Boletín RedPop
enero, 2010
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About the Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering
and Technology, March 10-11, 2010
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The only event of its kind connecting women in engineering and technology
worldwide across disciplines, experience levels, ages, and employers.
Why a Marathon for, by and about women in engineering
and technology?
The National Engineers Week Foundation and its partners are concerned
about the diversity, quality, and numbers of engineers within the profession.
In the U.S., fewer than 10 percent of engineers are women though they are
a majority on college campuses. The Marathon:
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Provides a forum to share information for, by and about women in engineering
and technology for a variety of groups engaged in related issues;
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Highlights to employers that women are still underrepresented in engineering
and technology;
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Makes many publics aware of existing programs and opportunities for girls
and women;
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Helps dispel myths about women and girls in science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM);
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Provides a unifying event for groups working towards recognition, recruitment
and retention of women in engineering and technology;
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Increases awareness of STEM issues among pre-college, college, and young
career women, and help to address issues of concern such as retaining women
in college engineering and technology programs and in the workplace; and
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Provides opportunities to host local, live outreach events and connect
them globally.
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What is the Marathon?
The annual Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering and
Technology is a live 24-hour worldwide forum providing information and
insight for women about careers in engineering and technology. The event
features Webcasts, Internet chats and teleconferences.
Various topics - all with women in mind - are discussed, including
academic and career guidance, the value of networking for women, engineering
careers in various countries, and future engineering careers around the
globe. Topics are designed for pre-college, college and professional
audiences. Each presenter leads a 30 to 60 minute presentation with postings
and questions from participants worldwide. All sessions and presentations
are archived for future access.
When is the Marathon?
The 2010 Global Marathon begins at noon EDT in the United States on
Wednesday, March 10 and runs continuously through noon EDT Thursday, March
11. The Marathon coincides with Women's History Month (March) in the United
States and International Women's Day (March 8).
The presentation schedule follows the sun's business day around the
globe with hand-off from country to country. The event will kick off in
the United States then travel to Latin America, UK/Europe, Africa/Middle
East, India, and China before retuning to the United States for the closing
ceremonies at noon EDT on March 11.
Who Leads the Marathon?
Leslie Jones, senior vice president and chief information officer,
Motorola Inc., is Honorary Chair of the 2010 event. Nan Mattai, senior
vice president, Rockwell Collins Engineering & Technology is the Honorary
Co-Chair. The Marathon is supported and facilitated by the National Engineers
Week Foundation. Major sponsors for 2010 are Motorola Inc., Rockwell Collins,
Symantec, and Exxon Mobil.
Where is the Marathon?
Each Marathon region takes charge of planning, implementing and evaluating
its part of the marathon. Each region is responsible for a continuous four
of the 24 Marathon hours. Current regions and leaders in order of marathon
programming are:
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North America Angela McKeirnan (AngelaMcKeirnan@motorola.com)
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Central/Latin America Katia Hamada (Katia.r.hamada@bra.dupont.com)
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UK/Europe Teresa Schofield (teresa.schofield@hotmail.co.uk)
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Africa/Middle East Nadeen R. Rishani (nrrishani@ndu.edu.lb)
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India Sumangala K (Sumangala.K@motorola.com)
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China Maggie Song (songge@cn.ibm.com)
Is there a Theme?
The 2010 theme is Launching Tomorrow.
How do I Participate?
There are a variety of ways individuals and organizations can participate.
Here are a few:
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Join one of the six virtual planning committees
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Offer to make a presentation
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Help publicize the event
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Tune in to marathon sessions
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Host a live event to coincide with a session. Events could include a brownbag
lunch or coffee, informal party with pre-college girls, tea with university
women, etc. . .
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Contribute an editorial to the Web portal
For more information about the Global Marathon For, By, and About Women
in Engineering and Technology, March 10-11, 2010 visit www.globalmarathon.net
or email: engineeringwomen@eweek.org.
