Latin American Women in Exact and Life Sciences
Rio de Janeiro, 17-19 November 2004
Hotel Othon, Copacabana
Elisa Baggio Saitovich: Chair (elisa@cbpf.br)
Márcia Barbosa: Vice-Chair (barbosa@if.urgs.br)

http://www.cbpf.br/ciencia_mujer

Participation:

Groups representing latin american scientific societies in physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics and government representatives.

Program:

November 17th: Opening, Invited Talks and Working Groups.

November 18th: Invited Talks, Working Groups and Poster Session.

November 19th: Summary and Conclusions and  Talk open to the community.

Topics:

· How to balance career and family?

· How to have a successful career?

· Women and the power structure.

· Learning with the differences between different fields

· Women and the working place.

· How to attract girls to science.

· The technological impact on women.

Sponsors:

- International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)

- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (Host Institution)

- Academia Brasileira de Ciências

- Centro Latino Americano de Física

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Elisa Baggio Saitovitch, CBPF (Chair).

Márcia C. Barbosa, UFRGS (Vice-Chair).

LATIN AMERICAN ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

BIOLOGY: Cristina Arruti (Uruguai), Eugenia Del Pino (Ecuador), Fabiola Leon Velarde (Peru), Lady Murrugarra (Peru), Lina Betucci (Uruguai), Maria Esther Orozco (Mexico), Mayana Zatz (Brazil), Mirtha Maria Flawia (Argentina), Paulina Munoz Vila (Colombia), Rosalina Iturral (Cuba). PHYSICS: Ana Maria Cetto (Mexico), Ângela Camacho (Colombia), Belita Koiller (Brazil), Cristina Masoller (Uruguai), Dora Atbir (Chile), Elena Virgil Santos (Cuba), Líllian Alvarez Diaz (Cuba), Lilia Meza Montes (Mexico), Maria Cristina Depassier (Chile), Mariana Weismann (Argentina), Silvina Ponce Dawson (Argentina). MATHEMATICS: Beatriz Abadie (Uruguai), Keti Tenenblat (Brazil), Lourdes B. Palácio Suárez (Cuba), Maria Angélica Astaburoaga (Chile), Maria Del Rosário Guerra de Mesa (Colombia), Rubi Rodriguez (Chile). CHEMISTRY: Inês Bernal de Ramirez (Colombia), Maria Soledad Ureta (Chile), Nidia Sanchez Puigvert (Cuba), Ohara Augusto (Brazil), Tessy Maria Lopez Goerne (Mexico), Yvonne Mascarenhas (Brazil). OTHER FIELDS: Fanny Tabak (Brazil - Humans).

NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

BIOLOGY: Eliane Volchan (Rio de Janeiro), Jane Costa (Rio de Janeiro), Yara Traub Czeko (Rio de Janeiro). PHYSICS: Magda Fontes (Rio de Janeiro), Rita Zorzenon (Pernambuco), Solange Cavalcanti (Alagoas). MATHEMATICS: Maria Eulália Vares (Rio de Janeiro). CHEMISTRY: Alaíde de Oliveira (Minas Gerais), Jaqueline Leta (Rio de Janeiro). OTHER FIELDS: Hildete Pereira de Melo (Rio de Janeiro - Economy), Margaret Lopes (São Paulo – Geo-sciences), Maria Cindra (Rio de Janeiro – Engineering).

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE:

Ana Chepelinsky (USA), Ana Maria Brasileiro (USA), Ana Maria Cetto (Mexico), Elba Serrano (USA), Eulalia Perez Sedeño (Madrid), Gisela Argenti (Uruguai), Leena Mungapen (Italy), Liliana de Pauli (Ecuador), Marcia Triunfol (USA), Norma Biazquez (Mexico), Silvia Kochen (Argentina), Teresa Rodrigues Allendes (Chile), Virginia Vargas (Peru).

SPEAKERS (to be confirmed):

Ana Maria Cetto, Unam, Mexico, Mexico.

Fanny Tabak, PUC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Jaqueline Leta, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Margareth Lopes, Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil.

Mariana Weismann, U. Nacional, B. Aires, Argentina.

Mayanna Zatz, USP, São Paulo, Brazil.

Silvia Torres, Unam, Mexico, Mexico.