SCiNDU CONFERENCE: 3rd Systems and Computational Neuroscience Downunder Conference
Organizers: Geoffrey J Goodhill
Speaker gender ratio: 5 Women : 7 Men (42%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
Gordon Research Conference: Modulation of Neural Circuits and Behavior
Organizers: Rainer Friedrich and Scott Waddell
Speaker gender ratio: 10 women : 21 men (32%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
Dynamics of the brain: temporal aspects of computation
Organizers: Gilles Laurent & Ila Fiete
Sponsors: Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and The Brain Prize
Speaker gender ratio: 8 women : 16 men (33%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-18%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience, specifically the numbers based on attendance at COSYNE (Computational and Systems Neuroscience) 2016.
IGSN / SFB 874 Conference: Molecular and Neural Correlates of Memory and Cognition*
Organizer: Denise Manahan-Vaughan
Speaker gender ratio: 11 Women : 0 Men (100%)
Estimated** base rate of women in the field: 37-52%
*The NeuroNexxt initiative, a platform for female neuroscientists, was launched at this meeting.
**Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in cognitive neuroscience.
Organizers: see here
Invited speaker gender ratio: 13 Women : 10 Men (57%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 31%
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women faculty in neuroscience.
Maryland Neuroimaging Retreat 2019
13th Annual Canadian Neuroscience Meeting
Organizers: Ruth Slack and Paul Frankland
Sponsors: see here
Invited speaker gender ratio: 2 Women : 5 Men (29%)
Plenary symposia speaker gender ratio: 5 Women : 4 Men (56%)
Parallel symposia speaker gender ratio: 23 Women : 25 Men (48%)
Total speaker gender ratio: 30 Women : 34 Men (47%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 31%
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in neuroscience.
