Dr Thomas Berghoefer, GENERA coordinator
Dr Thomas Berghoefer, GENERA coordinator speaking at the BEL Brussels

GENERA was presented, for the second year in a row, at the Gender Summit 9 Europe on 8-9 November in Brussels, Belgium. The Gender Summit - Quality Research and Innovation through Equality - is one of the world's leading gatherings on the topic of Gender and Science. Thomas Berghoefer joined 65 other speakers in Brussels, including the South African Minister for Science and Technology, Minister Pandor, and B. Mario Pinto, President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Canada. Part of the event was held at the European Parliament, hosted by the FEMM committee, an important milestone in maintaining gender in science's central role in the evolution of Horizon 2020. Thomas presented GENERA: Measuring, monitoring, and advancing gender equality in Physics RPOs in a Plenary session along with three other eminent speakers, including Dr Isabelle Vernos. Dr Vernos presented LIBRA: Measuring, monitoring, and advancing gender equality in Life Sciences RPOs. LIBRA is a sister H2020 project of GENERA, and provided an interesting comparison between the two projects focussing on specific fields, Physics and Lige Sciences. You can download all the presentations from the session via the Gender Summit 9 Programme Page.