To mark Inter­na­tio­nal Women’s Day, the Diplo­ma­tic Missions of Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switz­er­land, and the UK – in part­ner­ship with the Austrian Academy of Sciences – invite you to a panel dis­cus­sion on Women in Science: Breaking Frontiers – (Em)Powering the Green and Digital Tran­si­ti­ons.

Moderator: Alice Barbora Tumpach, Research Director, Wolfgang Pauli Institute Vienna

Panel 1 Driving Inno­va­ti­on – Female Sci­en­tists Shaping the Green & Digital Future

with:

• Maria Cristina Fossi – Sci­en­ti­fic Director of the Biomarker Labo­ra­to­ry UNISI – Sci­en­ti­fic Coor­di­na­tor Plastic Busters initiative

• Emma Boland – Climate Scientist British Antarctic Survey, Co-Director of the AI for the study of Envi­ron­men­tal Risks Centre, Uni­ver­si­ty of Cambridge

• Lauriane Mouysset – Rese­ar­cher at the CNRS within the Inter­na­tio­nal Research Center on Envi­ron­ment and Development

• Alice Vadrot – Professor of Inter­na­tio­nal Relations & Envi­ron­men­tal Politics at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Vienna

Panel 2 Changing the System – Policies for Inclusive Research & Innovation

with:

• Hanna Sands – Programme Coor­di­na­tor Gender Equality & Women’s Empower­ment, UNOV/UNODC

• Anaïs Sägesser – Permanent lecturer for Societal Trans­for­ma­ti­on & Trans­for­ma­ti­ve lea­der­ship, Bern Uni­ver­si­ty Applied Sciences, co-founder “scaling4good”

• Emily McAuley – Director at the Depart­ment of Fisheries & Oceans Canada

• Elena López Gunn – Senior rese­ar­cher & member of the Sci­en­ti­fic Council Elcano Royal Institute

followed by Industry Spotlight L’Oréal: Corporate Policy Insights by Anne-Kathrin Bedoy