Date: 26 June
Hour: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Venue: Great Hall, Instituto Superior Técnico
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«The Invited Talk “Breaking Barriers in Technology: Women in Computing at Carnegie Mellon and Global Perspectives”, with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) professor Jeria Quesenberry, will take place at Instituto Superior Técnico (Great Hall), on 26 June, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This event is organised by the CMU Portugal Program in collaboration with professors Beatriz Silva and Alexandre Bernardino, members of the Gender Balance Group at Técnico.
Agenda
11 a.m. – Welcome Note
Rogério Colaço – President, Instituto Superior Técnico
Inês Lynce – President, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores – Investigação e Desenvolvimento (INESC ID) I Co-Director, CMU Portugal
11.10 a.m. – Talk by Jeria Quesenberry – Associate Dean, Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, CMU
11.40 a.m. – Q&A
12.00 p.m. – Roundtable “Gender imbalance in STEM: the Portuguese academia experience”
Participants:
• Ana Paiva – Portuguese Secretary of State for Science
• Anália Cardoso Torres – Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Universidade de Lisboa
• Inês Lynce – CMU Portugal Program | INESC-ID
• Jeria Quesenberry – Carnegie Mellon University
• João Peixoto – Universidade de Lisboa
• Leonor Barreiros – Instituto Superior Técnico
• Luís Lemos Alves – Instituto Superior Técnico
Moderator: Sara Sá, Science Writer, INESC ID
