BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.4.6.4//EN TZID:Asia/Singapore X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:VEVENT UID:66@singaporewomeninscience.org DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20180116T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20180116T170000 DTSTAMP:20231127T150356Z URL:https://www.singaporewomeninscience.org/events/singapore-women-in-scie nce-event-with-dr-elizabeth-pollitzer/ SUMMARY:Singapore Women in Science event with Dr. Elizabeth Pollitzer DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nThe Singapore Women in Science group along with the Mec hanobiology Institute (NUS) would like to invite you to a talk by Dr. Eliz abeth Pollitzer\, founder of the Gender Summit (https://gender-summit.com/ )\, co-founder and Director of Portia\, an organization devoted to improvi ng gender equality in STEM and promoting the inclusion of the gender dimen sion in STEM. http://www.portiaweb.org/index.php/2012-07-11-23-46-44/gend er-science-expertise\n\nHer talk is titled:\n\nTHE NEED AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE AND BENEFIT FROM GENDER-SENSITIVE RESEARCH\, INNOVATION AND DEV ELOPMENT\n\nDr. Pollitzer’s talk will show the range and importance of t he available evidence of sex/gender differences in science knowledge\, hig hlight the gaps in understanding\, and show opportunities to apply new und erstanding of sex/gender difference effects for technological innovation a nd socio-economic development. These considerations will be framed by the two major but contrasting visions of the future: the UN Sustainable Develo pment Goals agenda and the 4th Industrial Revolution.\n\nDr. Pollitzer fou nded the Gender Summit platform in 2011 and has driven its global developm ent across six regions\, with 13 events until end of 2017. This includes c reating the global community of experts and practitioners\, which is 6000 strong at present. She is expert adviser to the European Commission and ot her policy making bodies. She speaks and writes on gender issues in resear ch and innovation process from the perspective of improving quality\, impa ct\, and societal responsibility. Dr.Pollitzer's science background includ es biophysical science\, computing\, information systems and gender issues .\n\nIn 2011\, a panel of European science leaders examined scientific evi dence showing when\, why\, and how sex/gender influence research results\, and differentiate outcomes for women and men. They concluded that:\n\n T here is widespread historical male gender bias in science knowledge\;\n R esearchers often failed to report the sex of the subjects\;\n Data and re sults were often not disaggregated by sex.\n\nThis meant that science toda y has more data for males than for females and\, therefore\, the quality o f outcomes for women may be not as good as it is for men (e.g. drugs\, saf ety cars\, medical devices). In addition\, the better participation of wom en in research and innovation process produces real benefits for science k nowledge making and application\, by diversifying problem solving styles\, widening perspectives on possible solutions\, improving how teams communi cate\, balancing attitudes to risk\, and raising team’s collective intel ligence.\n\nSince 2011\, these issues have been discussed as part of the G ender Summit platform\, which started in Europe and expanded to other regi ons\, including North America\, Asia Pacific\, Africa\, Latin America & \; Caribbean\, and the Arab World. The aim of the Gender Summit is to brin g together scientists\, gender scholars and policy makers in these regions to jointly examine new evidence and agree where improvements are needed\, locally\, regionally and globally.\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n LOCATION:Creation Theatrette\, Level 4\, Matrix Building\, 30 Biopolis St\, Singapore\, 138671\, Singapore X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Level 4\, Matrix Building\, 30 Biopolis St\, Singapore\, 138671\, Singapore;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITL E=Creation Theatrette:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20170116T160000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:+08 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR