Re: Bioimaging in Genoa - Open access - Great Talks, No women ?

Posted by Julia Edgar on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Re-Bioimaging-in-Genoa-Open-access-Great-Talks-No-women-tp7584302p7584305.html

Yes, much appreciated, Jeremy.
Thank you
Julia

-----Original Message-----
From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Sylvie Le Guyader
Sent: 08 October 2015 13:34
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Bioimaging in Genoa - Open access - Great Talks, No women ?

There is no 'Like' button on the confocal server and no way to insert an image in a mail but everyone knows what they look like anyway so I give Jeremy a huge ‘Like’.



Thank you for your efforts, Jeremy! The Swedish part of me really appreciates and the French part of me loves it! :)



Med vänlig hälsning / Best regards



Sylvie



@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Sylvie Le Guyader, PhD

Live Cell Imaging Unit Manager

Karolinska Institutet- Bionut Dpt

Hälsovägen 7,

Novum, G lift, floor 6

14157 Huddinge

Sweden

mobile: [phone]

office: [phone]

LCI website





-----Original Message-----
From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Jeremy Adler
Sent: den 8 oktober 2015 11:20
To: [hidden email]<mailto:[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: Bioimaging in Genoa - Open access - Great Talks, No women ?



Last week I posed a simple question about a conference that was being promoted using this list.



'Alberto, in case my reading of unfamiliar names is incorrect,  could you give us the fraction of the speakers that are male.'



There has been no response - the question seems to come down to whether men make up  100% or just 96% of the speakers. Implicit  in the question is how is this possible.



The massive under representation women as speakers is not trivial, being invited to speak has considerable career advantages, its looks good on a CV, it provides good networking opportunities beyond those available to conference participants, in addition speakers costs are often met and the unstated deal is that the organizers then expect/hope that the chosen speakers will reciprocate and invite them to their conferences - a loop that further works to exclude women. That speakers often become decision makers on grant applications and publications makes this cosy arrangement even more pernicious.



So Alberto please answer a very simple but important  question.