Welcome, Hanna Vehkamäki

Key Note Talk: Implicit Bias in Academia

• Jadranka Gvozdanovic, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Invited Talk: The Ghostly Messengers of the Universe

• Irene Tamborra, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark

Neutrinos are key particles in a wide range of astrophysical sources. Neutrinos affect the stellar dynamics, drive the formation of new elements, and carry information about the physics of the most energetic events occurring in our Universe. The role of neutrinos in astrophysics and astronomy will be discussed.

Invited Talk: Urban Meteorology

• Leena Järvi, University of Helsinki

Invited Talk: Earthquakes: From mega to micro

• Vala Hjörleifsdóttir, Reykjavík Energy, Iceland

Invited Talk: Women and Physics in Finland

• Eija Tuominen, Hanna Vehkamäki, Katja Lauri, Helsinki

Contributed talk: Women in Radio Science

• Asta Pellinen-Wannberg (Umeå University & Swedish Institute of Space Physics)

Room: Helsinki, Paasitorni

Contributed talk: Empowering integration of art and science, facing climate change together

• Taina Ruuskanen (INAR, University of Helsinki)
• Aune Kallinen (Theatre Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki)
• Laura Riuttanen (INAR, University of Helsinki)
• Katja Lauri (University of Helsinki)
• Hanna Vehkamäki (INAR, University of Helsinki)

Contributed talk: Nuclear astrophysics, role models and efforts for better gender balance

• Anu Kankainen (University of Jyväskylä)

Room: Helsinki, Paasitorni

Contributed talk: Accelerated expansion?

• Sofie Marie Koksbang (University of Helsinki)

Contributed talk: A simple diagram to classify meteoroid impacts

• Maria Gritsevich (Finnish Geospatial Research Institute FGI)
• Ellie Sansom (Curtin University)
• DFN TEAM (Curtin University)

Contributed talk: Identifying oral cancer biomarkers from saliva and oral soft tissue using near-infrared spectroscopy

• Miia Hurskainen (University of Eastern Finland)

Room: Helsinki, Paasitorni

Privilege walk & discussion, Prof. Hanna Vehkamäki

Key Note Talk: Science and Diversity at CERN

• Louise Carvalho for DG Fabiola Giannotti (CERN)

Introduction to poster session

Invited Talk: Women and Physics in Denmark

• Christa Gall, Heidi Korhonen, University of Copenhagen

Invited Talk: Women and Physics in Iceland

• Valentina Giangreco M Puletti, University of Iceland, Iceland

Invited Talk: Women and Physics in Sweden

• Donatella Puglisi Linköping,Sweden

Gender equality is a widely debated topic at many levels of society in Sweden. In the early 1990s, there were only few universities in Sweden, with about 2000 professors, of whom only 7 % women. Since then, a series of reforms and initiatives changed the structure of the higher education system, aiming to increase the number of universities as well as of women in permanent lecturer positions or higher ranks. Dedicated committees and special appointments based on gender are two examples of initiatives aiming to balance the unequal treatment of women over the years, even if this is widely recognized not to be the best way for the achievement of an effective gender equality. How does the picture look for women physicists today? Which are the opportunities and the future perspectives offered? In this talk, we will briefly present statistics in Sweden, trying to understand which are the measure taken to retain women in Physics, and which are the current opportunities offered to both women and men to advance their careers.

Invited Talk: Women and Physics in Norway

• Anna Lipniacka, University of Bergen, Norway

Invited Talk: Emerging Materials for Photovoltaics: towards Solar Paint

• Prof. Ellen Moons, Karlstad University, Sweden

Contributed talk: Small biases on appreciation that lead to substantial and harmful effect of segregation in task centered groups: An agent based simulation of discourse pattern formation

• Ismo Koponen (University of Helsinki)
• Maija Nousiainen (University of Helsinki)

Contributed talk: Taming Macromolecules by Light - Supramolecular Photobreathing Zwitterionic Micelles

• Jaana Vapaavuori (Aalto University)
• Jukka Niskanen (Aalto University)

Room: Helsinki, Paasitorni

Panel discussion about Unconscious Bias, by Prof. Jadranka Gvozdanovic, Prof. Tomas Brage, Chairperson of the Helsinki Association of Women Researchers Päivi Salmesvuori - Moderator Katja Lauri