As part of Ada Lovelace Day, an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths, Digital Science, has organised an exciting online panel discussion on gender issues in STEM.
The panel consists of Nature’s Sara Abdulla, Digital Science’s Amy Brand and Mariette DiChristina from Scientific American.
Topics of discussion will include peer review and author name ordering, the impact of social media and blogging on gender imbalances, the media’s representation of scientists and issues around science education and the impact of new technologies and digital tools on gender imbalances,
The event will last 30 minutes and it will take place at 9.30pm UK time / 4.30pm EDT on Tuesday 14th October. You can tune in here.
Digital Science’s Amy Brand recently did an online interview with STEMwomen.net tackling similar themes. You can read our write-up and watch the full interview here.