The GenTIC research group, UOC’s Equality Unit, and the UOC’s Faculty of Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunications (EIMT) are pleased to announce the UOC Science and Gender Awards Ceremony, a joint event of the Cecilia Castaño Awards for research on gender inequalities in science and technology (STEM), the Final Project with a Gender Perspective Awards, and the Equit@T Awards for videos in the field of gender and technology.
Date: Friday, February 14, 2025
Time: 15:30 h to 17:30 h
Venue: UOC Campus, Building U (C/ Perú, 52 Barcelona)
Registration: To participate, register here before February 13, 2025.
During the ceremony, the winning works from the last edition of the three calls will be awarded. The event will open with a dialogue between the gala’s moderator, Estela Ortiz, a cultural analyst and feminist communicator, and Cecilia Castaño, Honorary Professor of Applied Economics at Universidad Complutense de Madrid and an expert on gender in ICT and STEM. Check out the programme at this link.
On the occasion, we have also prepared a poster exhibition of the winning projects, which you can visit throughout the week on the ground floor of the U building. Don’t miss it!
11 February: activities to highlight the role of women in science
By organizing this event on February 14, the month in which the International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated, the UOC joins activities worldwide to recognize the key role women play in the scientific and technological community, promote women’s and girls’ access to education, training, and research in STEM areas, and highlight the inequalities that exist in all fields of knowledge. In addition to the Science and Gender Awards Ceremony, the UOC organizes other activities such as the launch of a new episode of the UniCorners podcast by the Equality Unit, which will be available on February 11, and the participation of university experts in school talks and workshops through the Científiques initiative.
Related links:
2025, January 30. UOC News. 11 February: the UOC champions the role of women in science. News article about the activities organised by the UOC on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, with testimonies from Milagros Sáinz, Director of GenTIC, and Maria Olivella, Director of the UOC Equality Unit.