Entrepreneur (own company: Exact Match )

8:30

Registration

09:00

Welcome
Guntram Geser, Head of Department Information Society Research,
Salzburg Research, A
Gabi Burgstaller, Lady State Governor - County Salzburg

09:15

The future of European education initiatives addressing the “Gender Diversity in the world of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)”
Ernst Gesslbauer, Director Leonardo Austrian National Agency, A

09:30

“ICT is a tool and maybe a toy” - women set different priorities in the technological innovation process
Cecile Crutzen, Senior Lecturer, School of Informatics, Open University, NL

10:30

Coffee Break

10:45

Chances for women in today’s information and knowledge society: Benefits and risks?
Barbara Schwarze, Centre of Excellence Women in Information Society and Technology, G

11:15

“Female students make it in ICT” - Presentation of the results of the European Project PRO::ICT
PRO::ICT Team: Veronika Hornung-Prähauser, Salzburg Research, Maria Schwarz-Wölzl, Centre for Social Innovation ZSI, A, Eliane Smits, National Organisation Women in Higher Technical Education and Positions vhto, NL, Videoconference to University Lampeter, UK

11.45

20 Years of “Girls-Technology” projects in Europe:
Waste of time or successful change?
General discussion with expert panel

13:30

Session 1: How to sensitise girls and female students for choosing an unconventional female career path?

Target Group: Educators in primary and secondary school

Moderation: Michaela Luckmann, St.Virgil Bildungshaus, A

• Career orientation of girls by means of gender sensitive teaching Sybille Reidl, Gender Now Consulting, A
• The importance of “cool” role models in the ICT job market for career orientation, PRO::ICT Team, Barbara Tröster, A
• Who wins the millionaire show – the ICT labour market quiz adapted to the situation of different European countries
  PRO::ICT Team, Christine Stöckler, A
  

13:30

Session 2: Methods for gender sensitive teaching at universities and colleges

Target Group: teachers, lecturers for Informatics, telecommunication, multimedia design

Moderation:, Gerhard Jöchtl, University of Applied Services, A

• Gender sensitive teaching and learning at university
  Helga Stadler, University of Vienna, A
  
• Assessment of gender sensitive teaching methods in university teaching: Presentation of the “Action Tool”,
  Eliane Smits and und Gertje Joukes, VHTO - National Organisation Women in Higher Technical Education and Positions, NL
  
• PRO::ICT Online Gender Sensitivity Training: The personal self-concept and its impact on teaching and counselling
  Jolande Leinenbach, ed-consult, DK
  

13:30

Session 3: New methods in career counselling

Target Group: Vocational counsellors and ICT Human Resource managers , university management staff

Moderation: Veronika Hornung-Prähauser, PRO::ICT Team, A

• Supplementary courses to encourage females with relevant skills profiles to enter the ICT industry
  Michelle Selinger, Education Manager Cisco Systems, UK
  Download Presentation Sellinger (engl)
• PRO::ICT Career Path Tool: Orientation test for jobs in the ICT job world, Gemma Houldin, University of Lampeter, GB
  Download Presentation Houldin/Mullins (engl)
• How to conduct a gender sensitive job-interview ?
  Klaudia Mattern, A
  

15:00

Break

15:15:

Session 4: “Girls have fun with computer” – Computer competence as a first step into informatics

Target Group: Primary and secondary school teachers

Moderation: Christina Haaf, Women`s Competence Centre, G

• Gender sensitive experimenting with robotics in school – Presentation of the project ROBERTA
  Ulrike Petersen, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft AIS, G
  Download Presentation Petersen (engl)
• Computer-clubs for girls - first steps into the ICT world
  Ulla Berlin, Kompetenz für Frauen e.V., G
  

15:15:

Session 5: Strategies to increase the share of women in ICT education and ICT labour world

Target group: University and college staff, vocational counsellors and ICT Human Resource managers, university management staff, gender commissioner

Moderation: Maria Schwarz-Wölzl, Centre for Social Innovation, A

• Benefit of gender sensible strategies for more female first year students in ICT, Sylvie Villa, Fachhochschule Westschweiz, CH
• “It´s the membership that counts!” Networks as application and recruitment strategy, Dorly Holzer-Harringer, Skidata/ Association for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WITEC), A
  Download Presentation Holzer Harringer (engl)
• Career support of Women in ICT companies,
  Brigitte Fila, IBM Human Resource Management, A
  

15:15:

Session 6: Mentoring – with different programmes to success

Target Group: University and college staff, vocational counsellors and ICT Human Resource managers, university management staff, gender commissioner

Moderation: Harald Gapski (ECMC)

• eMentoring for women in academic careers
  Andréa Belliger, Institute for Communication and Culture Lucerne University, CH
  
• Telementoring and Cross-Mentoring as support,
  Julia Traphan, European Centre for Media Competence ECMC, G
  
• “Crossing borders with mentoring”: ICT mentoring networks, Christine Kurmeyer, University of Hannover, G