700 people are expected from 50 countries.

Organized by :

Conseil National des Ingénieurs et des Scientifiques de France (CNISF).
ICWES14 Chair : Monique MOUTAUD

With the participation of :

• Association Française des Femmes ingénieurs (FI).
• Association Femmes et Sciences (F&S).
• Association femmes & mathématiques (f&m).
• Deutscher ingenieurinnenbund e.v. (dib).
• Women’s engineering society (WES).
• Mission pour la place des femmes au CNRS

International Network of  Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES).

Strategic partnership :

• European Commission (Seventh Framework Program)
• Conseil Régional  Nord-Pas de Calais.

"A changing world: new opportunities for Women Engineers and Scientists"

• To encourage women scientists and engineers from all over the world to meet and share their researches and experiences in order to work out an international vision on these topics.
• To develop the international network by attracting women in STEM close to the conference venue.
• To disseminate the experiences of women engineers and scientists networks in order to develop good practices.

Conference Structure

• Main session : Plenary lectures.
• parallel sessions.
• posters .

Special program for engineer and scientist students.

Workshop on sharing best practices (INWES).

Cultural program including industrial visits, tourist program and social events.

The official language of the conference is English, it will be used in all plenary, parallel sessions, posters and printed materials.

Important dates

Call for Abstracts beginning              November 15, 2007
 
Deadline for Abstract Submission       February 17, 2008
 
Notification of Acceptance               March 15, 2008

Venue

Polytech’Lille , at the University of Science and Technology (Lille 1).

A leafy campus easily accessible by public transportation from downtown.

Lille is only one hour by TGV (high speed train) from Paris and Brussels and two hours from London.