Empowering Diversity in Engineering: Insights, Initiatives, and Innovation
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Diversity is still rare to find in engineering educations and the tech industry. But what are the benefits of increasing the diversity in an engineering workplace? Do we actually need to change? And what are the enablers of higher diversity?
NTNU, AAU, DTU, IDA and IDA Connect invites to an exciting full day conference in the name of increasing diversity within engineering. The ultimate goal is to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion within the engineering and technology sectors across the Nordic countries by sharing best practices, fostering collaboration, and developing actionable strategies that attract, retain, and empower underrepresented groups. And the outcome of this full day conference will be 5 tangible advices on creating a diverse engineering workforce.
The objectives of the conference is to highlight exemplary practices in education and identify successful workplace diversity strategies. These objectives are explored by lessons learned sessions and distinguished keynote speakers to inspire the participants to foster new ideas which will be brought to the table in an interactive workshop for all participants.
Program8:30 – 9:00 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
9:00 – 9:15 WELCOME
Lene Tolstrup Sørensen, Associate Professor, AAU CPH
Iwona Windekilde, Associate Professor, NTNU
Line Pyndt Larsen, RAN Solution Engineer, Ph.D., TDC NET
Session 1: Enhancing Diversity in Engineering Education
9:15 – 10:00 Keynote speaker:
Moderator: Iwona Windekilde, Associate Professor, NTNU
· Randi Stebbins, Valenttina Griffin and Payal Shah, WomenTechIceland:
"Fact vs. fiction: DEIB in the Icelandic tech sector"
10:00 – 11:00 Best practice sessions
Moderator: Lene Tolstrup Sørensen, Associate Professor, AAU CPH
· Denmark: Louise Møller Haase, Pro Dean TECH faculty, AAU
· Norway: Anna Szlavi, Postdoctoral Fellow, NTNU
"Gender-inclusive practices in the EUGAIN (eugain.eu) project, and in Women STEM UP Project"
· Sweden: TBA
11:00 – 12.00 Workshop: What are the challenges faced, and how to overcome them
Chairperson: Line M. P. Larsen, RAN Solution Engineer, Ph.D., TDC NET
12:00 – 12:30 Conclusion of the workshop in plenum
12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH
Session 2: Ensuring Diversity and Inclusion in the Tech Industry
13:30 – 14:00 Keynote Speaker:
Moderator: Iwona Windekilde, Associate Professor, NTNU
· Mette Lundberg, Director of Policy and Communications, IT Branchen, Copenhagen, Denmark:
"From Setting the Agenda to Creating Real Change"
14:00 – 15:45 Plenum: Best practice sessions and panel discussion
Moderator: Peggy Lill Sandbekken, Innovation Manager of Digital Security and Director of the Center for Cyber and Information Security (CCIS), IIK Department, NTNU
Best practice sessions
· Mette Kaagaard, CEO of Microsoft Denmark & Iceland
· Daniel Askeroth, CTO Telia Mobil Danmark (Norlys)
· Plamena Cherneva, Founder, Nordic Women in Tech Awards and WonderCoders
15:45-16:00 Closing session and 5 advices for increased diversity in Engineering
16:00 – 17:00 NETWORKING
Registration includes free lunch and coffee breaks, please remember to sign off in case you can not attend.
Organization Committee:
Iwona Maria Windekilde | Associate Professor | NTNU | iwona.windekilde@ntnu.no
Lene Tolstrup Sørensen | Associate Professor | AAU CPH |
Peggy Lill Sandbekken | Innovation Manager of Digital Security and Director of CCIS | NTNU |
Reza Tadayoni | Associate Professor | IDA Connect and AAU CPH | reza@es.aau.dk
Line Pyndt Larsen | RAN Solution Engineer, PhD | IDA Connect | lil@tdcnet.dk
List of organizers:
NTNU | Technical University of Norway | https://www.ntnu.edu/iik
NTNU CCIS | NTNU Center for Cyber and Information Security | https://www.ntnu.edu/ccis/center-for-cyber-and-information-security
IDA | Danish Engineering Society | https://ida.dk/
IDA CONNECT | https://ida.dk/viden-og-netvaerk/netvaerk-oversigt/it-tele-og-elektronik/ida-connect
AAU | Aalborg University | aau.dk
DTU | Technical University of Denmark | dtu.dk
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