Themes

1. New research on when, why and how sex-gender issues impact on quality of research, innovation, and development outputs and outcomes

2. How gender continues to be addressed in Horizon 2020

3. How to mainstream gender into the EU new vision for ERA of Open Innovation, Open Science, Open to the World

4. How the global policy agendas to make the world a better place for all can benefit from incorporating scientific understanding of sex-gender issues

5. New efforts to develop reliable, and region and sector sensitive, performance metrics and gender equality indicators and statistics, and to integrate them into research, innovation, and development policy actions

6. The contributions made by the Gender Summit platform, and its global community of experts and practitioners, to advance gender-sensitive and responsive research, innovation, and development.

Format 

The Gender Summits create synergies between actors, agendas, and actions. As in the past events, GS9 will engage scientists, policy makers, gender scholars, and diverse stakeholder groups in examining new research evidence and establishing consensus where improvements are needed and what actions can achieve them.

GS9 programme will combine plenary and break out sessions, knowledge-exchange sessions, networking breaks, poster exhibition, sponsors’ exhibition stands, as well as linking participants through social networks. Expected participation is 300 attendees from 40 countries representing academia, policy, media, industry and organisations working in areas related to science.

Outline Programme

• Advancing scientific understanding of how sex and gender influence research content, process and impact

• Sustainability and gender-related efficacy of technological innovation

• Understanding impact of environment on the quality of lives women and men

• Sexual dimorphism as driver of sustainable natural ecosystems 

• Cross cutting benefits of integrating gender into research, innovation, and development 

• Integrating sex-gender knowledge into science curriculum and researcher training

• Connecting inclusive innovation with social responsibility of science

Partners

Organisations that may be invited to be GS9 partners will come from research and innovation intensive sectors with demonstrable commitment to advancing gender equality in science and to promoting science as a driver for socioeconomic advancement.  

Source: GS9