World Forum for Women in Science (WFWS) 2024

Envisioning Tomorrow

Science for the SDGs and New Partnerships for Sustainable Futures

Programme of the new conference "Women in Science (WFWS) 2024"

Networking Event - 19 April, Rome
Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone

08.30 - 09.30 | Registration and Reception

09.45 - 10.45 |

Opening Ceremony

10.00 - 10.15 |

10.00 - 10.15 |

Empowering Women in STEM

12.15 - 14.00 CET

Empowering Women in STEM

Moderator:
Prof. Shalini Subhash Arya

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Speakers

Prof. Shalini Subhash Arya

Professor of Food Technology at the Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai

Breaking Barriers: Overcoming Challenges Faced by Young Women Scientists in India

Prof. Sima Fakheran

Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada and Isfahan University of Technology, Iran

Gender Gap in editorial boards of scientific journals

Camila Infanger and Louise Batot

PhD candidate and Co-presenter University of São Paulo/Oxford University and University of Luxembourg

The legitimacy of women’s equitable policies in organisations

Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli

Professor at Federal University of São João del Rei, Brazil

Brazilian Women in Science: Gender gap scenarios and strategies to fight underrepresentation

Dr. Kleinsy Bonilla

Vice-president for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Organization of Women in Science for the Developing World, Guatemala / Norway

Brazilian Women in Science: Gender gap scenarios and strategies to fight underrepresentation

Prof. Olubukola Oluranti Babalola

North-West University/ OWSD Org for Women in Science for the Dev. World, South Africa

Breaking Barriers: Overcoming Challenges Faced by Young Women Scientists in India

14.00 - 15.30 CET

Health

Moderators:
Prof. Shymaa Enany
Dr. Kim Vaiphei

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Speakers

Dr Kim Vaiphei

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Rare complications observed in young Ulcerative Colitis patients

Dr. Rituparna De

DHR NRI Scientist C Department of Health Research, GoI

Identification of prognostic markers and probiotic candidates by screening of the gut microbiome in an endemic population of diarrhea

Prof. Shymaa Enany

Professor of Microbiology at Suez Canal University

Antimicrobial resistance is a major concern in the dairy industry.

Dr. Y.M.Piumika. Yapa

Research Assistant at University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Synergism of multimetallic nanohybrids as promising antimicrobial agents with an expansive coverage of microbes

Dr. Mireille Sylviane Dongmo Nguepi

Lecturer at the University of Buea

Persea americana, Curcuma longa, and Allium sativum extracts exhibit cercaricidal, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant activities