Dear All,
on behalf of The Consulate General of Italy in Houston, the Science Office is pleased to invite you to attend:
“Science interlocks with gender issues: STEM passion, scientific challenges and gendered innovations” Symposium, on April 17th.
- Prof. Francesca D’Alessandro Behr, Dept. of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Houston, Houston, TX, “Becoming visible: Stories of Women in Science”.
- Prof. Annalisi Quaini, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, TX, “Learning the language of the Universe: the mathematics of clouds, crowds and nanoparticles”.
- Prof. Londa Schiebinger (connected remotely), Founding Director of Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering and Environment, Histoy Dept., University of Stanford, Stanford, CA, “Gender Innovations: Enhancing Excellence in Science & Technology”.
The event is on occasion of the celebration of the “Italian Research Day in the World, 2023”, established in memory of the anniversary of the birth on April 15th, 1452 of the Italian genius Leonardo da Vinci.
- Venue: Four Oaks Hall, 2nd floor, 1330 Post Oak Blvd., Houston, TX 77056
- When: Monday April 17th 2023 from 8:45 am to 3 pm (CST)
- Please register at the link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Hza8FFmqCtBBqmNlaoBZvwvtSNw43jglJIhpQvioIbQ/ (the registration is free) - Presentations and discussions in English (agenda).
- Event free and open to the public, in collaboration with IIC-Los Angeles, IACC-Texas, ITA, ISSNAF-WSC, TSIC, ICCC-Houston, COMITES.
If you have any question or comment please write to houston.scienza@esteri.it
Please share this email with your circle. Thank you, we look forward to seeing you on April, 17th!
In the Consulate’s YouTube Channel ( www.youtube.com/@italyinhouston )
you will kindly find the trailer and the video of the event.
