Gender, Science and the Economy:
Exploring Women’s Participation in Technology Transfer, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (TIE) Conference
We are pleased to announce that the ‘Gender, Science and the Economy: Exploring Women’s Participation in Technology Transfer, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (TIE)’ Conference will be next 11-13 June 2008 in Barcelona.
This conference explores transformation of gender relations at the interface among science, technology and economy. The event is the culmination of the European Union (EU) Science and Society project on Women in Innovation, Science and Technology (WIST) focusing on the TIE professions. The conference will place the EU experiences in a global context.
Gender issues in the interface professions between science and the economy are increasingly salient to achieve the European objectives of maximising the utilization of human capital for building the Knowledge Society. Transfer, incubation and entrepreneurship (TIE) fields have grown in importance and expanded in recent years, as science has become an increasingly significant pillar of knowledge-based economies. Gender relations within TIE organizations are still largely unexplored, with a few notable exceptions.
WIST STUDENT PAPER PRIZE!!
Best Paper Award:
- 1st Prize: €2000 + transportation
- 2nd Prize: € 500 + transportation
Relevance: Empirical and/or Theoretical contributions welcome.
Eligibility: Open to all Undergraduate, Masters and PhD STUDENTS in any academic discipline.
Submission Deadline: May 1st 2008
Word Limit: 6000-8000
Submit final paper as MS word doc to: jdzisah@googlemail.com
Prize Sponsors:
- Barcelona Local Organising Committee—TIE Conference
- Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation
- Newcastle University Business School