[Cuga] Workshop on Women in Science and Engineering at Jefferson Lab---a message from Latifa Elouadrhiri

[Rachel Harris]

Dear Colleagues:

I would like to draw your attention to the upcoming Workshop on Women in 
Science and Engineering, which will be held on November 16th at 
Jefferson Lab. We are developing an exciting program, focusing on the 
status of women in science and strategies for increasing the 
participation of underrepresented minorities at Jefferson Lab in 
particular and in science overall. The Circular for the workshop is 
appended below. The web site for the workshop is at

http://conferences.jlab.org/wsw09/index.html

Registration is free but please do register as soon as possible so that 
we can estimate our space and refreshment needs.

Best Regards,

Latifa Elouadrhiri
for the organizing committee

*_Circular:_*

The under-representation of women in physics and engineering disciplines 
has been widely discussed in academia, national laboratories and 
government. At Jefferson Lab we are committed to increasing women in the 
pipeline by sponsoring effective educational, mentorship and research 
opportunities for young people as well as to retaining women staff and 
users in these disciplines by improving the working environment whenever 
possible

We are very excited to host the first Jefferson Lab Workshop on “Women 
in Science and Engineering”, to be held November 16, 2009. The goal of 
the workshop is to discuss strategies, existing programs, and practical 
measures to increase participation of women and girls in science and 
engineering at Jefferson Lab, with the goal that we can contribute to 
this dialogue at the national level. During the workshop we plan to 
discuss the barriers to the education, recruiting, progression and 
retention of women in science and engineering as well as strategies and 
practical measures to improve the current situation. The Workshop brings 
together men and women from academia, national labs and government who 
are interested in learning more about these issues, sharing their 
experience and perspective, identifying barriers and implementing 
suggestions for effective change.

*_Topics Include:_*

    * Status of women in sciences
    * Issues related to education, recruiting, climate and retention of
      women in physics and engineering
    * Existing organizations and programs that are already making a
      difference
    * Programs at funding agencies

*_Organizing Committee_**:*

Latifa Elouadrhiri (chair)* *- Jefferson Lab
Gail Dodge* - *Old Dominion University
Dianne Napier - Jefferson Lab

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