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<font face="Calibri">Dear Colleagues,<br>
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We are forwarding below</font><font face="Calibri"> important
information </font><font face="Calibri">from the </font><font
face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">DG CONNECT (European
Commission's digital department) </font></font><font
face="Calibri">regarding increasing women participation as
reviewers, evaluators and speakers.<br>
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</font><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">Best regards,<br>
<br>
Cristina<br>
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1) <b>All-male panels in tech: we say no! </b><br>
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</font><font face="Calibri">Robert Madelin, </font><font
face="Calibri">Director-General at the </font><font
face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">DG CONNECT, has recently
announced a new policy of his department</font></font><font
face="Calibri"> regarding the participation of women as speakers
or panelists:</font><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"> <br>
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1. </font></font><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font
face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">DG CONNECT</font></font>
will always include at least two women speakers at events which
they organise<br>
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2. </font></font><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font
face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri">DG CONNECT staff </font></font>will
no longer accept invitations to speak on all-male panels or at
all-male conferences organised by outside stakeholders.<br>
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Read the full details at:</font></font><font face="Calibri"> </font><font
face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><font face="Calibri"><b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/blog/all-male-panels-tech-we-say-no">http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/blog/all-male-panels-tech-we-say-no</a></b><br>
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2)</font></font></font><font face="Calibri"> <b>Seeking </b><b>more
female evaluators and reviewers!</b><br>
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DG CONNECT is seeking more women scientists and professionals to
evaluate and review Horizon2020 projects in the field of ICT
research.</font><font face="Calibri"> <br>
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Women scientists in ICT research should register and tick your
areas of
expertise at: <b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/experts/index.html">http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/experts/index.html</a></b></font>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">For more information and help
please contact Ms. Edyta Ziomek at: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Edyta.ZIOMEK@ec.europa.eu">Edyta.ZIOMEK@ec.europa.eu</a><br>
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