GENERA Network General Assembly 2025 and GENERA-COPA Kick-Off, Limerick

Name: GENERA Network General Assembly 2025 and GENERA-COPA Kick-Off, Limerick
Start: 2025-09-04T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-06T19:00:00+01:00
Location: No location set

4 Sept 2025, 09:30 → 6 Sept 2025, 19:00 Europe/Dublin

University of Limerick, Ireland

Description

Annual meeting of the GENERA General Assembly and the Kick-Off event for the ERASMUS+ funded Cooperation Partnership GENERA-COPA

GENERA Contact Office

genera@desy.de

Participants

Carolina Vidor
Claudia Winkler
Elvira Toth
Esthi Ranen
Francesca Primas
Ilaria Di tullio
Louise Carvalho
María D Rodríguez Frías
Maya Widmer
Meike Flammer
Milica Pavkov Hrvojević
Regina Kelly
Sabina Pellizzoni
Teodora Kirova
Thomas Berghoefer
Tomas Brage
Yossi Nir
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Thursday 4 September
- 09:30 → 10:00
  
  Arrival 30m
- 10:00 → 10:30
  
  Welcome, introduction, presentation of University of Limerick
  
  Conveners: Maria Rosaria Masullo (INFN), Tomas Brage (Lund University)
- 10:30 → 11:15
  Keynote
  - 10:30
    
    EDI in the University of Limerick and across Ireland 45m
    
    Speaker: Dr Marie Connolly (Uni Limerick)
- 11:15 → 11:45
  
  Coffee and tea 30m
- 11:45 → 13:00
  Updates from the network partners, good-practice exchange: New Initiatives:
  
  Convener: Francesca Primas (ESO)
  - 11:45
    
    Tour de Table - short updates 45m
  - 12:30
    
    What works for Gender Balance? A project for the Faculty of Science in Lund. 15m
    
    Speaker: Tomas Brage (Lund University)
  - 12:45
    
    Improving the situation of Early Career Researchers in the Baltic States. 15m
    
    Speaker: Dalia Šatkovskienė (Vilnius University)
- 13:00 → 14:30
  
  Lunch + Campus-/Lab-Tour 1h 30m
- 14:30 → 16:00
  GENERA Network
  
  Convener: Milica Pavkov Hrvojević (Uni Novi Sad)
  - 14:30
    
    Revision of the MoU - Discussion 45m
  - 15:15
    
    Working groups, lecture series, ... 45m
- 16:00 → 16:30
  
  Coffee and tea 30m
- 16:30 → 18:00
  GENERA Network: (cont'd)
  
  Convener: Claudia Winkler (Joanneum Research)
  - 17:00
    
    Working groups, lecture series, ... 30m
  - 17:30
    
    Potential engagment in a Horizon Europe project (VIPERA) 30m
    
    Speaker: Maria Rosaria Masullo (INFN)
- 19:00 → 21:30
  
  Dinner 2h 30m
Friday 5 September
- 09:30 → 11:00
  Kick-off of ERASMUS+ Cooperation Partnership GENERA-COPA: Introduction and planned activities
  
  Convener: Thomas Berghoefer (DESY)
  - 09:30
    
    Gender & Diversity perspective in the math-intensive fields of STEM (WP2) 20m
    
    Speakers: Yossi Nir (Weizmann Institute), Deirdre Ní Eidhin (Uni Limerick)
  - 09:50
    
    Innovative Education (new approaches in inclusive teaching and learning, including universal design and STEAM education) (WP3) 20m
    
    Speakers: Tomas Brage (Lund Uni), Dalia Šatkovskienė (Vilnius Uni)
  - 10:10
    
    Innovative Mentoring, Sponsoring and Networking Approaches (WP4) 20m
    
    Speakers: Maria Rosaria Masullo (INFN), Milica Pavkov Hrvojević (Uni Novi Sad), Sabina Pellizzoni (INFN), Elvira Toth (Uni Novi Sad)
  - 10:30
    
    Dissemination, Outreach and Target Group Coordination (WP5) 20m
    
    Speakers: Thomas Berghoefer (DESY), Yolanda Lozano (Uni Oviedo)
  - 10:50
    
    The Swiss project contribution funded by Movetia 10m
    
    Speakers: Maya Widmer (SPS), Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg (SPS)
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee and tea 30m
- 11:30 → 13:00
  Kick-off of ERASMUS+ Cooperation Partnership GENERA-COPA: Organisation and practical aspects
  
  Convener: Louise Carvalho (CERN)
  - 11:30
    
    Practical aspects of running the project by the UL Erasmus+ Projects Manager 45m
    
    Speaker: Ivanna D'Arcy (UL)
  - 12:15
    
    Project Management 10m
    
    Speakers: Thomas Berghoefer, Maria Rosaria Masullo (INFN), Sabina Pellizzoni (INFN)
  - 12:25
    
    Project Calendar: Meetings & Events 20m
    
    Speakers: Lisa Kamlade (DESY/DZA), Thomas Berghoefer (DESY)
  - 12:45
    
    Digital Tools: what is existing, what needs to be implemented? 15m
    
    Speakers: Thomas Berghoefer (DESY), Tomas Brage (Lund Uni)
- 13:00 → 14:00
  
  Lunch 1h
- 14:00 → 15:30
  Kick-off of ERASMUS+ Cooperation Partnership GENERA-COPA: Integration
  
  Conveners: Maria Rosaria Masullo (INFN), Tomas Brage (Lund University)
  - 14:00
    
    Discussion: How to integrate all GENERA Network partners into GENERA-COPA, align activities and planning of the first months. 1h 30m
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee and tea 30m
Saturday 6 September
- 09:00 → 19:00
  
  Excursion 10h