The global survey of physicists

In order to develop a broader picture of the status of physicists across the globe the 2009 Global Survey of Physicists is ready to complete on the web address www.aipsurveys.org/global Global Survey of Physicists has been developed by staff at the American Institute of Physics in conjunction with International Union of Pure and Applied Physics conferences on women in physics, partially funded by a grant from the Luce Foundation. Responses to this survey are anonymous. Individual level information will not be shared or made available

Three women scientists from sciences won 2009 Nobel Prize!

Prof Ada E. Yonath from Israel Weizmann Institute of Science won 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
More in: nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/index.html
BASNET is making boast of the fact that Prof. Ada E. Yonath gave a plenary lecture in EPWS conference held 2008 in Vilnius.

Prof. Elizabeth H. Blackburn from University of California (USA) and prof. Carol W. Greider from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (USA) won 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
More in: nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2009/index.html more

The Assembly and Annual Conference
“Scientific Culture, Communication, Gender – An Innovative Challenge for Women Scientists”

25-26 June 2009 the Assembly and Annual Conference entitled “Scientific Culture, Communication, Gender – An Innovative Challenge for Women Scientists” of European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS) in collaboration with Belgian Women in Science BeWiSe was held in Brussels. During the poster session BASNET Forumas association presented the poster devoted to BASNET post project activities.
Assembly re-elected new EPWS executive committee and Board of Administration. President of BASNET Forumas Dalia Šatkovskienė has been re-elected to continue her term on the EPWS Board of Administration. In view of the impending close-down of the EPWS Secretariat in Brussels, as a result of the current financial situation of the Platform, the delegates of the EPWS General Assembly 2009 approved a resolution. BASNET partners are invited to join the action pointed to support EPWS by signing the resolution available on the EPWS web site www.epws.org.

The conference
„Changing research landscapes to make the most of human potential“

The conference „Changing research landscapes to make the most of human potential“ 10 years of EU activities in «Women and Science», and BEYOND took place 15-16 of May 2009 in Praque at the Smíchov National Palace. The BASNET poster was exhibited during the conference. more

EPWS: Member of the month - Basnet Forum’as

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BASNET forumas association became a full member of EPWS

16 of March 2009 BASNET forumas association became a full member of EPWS

EPWS annual conference will be held 25 -26 June 2009 in Brussels

The EPWS annual conference “Scientific Culture, Communication, Gender - An Innovative Challenge for Women Scientists” and the 3rd General EPWS Assembly will be held 25 -26 June 2009 in Brussels. more

BASNET Forum’as association was established

BASNET Forum’as association was established at the very end of 2008! Institutions - BASNET project partners are invited to join BASNET FORUM‘as association! more

the 3rd IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics

8-10 of October 2008 the 3rd IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics (ICWIP2008) will be held in Seoul, Korea. more

BASNET CLOSING CONFERENCE

The closing BASNET conference was held in Vilnius 22-23 of October 2007 more

Annual Conference “Women Shaping Science”

5th June – 7th June 2008 the Annual Conference “Women Shaping Science” took place in Vilnius, Lithuania. It was organized in collaboration with BASNET. It provided a vibrant forum for sharing experiences and knowledge, assessing the current climate for women scientists and why and how that can and must be improved. More about conference you can find in EPWS site devoted to the Conference

BASNET project was successfuly finished 2007.12.31.

BASNET project was successfuly finished 2007.12.31. The reports was acepted and aproved by European Commission and project is officially closed. The main BASNET results are summarised in BASNET book: Women in Sciences and High Technology in the Baltic States: Problems and Solutions

FP6 BASNET Project results sumary

The main FP6 BASNET project results was sumarised in the book "Women in sciences and high technology in the baltic states - problems and solutions" more

BASNET Project results‘ presentation

On the 29th of November at 4 p.m. in the Faculty of Physics (212 cabinet), the meeting intended to BASNET Project results‘ presentation and discussion on the questions of scientific career was organized. more

BASNET CLOSING CONFERENCE

The closing BASNET conference was held in Vilnius 22-23 of October 2007 more

The Second Advisory Board Meeting

The Second Advisory Board Meeting of EC FP-6 project "BALTIC STATES NETWORK: WOMEN IN SCIENCES AND HT" (BASNET) was held 12th of October 2007 at 12 a.m. in the hotel „Shakespeare" conference hall ,Vilnius. more

The Second Advisory Board Meeting

The Second Advisory Board Meeting of EC FP-6 project "BALTIC STATES NETWORK: WOMEN IN SCIENCES AND HT" (BASNET) was held 12th of October 2007 at 12 a.m. in the hotel „Shakespeare" conference hall ,Vilnius. more

Second Newsletter Issue

The Second Newsletter Issue is published. more

Strategies for a highly skilled global workforce

INWES Regional Symposium on Women Scientists and Engineers in New EU Countries and Eastern Europe was held in Poland, Wroclaw, July 2nd-4th, 2007 more

