Conference September 8th, 2022
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In honor of 25 years of Informatica Feminale, the Center of Excellence Women in Science and Technology of the University of Bremen presented the conference „Women’s Spaces in Computer Science – Experiences and Perspectives“ on September 8th, 2022. The conference was part of the international summer university Informatica Feminale (1-14 September 2022; www.informatica-feminale.de).
Gender-political reforms in informatics have not lost their relevance. Monoeducative teaching and learning spaces like the summer university for women* are a part of enhancing gender equality in informatics / computer science. The Informatica Feminale focuses on educational structure and specialist cultures. It is a place for experimentation, for new impulses in studying informatics. Due to that, the Informatica Feminale developed into a summer university with an enormous reach, potency, and scope. In 25 years, an extensive network and multi-generational community have formed. Because of the continuous, strong orientation on specialization, the summer university’s resonance is still going strong.
The Informatica Feminale has become a beacon of gender-political reforms for gender in STEM. The conference „Women’s Spaces in Computer Science – Experiences and Perspectives“ aims focus attention: Beginning with a review on 25 years of Informatica Feminale, we continue to the current situation of informatics in German universities, towards a preview of needed gender-political reforms.
The conference took place on the 8th of September 2022 from 11 am until 4 pm in House of Science in Bremen.
- Greetings by
– Senator Dr. Claudia Schilling, Senator of Science and Harbors of Freie Hansestadt Bremen,
– Bettina Wilhelm, State Representative of Women of Freie Hansestadt Bremen, and
– Rector Professor Dr. Jutta Günther, University of Bremen - Presentations by
– Professor Dr. Juliane Siegeris, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin University of Applied Sciences, and
– Private lecturer Dr. habil. Sigrid Schmitz, Freiburg - Look back on 25 years of Informatica Feminale by Veronika Oechtering, Henrike Illig and Isabel Matthias
- Panel discussion with
– Professor Dr.-Ing. Karin Vosseberg, Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences,
– Dr.-Ing. Ingrid Rügge, University of Bremen,
– Patricia Jung, Munich,
– Veronika Oechtering, University of Bremen,
Moderation: Henrike Illig, Universität Bremen.
In the evening, a dinner at the restaurant “Falstaff” in Bremen’s Neustadt offered opportunities for informal networking and exchange.