WIE Japan
IEEE Japan Council Women in Engineering Affinity Group
2005 Events
Kickoff Meeting
The kickoff meeting was held on 8 July 2005 and officers
were elected there.
Read the minutes of the meeting
for more detail.
Lecture by Dr. Claudia Eckert
In the evening of 15 September 2005 a lecture by Dr. Claudia Eckert,
Director of Fraunhofer SIT (Institute for Secure Information Technology)
was held at the Centenial Memorial Hall, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
as the first public event of WIE Japan. She gave an overview of
the situation of woman engineers in Germany in general using actual
examples in the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft by showing a lot
of statistical data. Her talk was very interesting and informative.
She also encouraged woman engineers in Japan.
Almost packed audience raised many questions and
comments. Discussion continued even after the close of the meeting.
Questionnaire survey shows that the lecture was satisfactory and people
expect other WIE events.
The lecture was co-sponsored by the IEICE.
The organizing committee thanks Dr. Eckert and all the attendees, both
men and women, for their cooperation.
(Reported by Xiaowei Kan and Akinori Nishihara)
Dr. Eckert's presentation material is available here.
We can lend a CD-ROM of her presentation video.
Lecture by Prof. Janina Mazierska
In the evening of 10 November 2005, a lecture by Prof. Janina Mazierska,
Professor and Head of Institute of Information Sciences and Technology,
Massey University, New Zealand was held at the Annex Hall Room F203,
Pacifico Yokohama, as the second public event of WIE Japan. She gave a
talk on `Why I have chosen to study Electronic Engineering - A story of
a women Engineer from Warsaw' by revealing on how she got attracted to
study in engineering and struggling doing her PhD meanwhile managing her
family. Her talk is very attention-grabbing, didactic and encouraging
for women in engineering in Japan itself. The room is crowded with
audience and a lot of participants asked questions and bestow
comments. The discussion was still unrelenting even after the convention
is closed. Questionnaires surveys prove that the speech was strongly
recommended and the members looking forward to the future WIE events.
The lecture was co-sponsored by IEICE Committee for Promoting Equal
Participation of Men and Women.
The organizing committee members thank Prof. Mazierska and all the
attendees, both men and women, for their support and cooperation.
(Reported by Michiko Kuroda)
Prof. Mazierska's presentation material is available here.
We can lend a CD-ROM of her presentation video.
Lecture by Ms. Noriko Shiomitsu
In the evening of December 1, 2005, a lecture by Ms. Noriko Shiomitsu,
Director of Research Division, Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet
Office, Government of Japan, was held at the Center for the
Advancement of Working Women in Tokyo. This lecture was the third public
event held by IEEE JC WIE. The title was Gender Equality in the Field of
Science and Technology - Activities of the Government. She explained the
Science and Technology Basic Plan in plain words. Her lecture was so
clear and she described the government plan in detail so that we could
easily understand what policies the Japanese government were and will be
made to realize a gender equality in science and technology field. She
also told us how to appeal our needs to the government to improve our
situations surrounding women engineers. Her lecture was very impressive,
informative and useful for the audience, and many discussions were made
after her talk.
(Reported by Masumi Shibata)
