• Business meetings
  
• Lunchtime workshops and symposia:
  Students symposium
  Gender lunchtime seminar
  SETAC Europe AGA

Business meetings

Book a meeting room! During the SETAC Europe 17th Annual Meeting, meeting rooms will be available for parallel meetings. If you would like to book a meeting room, please download the meeting room booking form and return to SETAC Europe by fax (+32.2.7705386) or by e-mail to Barbara Koelman.

Find below an overview of meetings already booked:

Lunchtime workshops and symposia

Students symposium
Gender lunchtime seminar
SETAC Europe AGA

Students Symposium - Meeting the new generation (Monday 21 May)

The Student Advisory Council of SETAC Europe invites all students to attend this session for PhD and Masters students to present their research in a student-only forum.
This is an excellent opportunity for you to meet other students within your research area from around the world!
Join this lunchtime session as of 13:00 on Monday 21 May 2007 in room "S. João".
(Lunch provided)‏

Gender balance in Science and Technology - lunchtime seminar (Tuesday 22 May)

In several countries within and outside Europe studies have shown that women are still underrepresented, e.g. only 29 % of the researchers in EU are women, and only 18 % of researchers in the private sector are women (She Figures, 2006). Even though a lot has already been achieved and numbers in female students and PhDs are slowly increasing in general, much action still has to be done to ensure gender balance in permanent academic and leadership positions. Karen Lloyd reported from a study in Canada “Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science & Engineering” several options which can be done easily. We all know that political changes are needed, however, we can start acting in our surroundings as well, such as setting professional and equity standards, quota, specific awards for women in tenure-track positions, blinded reviews in the peer review process, etc.

One important action has been started at the European level last year, the creation of the European Platform for Women Scientists (EPWS). We will welcome Dr A. Ehmke with a talk entitled: “European Science Policy and the Role of the European Platform of Women Scientists”. Dr. Ehmke, current president of the EPWS and former Vice Rector of the University of Luxemburg holds a PhD in Biology from the University of Bonn (Germany). In her professional career she worked for more than twenty years as scientist in the field of Pharmaceutical Biology at the Universities of Bonn and Braunschweig. As Vice President of the TU Braunschweig (1994-1996) she chaired the "Kommission für Frauenfragen". From 1998 to 2004 she was President of the Trier University of Applied Sciences. During this time she implemented the "Ada Lovelace Projekt", a project encouraging girls and young women in studying Engineering and Sciences and transferred the project to Luxembourg.

SETAC Europe members Annual General Assembly (Wednesday 23 May)

The SETAC Europe Annual General Assembly (AGA) will take place on Wednesday 23 May, at 13:00. At this meeting the annual report and financial results of 2006 will be presented and new council members will be elected. You will have the opportunity to give your opinion on how the society is governed.

Agenda of the AGA:

13.00: Lunch served
13.15: Opening & Recognition of guests and visitors
13.18: Approval of the Agenda
13.20: Minutes AGA The Hague 2006
13.25: Election of New Council Members
13.40: Executive directors Report / Annual report 2006
13.50: Finance Report 2006
14.00: Budget 2007
14.10: Results of the election
14.15: President’s statement
14.20: Incoming Presidents Statement
14.25: Any other business
14.30: Adjourn

Meeting documents:

AP1: Invitation letter
AP2: SETAC Europe General Assembly 2007  Agenda
AP3: SETAC Europe General Assembly 2006  Minutes
AP4: SETAC Europe Council candidates 2007
AP5: SETAC Europe Annual Report 2006
AP6: SETAC Europe financial statement 2006
AP7: SETAC Europe Budget 2007