Second Conference of Nordic Network for Diversity in Physics.

4 Nov 2019, 10:00 → 5 Nov 2019, 15:30 Europe/Helsinki

Helsinki, Paasitorni (Other Institutes)

Barbro Asman (Stockholm University (SE)), Eija Tuominen (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI)), Eija Tuominen (Helsinki University), Hanna Vehkamäki (Helsinki University), Katja Lauri (University of Helsinki)

NORNDiP2019, Nordic Network for Diversity in Physics   norndip.com

While Nordic countries traditionally top World Economic Forum equality index,  job segregation exists there and it is actually quite strong. This parameter is not taken into account in the Gender Gap Index. Implicit bias is one of the factors preventing women and men alike from pursuing non-traditional carriers. The second annual NorNDIP conference is devoted to implicit bias in addition to a review of interesting physics highlights. For more info about the Conference and the Network visit our website www.norndip.com

Monday 4 November

10:00 → 11:00 Registration

11:00 → 11:45 Lunch

12:00 → 12:15 Welcome, Vice-Rector Paula Eerola

12:15 → 12:30 Welcome, Hanna Vehkamäki

12:30 → 13:15 Key Note Talk: Implicit Bias in Academia

Speaker: Prof. Jadranka Gvozdanovic, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Jadranka_Gvozdanovic_NORNDiP2019.pdf

13:15 → 13:45 Invited Talk: The Ghostly Messengers of the Universe

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.

Speaker: Prof. Irene Tamborra, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark

NORNDiP_Tamborra.pdf

13:45 → 14:15 Invited Talk: Urban Meteorology

Speaker: Dr Leena Järvi, University of Helsinki

Jarvi_NORNDiP2019.pdf

14:15 → 14:45 Coffee

14:45 → 15:15 Invited Talk: Earthquakes: From mega to micro

Speaker: Vala Hjörleifsdóttir, Reykjavík Energy, Iceland

Hjorleifsdottir_NORNDiP2019.pdf

15:15 → 15:30 Invited Talk: Women and Physics in Finland

Speaker: Eija Tuominen, Hanna Vehkamäki, Katja Lauri, Helsinki

Eija Finnish Women in Physics.pdf

15:30 → 15:45 Contributed talk: Women in Radio Science

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

Pellinen_Wannberg_NORNDiP2019.pdf

15:45 → 16:00 Contributed talk: Empowering integration of art and science, facing climate change together

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

Ruuskanen_NORNDiP_2019.pdf

16:00 → 16:15 Contributed talk: Nuclear astrophysics, role models and efforts for better gender balance

Speaker: Anu Kankainen (University of Jyväskylä)

Kankainen_NORNDiP2019.pdf

16:15 → 16:30 Gymnastics break

Shala Lala La - Waldeck; California Dreaming – Susan Wong; Jardim – Bia; Dream a Little Dream of Me – Olga Chung / Bossa Nova Lounge; Moonlight Serenade – Beegie Adair; Floating Forms – Radha Wardrop; Dreamer Lounge – Estelle Blanca.

16:30 → 16:40 Contributed talk: Accelerated expansion?

Speaker: Sofie Marie Koksbang (University of Helsinki)

Koksbang_NORNDiP2019.pdf

16:40 → 16:50 Contributed talk: A simple diagram to classify meteoroid impacts

Speakers: DFN TEAM (Curtin University), Ellie Sansom (Curtin University), Maria Gritsevich (Finnish Geospatial Research Institute FGI)

Gritsevich_Norndip2019.pdf

17:00 → 17:15 Contributed talk: Identifying oral cancer biomarkers from saliva and oral soft tissue using near-infrared spectroscopy

Speaker: Miia Hurskainen (University of Eastern Finland)

Hurskainen_NORNDiP2019.pdf

17:15 → 18:15 Privilege walk & discussion, Prof. Hanna Vehkamäki

Priviledge_walk_NorNDiP_2019_HV.pdf

18:30 → 21:30 Conference Dinner

Tuesday 5 November

09:00 → 09:45 Key Note Talk: Science and Diversity at CERN

Speaker: Louise Carvalho for DG Fabiola Giannotti (CERN)

Carvalho_for_Gianotti_NORNDiP2019.pdf

09:45 → 10:00 Introduction to poster session

Kontro_Poster_NORNDiP2019.pdf

10:00 → 10:40 Coffee & poster session

10:40 → 11:00 Invited Talk: Women and Physics in Denmark

Speaker: Christa Gall, Heidi Korhonen, University of Copenhagen

Gall_Denmark_NORNDiP2019.pdf

11:00 → 11:20 Invited Talk: Women and Physics in Iceland

Speaker: Valentina Giangreco M Puletti, University of Iceland, Iceland

Valentina Giangreco M Puletti NORNDiP2019.pdf

11:20 → 11:40 Invited Talk: Women and Physics in 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.

Speaker: Donatella Puglisi Linköping,Sweden

Puglisi_Sweden_NORNDiP2019.pdf

11:40 → 12:00 Invited Talk: Women and Physics in Norway

Speaker: Anna Lipniacka, University of Bergen, Norway

lipniacka-conf_small_helsinki-update.pdf

12:00 → 12:45 Lunch

13:00 → 13:30 Invited Talk: Emerging Materials for Photovoltaics: towards Solar Paint

Speaker: Prof. Ellen Moons, Karlstad University, Sweden

Moons_NORNDiP2019.pdf

13:30 → 13:45 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

Speakers: Maija Nousiainen (University of Helsinki), Ismo Koponen (University of Helsinki)

Nousiainen_NORNDiP2019.pdf

13:45 → 14:00 Contributed talk: Taming Macromolecules by Light - Supramolecular Photobreathing Zwitterionic Micelles

Speakers: Jaana Vapaavuori (Aalto University), Jukka Niskanen (Aalto University)

Vapaavuori_NORNDiP2019.pdf

14:00 → 14:45 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

Salmesvuori_Panel_NORNDiP2019.pdf

14:45 → 15:00 Conference Wrap-Up