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Conferences and events
Conferences and events can positively contribute to career progression in STEM and the advancement of scientific discovery. It is essential that these events enable and support the attendance and involvement of a diverse range of participants. STEM Women has built a collection of resources, tools, policies, examples and opportunities to assist you and your conference or event on its gender equity journey.
This collection aligns with strategic recommendation 4.1 of the Women in STEM Decadal Plan. Learn more about the decadal plan.
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ASTRO 3D Guide for Inclusive Meetings
The ASTRO 3D EDI Committee compiled a best-practice Guide for Inclusive Meetings. It includes suggestions for organisers of ASTRO 3D (and other) events that will help make the event equitable for gender and other forms of diversity, accessible for those with a disability, and inclusionary for all. It includes suggestions before the event (planning), during the event and after the event.
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Could the COVID-19 lockdown solve one of the persistent barriers to gender equity in research?
Dr Ursula Sansom-Daly and A/Prof Caroline Ford provide comment on a potential silver lining of COVID19 for women and carers in STEM, changes to conference travel.
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Women in BrainStim database
This database provides the details of female scientists working in the brain stimulation field, including their research interests and achievements. The database can be used to help conference organizers, journal editors, universities and other institutions to identify appropriately qualified female scientists to speak at conferences, join editorial boards, participate in advisory groups and on committees.
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Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology Women Speakers Database
A database to discover women in immunology
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Speaking out about gender imbalance in invited speakers improves diversity
Omissions of qualified women scientists from major meeting programs continue to occur despite a surge in articles indicating persistent gender-discriminatory practices in hiring and promotion, and calls for gender balance in conference organizing committees.
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Guide to Organising Inclusive Scientific Meetings
This document presents some concrete recommendations for how to incorporate inclusion and equity practices into scientific meetings, from the ground up.
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How to banish manels and manferences from scientific meetings
A Nature analysis finds that several fields of science are moving away from male-dominated conferences and panels — but it’s easy to slip back into old habits.
Science Technology Australia Diversity and Inclusion Policy
An example of STA diversity and inclusion policy that applies to there workplace, programs and activities.
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Conference Diversity Distribution Calculator
This calculator models the probability distribution for male/female speaker balance assuming random selection, which roughly follows a binomial distribution.
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Clean Energy Council - speakers guide
The Clean Energy Council has compiled the industry's first Speakers Guide to promote gender diverse panels. The guide is designed to showcase the breadth, expertise and knowledge offered by women in the sector to event organisers.