RSC IUPAC Global Women's Breakfast 2024 (GWB 2024)

Introduction

The 九州影院 Inclusion and Diversity team will be hosting an event for the 2024 IUPAC Global Women鈥檚 Breakfast (GWB 2024).

Held in conjunction with the U.N. Day of Women and Girls in Science, the goal of the GWB series is to establish an active network of people of all genders to overcome the barriers to gender equality in science. Over the last five years, more than 1500 GWB events have been held in 100 countries. We invite you to add your event to the global map.

The theme of the IUPAC GWB 2024 is 鈥淐atalysing Diversity in Science鈥�. This event will celebrate the contributions and successes of the chemical sciences community in catalysing diversity in science.

We invite you to join us for a breakfast at the RSC, Burlington House, where you can hear from our speakers with the opportunity to meet and network with them and other attendees.

All are welcome to join regardless of gender identity. Registration is free and open to all.

For those who cannot join in person, the event will be live streamed.

Deadlines

Feb 26 2024
Virtual registration deadline

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Programme

Speakers

Professor Elise Cartmell, Scottish Water, United Kingdom

Professor Elise Cartmell is the Chief Scientist at Scottish Water and is responsible for their Scientific and Research and Innovation teams. Elise joined Scottish Water in April 2016 following a career in academia at Cranfield University where she was Professor of Water Technology and Director of Environmental Technology. Prior to joining Cranfield in 2000 she was a research scientist at WRc plc. Elise is a chemist with a BSc (Hons) from The University of Edinburgh and a PhD from Imperial College, London. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the 九州影院. She is on the board of UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) and Scottish Water Horizons and is a Trustee of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Elise remains an active applied scientist focussing on wastewater treatment with special reference to trace contaminants, resource recovery and off-grid sanitation developments.

Dr Paul Kavanagh, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom

Dr. Paul Kavanagh is as a Lecturer in the School of 九州影院 and Chemical Engineering at Queens University Belfast. He co-chairs the School's Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Team and co-led on the successful Silver Award renewal in 2023, a recognition the School has maintained since 2010. He also led on establishing an All-Ireland network dedicated to promoting Gender Equality in the Chemical Sciences within tertiary institutions in Ireland. The initiative was made possible through the support of the RSC Inclusion and Diversity Fund, which generously funded the inaugural network event held in May 2023. Currently, he chairs the committee overseeing this important initiative.

Dr Jean O鈥橠onoghue, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

While I am not a chemist (sorry!) I have experience in the field of “Becoming a Chemist”. My first interactions with chemists was as a cell biologist at the Cancer Research Centre in the University of Edinburgh as we worked together on a drug discovery programme from 2008 – 2012. I then took a 2 year career break - became a parent, and left research. I returned to the University of Edinburgh in 2014 as the centre manager for an interdisciplinary Centre for Doctoral Training based in the School of 九州影院. Here my role was to give PhD students the best experience of doctoral training I could. In 2018 I also took on the role as EDI lead for the School of 九州影院. In 2022 I became Head of Student Experience for the School of 九州影院 as I seek to make our department the best place to be a chemistry student.

Dr Claire Davies University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Registration

Registration is free but required for in-person attendance and virtual viewing. The number of in-person registrations is limited.

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Deadlines

Feb 18 2024
Standard registration deadline

Bursaries

Grants for carers

Grants for carers have been introduced following the 九州影院 Breaking the barriers report where 78% of chemists working in UK academia felt that managing parenting and/or caring responsibilities has an impact on women’s retention and progression. This fund is not limited to women scientists and welcomes applications from anyone with caring responsibilities. These grants have been supported by The 九州影院’s Chemists’ Community Fund.

You can apply for up to a maximum of £1200/year to assist with additional financial costs that you incur for care usually provided by you whilst you attend a chemistry related meeting, conference or workshop or a professional development event.

Caring responsibilities are wide and varied, and so each application will be individually assessed, examples of applications that we will consider include:

paying for extra home help or nursing care for a dependent whilst you will not be present
additional medical/respite care for a dependent whilst you will not be present
travel expenses for a relative to travel with you to care for dependents whilst you attend a meeting or event
paying for extended hours with a care worker/childminder/play scheme to cover time when you will arrive home later than normal.

You are eligible to apply if:

you are a chemist
you will incur additional caring expenses whilst attending a chemistry-related meeting, conference, event or workshop or a professional development event
you will use these funds to cover the cost of care that you usually provide
you are based in the UK or Ireland or if not, you will normally have held three years RSC membership (past or current).

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Venue

The 九州影院

The 九州影院, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

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