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SUMMARY:Scientific Excellence and Equality – a Contradiction?
DTSTART:20201104T133000
DTEND:20201104T173000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Tom Welton\, OBE FRSC FCGI\, Imperial College London\, U
 K\nThe NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering and Diversity\, University of Ba
 sel are very happy to invite you to their planned conference with Prof. Dr
 . Tom Welton on the topic "Scientific Excellence and Equality – a Contra
 diction?" This is a virtual event taking place in the afternoons of\n\nWed
  4 Nov 2020\n\n	13:30 – 15:10 Session 1: Plenary session\, open for all\
 n	15:30 – 17:30 Session 2: Round table discussion with NCCR MSE members\
 , by invitation\n\n\nThu 5 Nov 2020\n\n\n	13:30 – 15:10 Session 3: Round
  table discussion with University decision makers\, by invitation\n	15:30 
 – 17:30 Session 4: Round table discussion with NCCR EO and SNSF officers
 \, by invitation\n\n\nTo further fruitful discussions among the various st
 akeholders the conference will take place in four sessions.\n\nThe goals o
 f this conference are to discuss current academic\, structural and institu
 tional challenges universities face today to promote equality while assuri
 ng that a high level of scientific excellence is maintained. It is hoped t
 hat the active discourse amongst the attendees not only stimulate a higher
  awareness for unconscious bias and gender differences but also result in 
 the identification of promising measures of success to reach a true state 
 of diversity.\n\nPlease see more information on Prof. Dr. Tom Welton here.
 \n\nSince this is a Zoom event kindly note that registration for the plena
 ry session is free but mandatory so that we can send you the conference li
 nk in time. Be aware that we will record the individual sessions.\n\nFor r
 egistration please click here. Registration is open until 30 October 2020.
 \n\nPlease feel free to forward this information to members of your team a
 nd within your institution.\n 
LOCATION:Virtual Event
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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