Session J4: Panel Discussion: Around the World in 180 Minutes: Differences and Similarities among Women Physicists
11:15 AM–2:26 PM, Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Room: 306/307
Sponsoring Units:
CSWP FIP
Chair: Eliane Lessner, CSWP, and Cherrill Spencer, FIP
Abstract ID: BAPS.2009.MAR.J4.2
Abstract: J4.00002 : Looking back, Looking Forward: An International Perspective
11:20 AM–11:45 AM
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Author:
Judy Franz
(American Physical Society)
The recent IUPAP International Conference on Woman in Physics (ICWIP) held in Korea brought women physicists together from all over the world. It was a wonderful conference and the third in a series that began in 2002. How did these conferences originate? What was their driving force? What has changed in the intervening 6 years? I will give some of the history and my experiences in the role of secretary general and the first female officer of IUPAP. I will also share some thoughts about the future, and what must be done to make sure that the situation for women in physics continues to improve around the world.
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