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ICWES15 – the 15th International Conference for Women Engineers and Scientists will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre from 19-22 July 2011. The Conference is hosted by the National Committee for Women in Engineering, Engineers Australia and the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES).  The theme of the Conference is Leadership, Innovation, Sustainability.  The Conference will have the following major streams:

• Attracting, developing and retaining women engineers and scientists.
• Outstanding practice models of industry commitment to diversity and equality in the workplace.
• Achievements, innovations and research in the various fields of engineering, science and technology
• New ideas and solutions to contemporary problems including climate change, water, energy and sustainability.

The Call for Papers is now open and will close on 1st December 2010.

Keynote & Invited Speakers

ICWES15 will feature a number of prominent women scientists and engineers and we are proud to announce that three of our distinguished speakers will be:

	Dame Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, DBE, FRS, FRS, is a distinguished astrophysicist, based in the UK. As a postgraduate student, she worked on the discovery of the first radio pulsars, but missed out on the Nobel Prize for Physics which was awarded to her supervisor. She is the current President of the Institute of Physics, UK, the first woman in this role. Full Bio
	Dr Maria Jesus Prieto-Laffargue, a telecommunications engineer, is the first woman to be President of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations. She is a prominent figure in the international arena of communications technology and international business. Full Bio
	Professor Elizabeth Taylor, AO, is a leading academic and has been the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Engineering & Health at Central Queensland University since 2006. She has degrees in engineering and law and in 2004 was awarded the Order of Australia “for service to engineering education through the design and implementation of innovative academic programs, to professional associations and to enhancing the status of women in the profession and promoting it as a career option”. Full Bio

Introducing Our Diamond Sponsor

BHP Billiton Is The World's Largest Diversified Natural Resources Company.

As at 30 June, 2009, BHP Billiton had some 40,990 employees working in over 100 operations in 25 countries. BHP Billiton has significant mining operations in major commodities, including aluminum, energy coal and metallurgical coal, copper, manganese, iron ore, uranium, nickel, silver and titanium minerals, and has substantial interests in oil, gas, liquefied natural gas and diamonds. For more information, please visit www.bhpbilliton.com

Sponsorship and Exhibition

For further information on partnership opportunities or to take up an exhibition opportunity, please download the prospectus or contact the conference manager, ICMS Pty. Ltd. on telephone: +61 3 9682 0244 or email icwes15@icms.com.au

The Conference will be a unique opportunity to showcase the achievements of women in engineering, scientists and technology and to lead the way towards a sustainable future.

For more information and abstract submission go to: www.icwes15.org

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ICMS Pty Ltd, 84 Queensbridge Street, SOUTHBANK, Victoria 3006, Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9682 0244 | Fax: +61 3 9682 0288

Email: icwes15@icms.com.au
Homepage: www.icwes15.org

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