Women's Careers and Networks

Program of the Women's Careers and Networks Symposium 2025
Pre-Symposium Online Talks

  • 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, 12:00 CET: From Lab to Literature: Ulrike Harjes on Science Communication by Ulrike Harjes, Senior Editor at Nature Medicine

Symposium
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