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Women in Engineering (Track 9-1 & 9-2)

Track 9: Engineering Education and Women in Engineering

We are very pleased to announce that we will organize the sessions regarding WIE: Women In Engineering. We welcome you to participate in the track 9-1 and 9-2 for meeting new friends and discussing WIE activities!

Date
  1. November 30, 2015 17:10-18:00
  2. December   1, 2015 10:10-12:30 and 14:00-16:30

Flyer (English) pdf

Session Keynote Lecture

Theme: "Role and Promoting female leaders in engineering"

Date:
November 30, 2015 17:10-18:00
The Chair:
Stacey M. DelVecchio (USA), Caterpillar Inc.
Keynote Speaker:
Yukako Uchinaga (Japan) Japan Women’s Innovative Network
OS 9-1

Theme: "Promoting female leaders in engineering"

Date:
December 1, 2015 10:10-12:30
The Chair:

Miyoko O. Watanabe (Japan), Science and Technology Agency

Speakers:
  1. 1. 10:10-10:35 Kim Myung-Ja (Korea)
    - Center for Women in Science, Technology and Engineering
  2. 2. 10:35-11:00 Bashayer Ibrahim AL-Awwad (Kuwait)
    - The World Federation of Engineering Organizations, WFEO
  3. 3. 11:00-11:25 Iwao Miyamoto (Japan)
    - Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
  4. 4. 11:25-11:50 Reiko Fujita (Japan)
    - Japan Science and Technology Agency
  5. 5. 11:50-12:00 Yvette Ramos (Switzerland)
    - SWISS ENGINEERING – Geneva Chapter
  6. 6. 12:00-12:10 Valerie I. Agberagba (Nigeria)
    - Federation of African Engineering Organizations, FAEO
  7. 7. 12:10-12:20 P Ruby Mawasha (USA)
    - Wright State University
 
Q&A 12:20-12:30
OS 9-2 Panel Discussion: Promoting young women in engineering

Part-1 Theme: Empowering women in ICT in the global community

Date:
December 1, 2015 14:00-15:10
Facilitator:
Nobuko Kishi (Japan) - Tsuda College
Panelists:
Saeko Awata (Japan) - FUJITSU LIMITED
Junko Fujiwara (Japan) - Microsoft Development Co., Ltd.
Murali Marath (Australia) Wipro Limited
Lianzi Wen (China) - IBM Japan, Ltd

Part-2 Theme: Women engineers in civil & environmental engineering

Date:
December 1, 2015 15:20-16:30
Facilitator:
Osamu Kusakabe (Japan) - National Institute of Technology, Ibaraki College
Panelists:
Reiko Abe (Japan) - Oriental Consultants India Pvt. Ltd.
Lee Ji-Hyung (Korea) - Samwoo ANC
Satoshi Imamura (Japan) - TAISEI CORPORATION
Kiko Yamada-Kawai (Japan) - Tokyo Institute of Technology