WIR – Women In Rail FINAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM - EAF

WIR – Women In Rail
FOR A BETTER REPRESENTATION AND
INTEGRATION OF WOMEN IN THE
RAILWAY SECTOR
FINAL CONFERENCE
Date: 18 /19 April 2012
PROGRAM
Location: Brussels, ETF, Galerie Agora, Rue du
Marché aux Herbes 105 (1st floor)
With the support of the European Union

18 April 2012, 13h30
13h30 – 14h00 Registration of participants
Chairperson: Sabine Trier (ETF)
14h00 – 14h30 Welcome addresses by
Libor LOCHMAN, Executive Director CER
Monika HEIMING, Executive Director EIM
Sabine TRIER, Deputy General Secretary ETF
14h30- 15h45 Presentation of the outcome of the WIR project: Fact and figures
15h45 – 16h15 Coffee break
by Eva HECKL, SME Research Institute Austria
16h15 – 17h30 Round table discussion: How to better integrate women in the rail sector?
Chair: Silke STREICHERT (CER / DB AG)
Participants:
Isabelle VANDOORNE, European Commission, DG MOVE
Philippe Le CALVEZ, Head of Department for Employment and Training,
SNCF / France
Traude KOGOJ, Diversity Manager, ÖBB / Austria
Helga PETERSEN, Equal opportunity responsible, EVG / Germany
Franco NASSO, General Secretary, FILT-CGIL / Italy
Simon WELLER, Deputy General Secretary, Locomotive Drivers’ Union ASLEF
/ UK
17h30 – 18h00 Short presentation of the outcome of the project’s Thematic Seminars on
How to attract and retain women in the rail sector (especially in technical
professions)?
Work organization and reconciliation of work and family/social life
Gender pay gap and career opportunities for women in the rail sector
by Birgit REINHARDT, Diversity Manager Deutsche Bahn AG
19h15 Joint networking diner in the Hotel METROPOL, Salon Rubinstein, Place de
la Brouckère 31, 1000 Bruxelles
With the support of the European Union

19 April 2012, 9h30 – 16h00
Chairperson: Birgit Reinhardt (CER/ DB AG)
9h30 – 10:00 Presentation of the “Implementation and Good Practice Guide”
by Maria Cristina MARZOLA (FILT-CGIL/Italy), elected women representative
of the ETF Railway Section
10:00 – 11h00 Interactive event with the participants: What to do! What not to do!
11h00 – 11h30 Coffee break
11h30 – 12h30 The Joint Recommendations of the European Social Partners on better
Representation and Integration of Women in the Railways
• How to adapt them?
• How to make them a useful instrument for companies and trade
unions?
Open discussion
12h30 – 14h00 Lunch break in the restaurant of NOVOTEL Grand Place, Rue du Marché
aux Herbes 120, 1000 Bruxelles
Chairperson: Sabine Trier (ETF)
14h00 – 14h30 Networking – an essential instrument for women
by Nina BESSING, EAF / Germany (European Academy for Women in Politics
and Business)
14h30 – 15h30 Round table discussion: How to establish a network for women in the rail
sector at European level?
Chair: Nina BESSING
Virginie ABADIE-DALLE, Director on External Relations (SNCF/France):
President of the SNCF Network for women managerial staff
Claudia MENNE, Confederal Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation
(ETUC)
Birgit REINHARDT, Diversity Manager (DB AG/Germany ): DB Women
Mangers’ Club
Michèle DIEDERICH (FNCTTFEL/Luxembourg): European Women Trade
Union Network for Luxembourg /Swiss/ Germany/Austria
15h30 – 16h00 Conclusions and outlook
16h00 End of the Conference
With the support of the European Union