BASNET at EPWS Assembly in Brussels

27-28 of April 2007 BASNET Coordinator Assoc. prof. D. Satkovskiene represented BASNET at European Women in Science Platform (EPWS) Assembly in Brussels. She also was elected and became a member of EPWS Administrative board more

BASNET mid term assessment meeting

17 of April 2007 The mid term assessment meeting was held in Vilnius University more

IUPAP/UNESCO TRAVEL GRANTS FOR 2007

IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics Travel Grants Supporting Women in Physics in Developing Countries has received funding to launch a sixth round of the IUPAP program to fund the attendance of women from developing and eastern European countries at regional conferences and schools this fall. We expect to be able to fund 20 women up to a maximum of $700 each.
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First Newsletter Issue

The First Newsletter Issue is published. more

BASNET became a member of EPWS

Recently BASNET became a full member of EPWS. more

Presentation of BASNET at the conference devoted to the WOMEN'S DAY

The BASNET Coordinator participated in the Conference organized in Lithuanian PARLAMENT (LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS SEIMAS) devoted to the WOMEN'S DAY and familiarized Lithuanian women about the BASNET project and its implementation. more

BASNET Presentation at EPWS event

20^th of October 2006 BASNET coordinator Assoc. prof. Dr. Dalia Šatkovskiene represented the BASNET Network in the first  EPWS event. more

BASNET Workshop on SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY

BASNET Workshop on SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY was held in Tartu, 21-22 of November 2006. more

Meeting of Lithuanian Strategy Creation Group

Meeting of Lithuanian Strategy Creation Group Initiated by project coordinator was held in Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science 8^th of September 2006, Vilnius.  more

Lithuanian and Estonian partners meeting

Meeting of partners of Lithuanian and Estonian clusters initiated by Dr. Helle Kaasik have been held in Vilnius University on 24 August. The preliminary results of the sociological study, data collection procedure for the database as well as problems of cooperation was discussed. more

Prague Conference

The conference entitled "Science Policies Meet Reality: Gender, Women, Youth and Science in Central and Eastern Europe" will be held in on 1-2 of December 2006. See call for papers
The BASNET partners are encouraged to participate!

Euro Science Open Forum

Coordinator of the BASNET project prof. Dalia Šatkovskienė participated in the Euro Science Open Forum as an invited speaker and made the presentation at the session:"Fishing from a bigger pool: excellent science needs women" The session was dedicated to discuss the vital for the future of European research questions concerned with attracting and retaining more women in sciences. More information one can find on ESOF2006 web site: http://www.esof2006.org/

The First Advisory Board Meeting

The First Advisory Board Meeting of EC FP-6 project "BALTIC STATES NETWORK: WOMEN IN SCIENCES AND HT" (BASNET) was held 6^th of June 2006, in "Artis" hotel, Vilnius< more

Questionnaire

The Questionnaire (Lithuanian version) for BASNET data basis, according to the Lithuanian law, was registered in Lithuanian Governmental Data Security Inspection on 05.07.2006. Registration number granted is NR-510 (9.2)

The BASNET project related brochure

"Women in Sciences and High Technology" is published

European Conference "Re-searching Women in Science and Technology"

According to scheduled in the contract plans to keep the close contacts with WIR (Women in Industrial Research) initiative Coordinator of the project as well as representatives of Polish partners took part in the European Conference "Re-searching Women in Science and Technology" Vienna 15 and 16 May 2006. The goals of the conference, its agenda and supporting documents are available on the Conference web-site: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/science-society/women/wir/news_en.html

"Women and Science" w FP6

published in "Postepy Fizyki"
W wielkszosci krajow europejskich wsrod osob konczoncych wyzsze studia, w grupie wiekowej do lat 30, obserwuje sie ostatnio przewage kobiet nad menczyznami. Mimo to reprezentacja kobiet pracujacych w zespolach naukowych i w ich kierownictwie, a takze w cialach decydujacych o polityce naukowej na dowolnym szczeblu jest stosunkowo niewielka, co moze swiadczyc o niedocenianiu rzeczywistych wartosci kobiet prowadzacych badania naukowe, jak tez o funkcjonowaniu anachronicznego stereotypu kobiety widzianej jako osoby nie posiadajacej odpowiednich predyspozycji. More

Assoc. Prof. Dalia Šatkovskiene was invited

to take part in EPWS Launch Event, held at Foundation University in Brussels March 2006.

06-07.03.2006

Introductory Conference of sixth framework programme - Baltic States Network "WOMEN IN SCIENCES AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY" was held in Holliday Inn hotel, Vilnius, 2006 March 06-07

06.03.2006

Information on Introductory Conference was presented by Žiniu radijas (News radio) on 06.03.2006