2018-annual-report

International Day of Women
and Girls in Science
(1st Edition, February 7, 2018)
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In February 2018, a round table, recorded live, was held in the IMDEA Software Institute’s auditorium in
order to contribute to the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The table was moderated by
journalist María José Bosch. Two researchers from IMDEA Software (Alessandra Gorla and Isabel García)
and three invited professors and researchers from other institutions participated: Ernestina Menasalvas,
professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering of UPM; Asunción Santamaría, professor
at the School of Telecommunication Engineering of the same University; and Elena González-Blanco,
General Manager for Europe at CoverWallet and Principal Investigator of the POSTDATA ERC project.
Radio broadcast
The event was further disseminated through Gestiona Radio’s program “Primera
Hora”, broadcasted on February 9 from 11:00 to 12:00.
News article
On February 6, 2018, the Spanish online newspaper lavanguardia.com
published an article on the different activities that took place with the
occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, where the
round table organized by the IMDEA Software Institute was mentioned as
one of such activities.