D&I panel discussion2: Proposals for future IFAC Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
Date: 14:45-15:45, Wednesday, 12th July, 2023 (WeC)
Room: Room 503
Related Technical Committee: Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Chair:
Keiko Shimizu (Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Japan)
Co-Chair:
Mary Doyle-Kent (South East Technological University, Ireland)
Organizers:
D&I Excecutive Comittee:
Mary Doyle-Kent (Chair, South East Technological University, Ireland)
Hye-Kyung Cho (Hansung University, Korea)
Patricia Pena (Federal University of Minas Gerais)
Maria Prandini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
D&I Consultants:
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan (University of Kansas, US)
Dawn Tilbury (University of Michigan, US)
Brenda O'Neill (South East Technological University, Ireland)
D&I Organizing Comittee:
Keiko Shimizu (Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Japan)
Reiko J Tanaka (Imperial College London, UK)
Speaker:
Patricia Pena (Federal University of Minas Gerais)
Abstract
This session aims to brainstorm the ideas and proposals for future IFAC D&I initiatives. Everyone in the community is most welcome to bring up proposals and ideas.
Session Program
14:45-14:50 Introduction
14:50-15:05 An introductory talk on the situation of female researchers in emerging countries: Brazil. (Patrícia N. Pena)
15:05-15:45 Discussion
Biography
Patrícia Pena
Patrícia Pena is an associate professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in Brazil, since 2008. She obtained BSc, MSc and PhD degrees from Universities in Brazil in 2000, 2002 and 2007, respectively. During her PhD, she spent a year with Prof. Stéphane Lafortune at the University of Michigan. In 2010, the twins were born. Since then, she has been struggling to do it all: maternity, research, graduate and undergraduate students and classes. She is a co-founder of the “Mulheres na Automatica” (Women in Automatica) at the Brazilian Society of Automatica (IFAC NMO in Brazil). Research interests include supervisory control of discrete event systems, optimization, and their applications to manufacturing systems and cyber security.