Programme Ethical Forum 2016
Is Academia a place for women?
The strenuous road from Ph. D. student to rector.
Programme
Registration 13.30 - 14.00
Part 1: 14.00 – 15.30
Welcome
Jacques WILLEMS (chairman of the University Foundation) and Dominique WILLEMS (co-ordinator of the Ethical Forum 2016)
Introduction
Mrs. Elke SLEURS, State Secretary for Equal Opportunities, Federal Government of Belgium: Equal opportunities in an academic environment.
Keynote addresses
- Frédérique PIGEYRE, Université Paris-Est, France: Les carrières des femmes dans l'université française : avancées et résistances.
- Marieke VAN DEN BRINK, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Young Academy of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, Nederland: Scientific excellence, diversity and precarious careers. (not present)
- Annie CORNET, Université de Liège & Petra MEIER, Universiteit Antwerpen: Gender balance at Belgian universities: on what we know or should know.
Part 2: 16.00 – 18.00
Panel discussion chaired by Dominique WILLEMS
Panelists
- Kristien HENS, Universiteit Antwerpen, Young Academy of Flanders
- Agnès HUBERT, formerly European Commission, presently College of Europe, Bruges, and PRESAGE, Paris
- Godelieve LAUREYS, Universiteit Gent and VLIR Task Force
- Evelyne LÉONARD, Université Catholique de Louvain
- Alison WOODWARD, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
General discussion: Keynote speakers, panel members and audience
Concluding remarks by Dominique WILLEMS
The presentations and a large number of interesting relevant background documents can be found in the "DOWNLOADS 2016" section of this website.