Gendered Innovations in Science and Engineering II, conference

The Clayman Institute's second conference on the impact of gender on innovation in science and engineering. Thursday March 13, 2008 10:00 am: Welcome: Fixing the Knowledge (Londa Schiebinger, Professor of History of Science and Director, Clayman Institute) 10:30am -12:30pm: Women in Gaming and Virtual Worlds (Moderator: Terry Winograd, Professor of Computer Science, Stanford) Confirmed panelists: Sheri Graner Ray, Executive Director, Women in Gaming International; Vladlen Koltun, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Stanford; and Nick Yee, Palo Alto Research Center. 12:30pm – 1:30pm: lunch break 1:30pm - 3:30pm: Gendered Innovation in Engineering (Moderator: Sheri Sheppard, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford) Confirmed panelists: Michelle Zawadzki, Senior Director of Knee Development, Zimmer Inc ; and Deborah Kilgore, Research Scientist, University of Washington. 3:30pm - 4:00pm: break 4:00pm - 5:30pm: Women's Role in the Future of Science (Moderator: Professor Londa Schiebinger) Confirmed panelists: Jim Batterson, Executive Director, Women's Health Initiative, Stanford; Cynthia Friend, Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University; Nancy Hopkins, Professor of Bology, MIT; and Sue Rosser, Dean, Ivan Allen College, Georgia Institute of Technology. 5:30pm Closing remarks (Professor Londa Schiebinger) Conference continues on Friday March 14. The first 20 people at each session will get a free conference T-shirt! For more information, including biographies of our speakers, visit our conference page at http://gender.stanford.edu. Join our group page on Facebook too.