Thursday, 20 October 2005
2.00 pm	Welcoming speech	Prof. Dr. Barbara Schaeffer-Hegel Chairwoman of the supervisory board of Femtec Inc.
	Opening talks
	Opening	Edelgard Bulmahn Federal Minister of Education and Research
	Women in Science and Technology - Innovative potential for the future	Dr. Andreas Schlüter Secretary-General of the Donors Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany
	Femtec: Private-Public Partnership for Young Female Managerial Talent	Prof. Dr. Barbara Schaeffer-Hegel Chairwoman of the supervisory board of Femtec Inc.
3.00 pm	Young Women Engineers and Scientists' Visions of the Future Students and graduates of the Femtec Network introduce themselves	Moderator: Dr. Marion Esch Research Director of Femtec Inc.
4.00 pm	Tea and coffee break
4.30  to 6.15 pm	Podium discussion The Gender Gap in Technology: Challenges and opportunities for schools, universities, companies and the media	Dr. Norbert Bensel Member of the board of directors, Transport & Logistics, Deutsche Bahn AG
		Prof. Dr. Kurt Kutzler President of the Technical University, Berlin
		Prof. Dr. Helga Rübsamen-Waigmann Vice President, Global Head Antiinfectives, Bayer Healthcare AG
		Dr. Helga Stadler Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Vienna, Austria
		Prof. Dr. Mara H. Wasburn Assistant Professor, Purdue University, USA
		Moderator: Dr. Helga Lukoschat Managing Director of Femtec Inc.
From 6.30 pm	Get Together and Buffet

Friday, 21 October 2005
9.00 am	Welcome and introduction to the panels	Dr. Helga Lukoschat Managing Director of Femtec Inc.
9.30 am  - 1.00 pm	Parallel Panels
	Panel 1 Early and sustainable encouraging and backing of technical and scientific talents Panel 2 New academic structures for new gender relations Panel 3 Scientific careers Panel 4 Careers in industry Panel 5 Creating positive images 11.00 - 11.30 am Tea and coffee break
1.00 pm	Lunch break
2.00  - 3.00 pm	Presentation of the panel results	Moderator: Dr. Marion Esch Research Director of Femtec Inc.
3:00  - 4.30 pm	Concluding panel Future Strategies in Science and Business - An international comparison	Prof. Dr. Teresa Rees Cardiff University; rapporteur for the "European Technology Assessment Network" (ETAN) Report of the European Commission, UK
		Prof. Dr. Sue Rosser Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
		Prof. Dr. Johann-Dietrich Wörner President of the Technical University Darmstadt; President of the Conference of European Schools of Advanced Engineering, Education and Research (CESAER) of the European Association of Technical Universities
		Moderator: Prof. Dr. Barbara Schaeffer-Hegel Chairwoman of the supervisory board of Femtec Inc.