Powerful Women in Science

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18-19|02|2020

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The Symposium “Future Challenges in Water Resources Research” focuses on the impact of water management projects. The keynote lectures will deal with morphological changes and their ecological effects. Secondary effects such as the formation of blue-green algae blooms and greenhouse gases in reservoirs will also be discussed. Large water projects are always a societal topic we want to talk about.

Our topic is strongly interdisciplinary and well balanced between engineering disciplines, natural and social sciences. However, women in such disciplines are strongly underrepresented. It is obvious that the number of women decreases the higher they climb the academic ladder (from students to doctoral candidates and to research group leaders).

For this reason, we organise this event that focuses on women’s competences. The research work of internationally renowned female scientists will be presented during the symposium.

This top-class event is of course open to everyone: female, male or diverse.

Agenda 18th February

12:00

Lunch meet and greet, first get‐together 

13:00

Introduction and Welcome Addresses

Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts in Baden-Württemberg

Head Office Wassernetzwerk B-W

Project Coordinator of CHARM

14:00

KEYNOTE 1 – Sediments 

Dr. ir. Astrid Blom

Response of River Channel Geometry to Measures and Natural Change”

Associate Professor of Morphodynamics of sand-gravel rivers

TU Delft, The Netherlands

www.tudelft.nl

15:50

KEYNOTE 2 – Biofilms 

Dr. Katharina Besemer

“Ecology, diversity and function of freshwater biofilms”

Post Doc Fellowship

Wassercluster Lunz, Vienna, Austria

www.wasserkluster-lunz.ac.at

17:20

Panel Discussion

18:00

Women of Music

19:00

Dinner 

Agenda 19th February

9:00

KEYNOTE 3 – Cyano Bacteria

Prof. Dr. Kaarina Sivonen

“Cyanobacteria in water ecosystems”

Head of the Department of Microbiology

University Helsinki, Finland

www.researchportal.helsinki.fi

10:20

KEYNOTE 4 – Green House Gas Emissions 

Bridget Deemer, Ph.D.

“Methane Emissions from Reservoirs – Estimating Global Sources, Exploring Controls on Emission, and Identifying Opportunities for Management”

Southwest Biological Science Center

USGS, USA

www.usgs.gov

11:40

Science Slam 

12:30

KEYNOTE 5 – Social Implications 

Prof. Dr. Claudia Pahl-Wostl

“Governance Challenges in the Water-Energy-Food-Nexus”

Institute for Environmental Systems Research

Universität Osnabrück, Germany

www.usf.uni-osnabrueck.de

13:50

Final Remarks

Participation Fee

Price: 80,00 €

Participation Fee (Regular) – Payment by Credit Card 
A refund of the conference fees is possible if a cancellation is made by 31.12.2019. We reserve the right to withhold a processing fee of 10.00 Euro. From 01.01.2020 a cancellation free of charge is no longer possible.

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Price: 20,00 €

Participation Fee (Student) – Payment by Credit Card 
A refund of the conference fees is possible if a cancellation is made by 31.12.2019. We reserve the right to withhold a processing fee of 10.00 Euro. From 01.01.2020 a cancellation free of charge is no longer possible.

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