FemStart - Fostering the Public Debate on University Support of Female Scientists to Start a Business
14 February 2007 - 15 February 2007
Austria
Women represent around 50% of students at universities but are very much underrepresented in terms of scientific or entrepreneurial careers. Which specific problems prevent women in science choosing this career? Why are entrepreneurship support structures in universities unable to encourage women to think about an entrepreneurial career? FemStart aims to foster public debate on this issue, deliver good practices and allow discussion among experts and non-experts on how to adapt existing measures to improve the integration of women scientists in entrepreneurship support actions at universities.
FemStart’s first event takes place in Stuttgart from 14. – 15. February 2007 in the Castle of Hohenheim University and will look at specific opportunities which encourage women in science to choose entrepreneurship as a career path. FemStart will discuss how entrepreneurship support structures in universities might be optimised to reach their full potential by encouraging more women to think about an entrepreneurial career. The event is organised by the project’s Coordinator, Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Baden-Württemberg – ifex, “Innovation und Bildung Hohenheim GmbH” and the National Agency for Women Start-ups Activities and Services (bundesweite gründerinnenagentur – bga).
By organising a series of events at 6 universities in different European regions, FemStart will start a debate by inviting experts on entrepreneurship support and education, public body representatives and administrations from the local regions and nearby countries and regions. Female scientists will be invited as well as representatives from the university and public/private, political sectors and development agencies and multipliers that actually support and advise women entrepreneurs. Women entrepreneurs or scientists that have already started a business will also be invited to share their personal experience during the events. More information about FemStart and the series of event is available on www.femstart.eu.
FemStart is an initiative funded by the European Commission’s 6th Framework Programme for Research and Technology within the Science and Society Priority.
FemStart is coordinated by Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (DE). Other partners are the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Baden-Württemberg – ifex (DE), the Polytechnical University Valencia (ES), Wroclaw University of Technology – Wroclaw Centre for Technology Transfer (PL), Banking Institution of Higher Education Riga (LV), University of Agronomics and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest (RO) and Twente University (NL). Each partner is involved in a number of further reaching networks and will engage key local stakeholders in the debates.
Information about the project FemStart:
Milena Mikosch,
Phone: +49 711-123 4026
Email: mikosch@steinbeis-europa.de
Further information:
www.femstart.eu.
FemStart’s first event takes place in Stuttgart from 14. – 15. February 2007 in the Castle of Hohenheim University and will look at specific opportunities which encourage women in science to choose entrepreneurship as a career path. FemStart will discuss how entrepreneurship support structures in universities might be optimised to reach their full potential by encouraging more women to think about an entrepreneurial career. The event is organised by the project’s Coordinator, Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Baden-Württemberg – ifex, “Innovation und Bildung Hohenheim GmbH” and the National Agency for Women Start-ups Activities and Services (bundesweite gründerinnenagentur – bga).
By organising a series of events at 6 universities in different European regions, FemStart will start a debate by inviting experts on entrepreneurship support and education, public body representatives and administrations from the local regions and nearby countries and regions. Female scientists will be invited as well as representatives from the university and public/private, political sectors and development agencies and multipliers that actually support and advise women entrepreneurs. Women entrepreneurs or scientists that have already started a business will also be invited to share their personal experience during the events. More information about FemStart and the series of event is available on www.femstart.eu.
FemStart is an initiative funded by the European Commission’s 6th Framework Programme for Research and Technology within the Science and Society Priority.
FemStart is coordinated by Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (DE). Other partners are the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Baden-Württemberg – ifex (DE), the Polytechnical University Valencia (ES), Wroclaw University of Technology – Wroclaw Centre for Technology Transfer (PL), Banking Institution of Higher Education Riga (LV), University of Agronomics and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest (RO) and Twente University (NL). Each partner is involved in a number of further reaching networks and will engage key local stakeholders in the debates.
Information about the project FemStart:
Milena Mikosch,
Phone: +49 711-123 4026
Email: mikosch@steinbeis-europa.de
Further information:
www.femstart.eu.