Integrating Gender Equality Objectives into Energy and Deep Tech Fields for Inclusive and Sustainable Future

This conference brings together two Horizon Europe projects that are promoting integration of gender equality objective into technologically focused solutions to societal challenges. gEneSys tackles gendered power relations in energy transition and NET4Air is building capacity for applying nanoelectronics in the monitoring of air pollution.

The aim of the conference is to report on new research findings produced by the two projects and discuss what lessons can be drawn to advance implementations of the EU policy on mainstreaming gender into research and innovation, and specifically for Horizon Europe and the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027.

Women are significantly underrepresented in both the deep tech and energy transition fields as researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, decision makers, and leaders. The average share of women in the R&I workforce in energy sector companies in the EU27 is 22%. Only 14% of founders in deep tech startups are women. Results from gEneSys suggest that knowledge-making for energy transition is dominated by men and this may impact on what research is prioritised, and how it is communicated and valorised.

The event should be of interest to science policy and decision makers, technical and policy advisers, domain experts, researchers and innovators, and practitioners promoting knowledge for social progress.

Please consider joining the gEneSys LinkedIn group

For any questions or queries, please email the gEneSys project coordinator at genesys@irpps.cnr.it.

Agenda

EVENT STARTS AT 10 AM

Please download the event flyer PDF which containst the latest agenda.

Speakers

• Lucio Pisacane, CNR IRPPS
• Carmen Moldovan, IMT
• Luis Farina Busto, ERCEA, Working group Gender and Diversity
• Marta Wysoczynska, Senior Policy Adviser in the Coordination and Analytics Team, EIC Department, EISMEA
• Oriane Gilloz, Policy Officer, DG RTD - Gender Sector
• Joana Simão Costa, Legal Officer, DG Energy
• Jeanne Lenders, Policy Officer, DG Employment - Fair green digital transition
• Maria Camilla Fraudatario, CNR IRPPS: “What have we learned from literature about the nexus between gender and energy”
• Antonio De Nicola, ENEA: “Gender gaps in knowledge communities”
• Yara Evans, Imperial College: “Gender gaps in SSH recommendations”
• Tadeusz Rudek, Jagiellonian University: “Gender gaps in textbooks and curricula”
• Cloe Mirenda, CNR IRPPS: “NRRPs gaps in promoting a just and gender-sensitive energy transition”
• Nana Klutse, AIMS: “Gaps and omissions in EU-AI cooperation on R&I” (recorded speech)
• Toshiyasu Ichioka,Director RIKEN Europe Office: “Case studies for Europe and beyond”
• Eefje Vandamme, Intellectual Matters BC: “Gender dimension in tech innovation”
• Simona Aracri, CND INM: “A route to equality, diversity and inclusivity in Soft Robotics”
• Mircea Modreanu, Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork:“Addressing gender dimension in deep tech institutions”
• Clara-Mihaela Ionescu, Ghent University, ERC Grantee: “Sustainability of gender dimension”
• Clemens Striebing, Fraunhofer, CERRI
• Maria Losurdo, CNR ICMATE
• Elizabeth Pollitzer, Portia (MODERATOR)
• Martina Schraudner, Technical University Berlin (MODERATOR)
• Melanie Timpel, CNR IMEM (MODERATOR)
• Sabrina Presto, CNR ICMATE (MODERATOR)