Conference Program

Women & Leadership Conference Program, 12 November 2026
TIME Activity Speaker(s)
09:30 Registration
10:30

Welcome

Dr. Kellie Gonçalves
10:40 Host welcome

Prof. Dr. Virginia Richter and Prof. Dr. Heike Mayer
11:00

Keynote #1
From Breaking Barriers to Building Bridges: Women as Leaders, Innovators, and Nation Builders in the 21st Century

Prof. Dr. Hirut Woldemariam Teketel
12:00-14:30 Lunch
12:45

Breakout sessions: Round 1
TBA

 TBA
13:15 Short break 
13:30

Breakout sessions: Round 2
TBA

 TBA
14:00 Short break
14:30

Keynote #2:
Paving Your Own Path: Moving from Postdoctoral Research to Aerospace Entrepreneurship and Management

Dr. Marcella Veneziani
15:30 Break
16:15

Panel discussion
My Way to Lead: There Is No Single Path to Leadership

Daniela Bodmer
17:30 Emilie Jäger Prize celebration 

Emilie Jäger awardee and Prof. Dr. Paola Luciani
18:15 Closing remarks

Dr. Kellie Gonçalves
18:30 Apéro

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