, science education programs, support, access, and so on.

Many of the speakers in the Career Outreach Conference come largely from a current research project on minority success in science and engineering Ph.D. programs in the University of California system. The speakers have up to 20 years experience in the scientific workforce and have much to say about their careers and personal choices.

Should I Attend?

The conference is open

• to all engineers and scientists
• to those interested in studying and promoting the achievements of women in areas of science and engineering
• to women (high school girls, college students) currently considering careers in these fields
• to those researching issues concerning Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) for social and women's studies research

Venue

The Conference will take place on the Clark Kerr Campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

The Clark Kerr Campus is seven blocks south of the main Berkeley Campus. Its 50 acres of beautiful lawns and terra-cotta tiled rooftops offer a tranquil retreat for meetings, conferences and seminars. Just minutes from the center of campus and downtown Berkeley, Clark Kerr Campus is the premiere meeting site at UC Berkeley.

Conference Themes

Main Theme:
Careers of Women in Science: Issues of Power and Control

Sub-Themes:
Helping Girls/Young Women into the Science and Technology Pipeline
Workplace Recruitment/Support/Promotion
Success Against Big Odds
Women Organizing
Women Using Power
Doing Successful Science as Women of Color

See Conference Program

Registration

This information will be up by March 6, 2001.

Accomodations

Each participant is responsible for his or her own accommodations. Approximately 100 rooms have been reserved in the Hotel Shattuck, located in downtown Berkeley, for the nights of May 11th, 12th and 13th. All reservations for the Hotel Shattuck must be received by April 10, 2001. To make a reservation, call (800) 805-9889 or (510) 845-7300, reference number GW0000.