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July 11-14, 2023
Organizing Committee: The Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA)
Keynote speakers gender ratio: 2 women, 3 men (40%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 2, within 1 standard deviation below base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field
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December 4-7, 2023
Organizing Committee: Australasian Neuroscience Society Association Specialists
Plenary speakers gender ratio: 1 women, 4 men (20%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 1, within 2 standard deviations below base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field
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September 21-23, 2023
Organizing Committee: John Rothwell, Charlotte Stagg, Sven Bestmann, Jacinta O’Shea, Paul Taylor, Helen Nuttall, Lennart Verhagen, Camilla Nord, Ines Violante, Michael Banissy
Confirmed featured and special lectures gender ratio: 7 women, 6 men (54%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 44%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the brain stimulation field
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November 11-15, 2023
Organizing Committee: Society for Neuroscience
Confirmed featured and special lectures gender ratio: 14 women, 10 men (58%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 4, within 2 standard deviations above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field
** We will update these numbers if/as more speakers are confirmed
Check out the article here and the Inclusive Intelligent Technologies for Education Institute here
This article discusses a new NSF grant and research for the Inclusive Intelligent Technologies for Education Institute. Part of this research takes place at the University of Oregon, led by Daniel Lowd, which aims at purposefully gathering data to develop fair and unbiased learning models for STEM students. This concept will pave the way towards using AI for education without the common biases, and is an excited step forward in reducing bias in STEM!
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October 18 – October 21, 2023
Organizing Committee: FENS, Timothy Behrens, Alla Karpova
Confirmed speakers gender ratio: 7 women, 14 men (33%)**
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 52%*
BWN rating: 1, within 2 standard deviations below base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the cognitive neuroscience field
** We will update these numbers if/as more speakers are confirmed
Check out the paper here, and a thread by one of the authors here
This paper by 52 Black Scientists (listed above), discusses Juneteenth’s history, the history of racism in science, and how institutions (and individuals) can take actionable steps to reduce this racism and the burden it places on Black scientists.
From Figure 1 in the paper, here is an infographic with an overview of potential changes that can help as well as current barriers:
As described further in this paper, some specific themes for changes that institutions and the wider community are recommended to make in order to work towards solving this problem are: creating and foster a culture of inclusivity and support, developing mechanisms to protect trainees in the pipeline by combating suicidal threats and overcoming mental health struggles and challenges, considering work-life integration, reducing “White superiority”, and more.
Read “Juneteenth in STEMM and the barriers to equitable science” for more details and information!
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September 26 – September 29, 2023
Organizing Committee: Bernstein Network
Keynote and invited speakers gender ratio: 5 women, 5 men (50%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 26%*
BWN rating: 4, within 2 standard deviations above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the computational neuroscience field
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September 6 – September 8, 2023
Organizing Committee: Craig Blackstone, Fiona Elwood, Patrick Lewis, Hélène Plun-Favreau, Lucy Criddle, Jane Murphy
Confirmed apeakers gender ratio: 8 women, 6 men (57%)**
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 4, within 2 standard deviations above base rate
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field
** We will update these numbers as more speakers become confirmed
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