Topics of the Women in Fusion luncheon
- How to promote STEM and encourage STEM careers in schools?
- Do we have enough role models? Are we actively providing visibility through encouraging and inspiring career and life stories?
- Is the number of girls and young women in STEM and in fusion increasing? Which action paths have provided tangible results and which not?
- Can I have a career in STEM? And in particular in fusion?
- Do you need to be an engineer or a physicist to be able to make career in fusion?
- What is the role of networking in building a career in fusion, from school to directorate, from mentoring to championing?
- What steps should be taken to move from a world designed by men for men to a place where women can thrive?
Format
Event comprises of statements and discussion by invited panellists followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
Moderator
Ms. Sehila GONZALEZ DE VICENTE, Chair of Women in Fusion
Opening statements
- Ms. WANG Min, Deputy Director General of ITER China Domestic Agency, China
- Ms. Tzanka KOKALOVA-WHELDON, Director of Physical and Chemical Sciences Division of IAEA
Panellists
- Ms. Tzanka KOKALOVA-WHELDON, Director of Physical and Chemical Sciences Division of IAEA
- Ms. Francesca POLI, ITER Organization, Coordinating Scientist
- Ms. Eva BELONOHY, EUROfusion, Programme Management
- Ms. WU Changnian, Vice Chairman, Chengdu Guoguang Electric, China
- Ms. Laura WHEATLEY, IAEA, Associate Nuclear Fusion Engineer
- Ms. ZHENG Xue, Electrical Engineer, Southwestern Institute of Physics - SWIP, China
Lunch
Lunch available during the event.
