New Challenges in Neural Computation 2017
Organizers: Barbara Hammer, Thomas Martinetz and Thomas Villmann
Sponsors: European Neural Networks Society and CITEC centre of excellence
Invited speaker gender ratio: 0 Women : 2 Men (0%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 15%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in neurally inspired machine learning.
Organizers: David Angulo Garcia, Alessandro Torcini, Demian Battaglia and Rosa Cossart
Sponsors: see here
Speaker gender ratio: 2 women : 11 men (15%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
Neural circuits and behavior: from cells to connectivity and function
Organizers (see here): Yannick Passarelli, Darinka Trübutschek, Divya Ail, Abhishek Chatterjee, Matías Goldin, Mehdi Rahim, Julien Bouvier, Valérie Ego-Stengel, Nicolas Giret, Cyril Monier, Jérôme Roger, Brice Bathellier
Sponsors: see here
Total speaker gender ratio (incl. plenaries): 7 Women : 10 Men (41%)
Plenary speaker gender ratio: 2 Women : 7 Men (22%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 24%
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in neuroscience.
5th Annual Molecular Psychiatry Meeting
Organizers: Carrie Bearden, Ron Davis, Stephanie Dulawa, Rob Malenka, Tracey Petryshen, Stephan Sanders, Akira Sawa and Martin Schalling
Plenary speaker gender ratio: 1 Woman : 1 Man (50%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 58%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword molecular AND (psychiatry OR psychiatric) and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 44 pages of results.
Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School 2017
Organizers: Raul Mureşan, Adam Kampff & Florin Albeanu
Funders: see here
Lecturer gender ratio: 2 Women : 16 Men (11%)
Teaching assistant gender ratio: 4 Women : 15 Men (21%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 24%
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in neuroscience.
11th Annual Canadian Neuroscience Meeting
Organizers: see here
Total speaker gender ratio: 31 Women : 36 Men (46%)
Invited speaker gender ratio: 8 Women : 7 Men (53%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 24%
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in neuroscience.
Gatsby Tri-Centre Meeting 2017
Speaker gender ratio: 4 Women : 17 Men (19%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
VII Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience – LASCON 2018
Organizers: Antonio Galves, Antonio Roque and Nilton Kamiji
Speaker gender ratio: 2 Women : 18 Men (10%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
HBP Hippocamp 2017: Collaborative and Integrative Modeling of Hippocampus
Organizers: Alain Destexhe, Katherine Fregnac, Szabolcs Kali, Audrey Mercer, Michele Migliore, Eilif Muller, Armando Romani, Katrien Van Look
Sponsors: see here
Speaker gender ratio: 4 women : 9 men (31%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 35%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword (modeling OR modelling) AND hippocampus and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 43 pages of results.
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience: From Generation to Degeneration
Organizers: Chaya Kalcheim, Eran Meshorer and Hermona Soreq
Total speaker gender ratio (incl. keynote): 8 Women : 15 Men (35%)
Keynote speaker gender ratio: 0 Women : 1 Man (0%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 40%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword (molecular OR cellular) AND neuro and counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in pages 25, 49, 72 and 96 of 119 results pages.
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