Call for Presentations

Topic 1: Challenges and Benefits of Gender Equity in Science, Technology and Innovation.

• Sub-topic 1.1.: Role of the educational system and culture in scientific, professional and technological careers and vocational paths.
• Sub-topic 1.2.: Diversity and gender inclusion in STEM.

Topic 2: Gender Dimension in Scientific Research and Knowledge

• Sub-topic 2.1.: Benefits of the gender dimension and inclusion for science, innovation and industry.
• Sub-topic 2.2.: Gender perspective in research and technological solutions.

Topic 3: Unlimited Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development for all

• Sub-topic 3.1.: Climate change and natural disasters.
• Sub-topic 3.2.: Climate change, water and water resources.
• Sub-topic 3.3.: Climate change and renewable energy.
• Sub-topic 3.4: Climate change, agro-industry and food security.
• Sub-topic 3.5: Climate change, sustainability of the oceans and their communities.
• Sub-topic 3.6: Biotechnology: the challenges for research and its applications from a gender perspective.
• Sub-topic 3.7: Challenges in robotics and communications technologies considering the gender dimension.

The selected presentations will participate in panels consisting of 3-4 people, oriented towards reflecting on experiences and creating knowledge related to each of the sub-topics described above.

In other words, each sub-topic corresponds to a panel in which the presentations selected through this contest will participate.

Presentations should include visual support in PPT or PDF format, with a maximum duration of 15 minutes to ensure fair participation by the diversity of panelists and to stimulate discussion with the public towards the end of each session.

Participants must fill out the online form that will be available beginning on September 1 at http://www.gendersummitchile.cl, where they may submit information on the author and an abstract (summary) of their presentation.

Presentations must be original, and must not have been presented previously at other international summits, and it is recommended that they refer to research or experiences from the last 6 years.

All proposals submitted will be evaluated by an Gender Summit Academic Committee and, based on their quality and contents, presentations will be selected to be included in the panels of the main summit event on December 6 and 7, 2017 in Santiago, Chile.

The Gender Summit Academic Committee will consist of representatives of the International Advisory Committee and other individuals from the public and private sectors who shall participate as collaborators for this Gender Summit.
The final deadline for submitting presentation proposals is Monday, September 25, 2017 at 11:59 p.m.

Abstracts of proposed presentations must be uploaded to the official Gender Summit in Chile website, in the section to be activated beginning on September 1: Participate > Call for Presentations.

Once the process of submitting your proposal is complete, you will receive a notice of receipt. This notice may be sent to your SPAM (junk mail) folder. In this case, please check this folder and mark the message as desired mail to ensure the correct receipt of the following notifications.

We recommend that you also send a digital copy of Abstract Submission Form by e-mail before the deadline to the following address: [email protected], with the following title in the Subject of the message: Sub-topic No. (indicate number), Author Last Name_First Name. (for example: 3.1, González_María).

The Academic Committee will review the proposals received and will use e-mail to inform the authors of selected presentations by October 30, 2017. The list of selected papers will then be published on the summit’s official website. Once a proposal is accepted, it will automatically be registered at the main summit.

The Gender Summit Organizing Committee reserves the right to cancel one or more sub-topics initially announced in this call if it does not receive enough qualifying presentations to form a panel.

The selected individuals will retain all intellectual property rights and will allow the Gender Summit Organizing Committee to publish the final presentations that were shared at the seminar on December 6 and 7, 2017. These presentations will be posted on the official Gender Summit 12 Chile website, as well as on the international website.

The full versions of selected presentations must be sent before November 24, 2017 for editing and dissemination at the Gender Summit and, after the event, on the website.

In principle, the individuals whose presentations are selected must arrange and pay for their own travel and hotel arrangements for attending and participating in the Gender Summit. No other costs, such as registration and/or exhibition rights, are required in order to participate. If there are any grants or funding available for presentations, these will be announced in a timely manner.

For further information or inquiries, please write to: [email protected]

By submitting an abstract of their presentations and, if selected, by submitting their full presentations for the seminar within the established deadlines, all participants in this contest hereby accept the terms and conditions described herein.