Program of the Women's Careers and Networks Symposium 2025
During our event, childcare will be offered by the “Kindertagespflege Göttingen” on the symposium site without extra fees. Childcare hours are as following:
04.06.2025: 09.00-16.00* with a childcare break between 12.30-13.00
05.06.2025: 09.00-18.15 with a childcare break between 12.45-13.45
Please get in touch with our organizing team via wocanet@gwdg.de , if you would like to sign up for the childcare.
4 June 2025
08:00 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 16:00 Workshop Women’s Empowerment
09:00 - 12:30 Workshop Unconscious Bias
13:00 - 17:30: Workshop Find Your Pace: From Understanding Needs to Healthy Time Management (Previously Healthy Time & Energy Management for Researchers)
5 June 2025
08:00 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 11:00 Opening Remarks and Session 1
- Opening Remarks by Petra Broistedt, Mayor of Göttingen
- Dr. Hanna Zwaka, Group Leader at Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology: From Invisible to Influential - Amplifying Women’s Voices in Science
- Dr. Charlotte Navntoft, Senior Scientist at Demant: My Transition from Academia to Industry - A Heartbreak or Dance of Joy?
- Dr. Marieke Schölvnick, Co-Group Leader at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience, Frankfurt: 1+1=3 : How running a lab together is more than worth it
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Session 2
- Dr. Mhairi Stewart, Head of Public Engagement and Impact at the Museum for Naturkunde Berlin: Proactive Career Shaping: Making Opportunities & Opening Doors
- Dr. Laila Al-Halabi-Frenzel, Managing Director of Abcalis GmbH: Is Sustainability a Typical Women’s Issue?
12:30 - 12:40 Group Picture
12:40 - 14:30 Lunch, Career Fair & Elevator Pitch Talks
14:30 - 15:45 Session 3
- Dr. Marieka Nestor, Professor at Uppsala University and CEO at Akiram Therapeutics: From Lab Rat to Business Cat: An Academic's Journey from Innovation to Implementation
- Prof. Dr. Christine Rose, Head of the Institute of Neurobiology in Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf: How I Became A Scientist: a personal account of my career
15:45 - 16:00 Closing Remarks
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 - 18:15 Panel discussion Beyond the Lab: Addressing Inequality in Science with panelists and continued with workshop “Let’s Make a Change”
18:15 - end Networking Dinner
Pre-Symposium Online Talks (passed)
- Monday, 28 April, 16:00 CET: Breaking Barriers: Maria Klawe on Diversity and Innovation in STEM by Maria Klawe, President for Math for America
- Friday, 9 May, 12:00 CET: Surviving and Thriving: Emma Robinson on Career in Academia by Emma Robinson, Head of Research Department of Biomedical Computing, King’s College London
- Monday, 12 May, 16:00 CET: From Lab to Literature: Ulrike Harjes on Science Communication by Ulrike Harjes, Senior Editor at Nature Medicine