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

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

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

Poll for the excursion on Saturday

Travel and Accommodation

Thursday 4 September

09:30 → 10:00 Arrival

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

Speaker: Dr Marie Connolly (Uni Limerick)

11:15 → 11:45 Coffee and tea

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

12:30 What works for Gender Balance? A project for the Faculty of Science in Lund.

Speaker: Tomas Brage (Lund University)

12:45 Improving the situation of Early Career Researchers in the Baltic States.

Speaker: Dalia Šatkovskienė (Vilnius University)

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 GENERA Network

Convener: Milica Pavkov Hrvojević (Uni Novi Sad)

14:00 Revision of the MoU - Discussion

14:45 Working groups, lecture series, ...

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee and tea

16:00 → 17:20 GENERA Network: (cont'd)

Convener: Claudia Winkler (Joanneum Research)

16:00 Working groups, lecture series, ...

16:30 Potential engagment in a Horizon Europe project (VIPERA)

Speaker: Maria Rosaria Masullo (INFN)

19:00 → 21:30 Dinner

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)

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)

Speakers: Tomas Brage (Lund Uni), Dalia Šatkovskienė (Vilnius Uni)

10:10 Innovative Mentoring, Sponsoring and Networking Approaches (WP4)

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)

Speakers: Thomas Berghoefer (DESY), Yolanda Lozano (Uni Oviedo)

10:50 The Swiss project contribution funded by Movetia

Speakers: Maya Widmer (SPS), Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg (SPS)

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee and tea

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

Speaker: Ivanna D'Arcy (UL)

12:15 Project Management

Speakers: Thomas Berghoefer, Maria Rosaria Masullo (INFN), Sabina Pellizzoni (INFN)

12:25 Project Calendar: Meetings & Events

Speakers: Lisa Kamlade (DESY/DZA), Thomas Berghoefer (DESY)

12:45 Digital Tools: what is existing, what needs to be implemented?

Speakers: Thomas Berghoefer (DESY), Tomas Brage (Lund Uni)

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

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.

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee and tea

Saturday 6 September

09:00 → 19:00 Excursion