9:00-10:30

Plenary Session 1:
Chair: Marcia Barbosa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.Chair, IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics,

9:00- 9:30

Welcome Remarks from: ,
Burton Richter, President of IUPAP,
W. Erdelen, (Assistant) Director-General for Natural Sciences (UNESCO),
Philippe Busquin, Commissioner for Research of the European Union.

9:30- 10:00

Roman Czujko*, Director of the AIP Statistical Research Center: ''Resources, Opportunities and Encouragement: Findings from the International Study of Women in Physics"

10:00-10:30

Teresa Rees*, Cardiff University of Social Sciences, UK.:''Women and Science in Europe: A Review of National Policies''

10:30-11:00

Morning break

11;00-12:30

Plenary Session 2:
Chair: Oliviu Gherman, Ambassador to France, Romania

11:00-11:30

Claudine Hermann*, Deputy Director, Laboratory of Physics of the Condensed Matter, Ecole Polytechnique, France:''The '' European Union Report on Women and Science and a French Experience"''

11:30-12:00

Zhang Xuezhong, Ambassador to UNESCO, China on behalf of<> Chen Zhili, Minister of Education, China,'' Women in Physics: The View from China"

12:00- 12:30

Karimat Mahmoud el-Sayed*, Vice Dean, Cairo University, Egypt: "Women in Physics: The Situation in Egypt"

12:30- 14:00

Lunch

14:00- 15:30

Small Group Discussions 1

• Attracting Girls into Physics

• Launching a Successful Physics Career

• Getting Women into the Physics Leadership Structure Nationally and Internationally

15:30- 16:00

Afternoon Break

16:00- 17:30

Small Group Discussions 1 (continued)

17:30- 19:30

Poster Session 1 and Cocktail Reception

9:00- 10:30

Plenary Session 3 :
Chair: Hidetoshi Fukuyama, University of Tokyo,Japan. Member of IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics

9:00- 9:30

Elisa Baggio Saitovitch*, Vice-President of the Brazilian Physical Society, Brazil: "Personal Experience as a Latin American Physicist"

9:30-10:00

Masako Bando*, Aichi University, Japan: Status of women in Physics of Japan and Future Aspects: Findings from Questionnaire of JPS and JAPS

10:00-10:30

I. P. Ipatova*, A. F. Ioffe Institute, Russia: "Russian Women: Line of Life"

10:30-11:00

Morning break

11:00- 12:30

Plenary Session 4:
Chair: Elisa Molinari, University of Modena, Italy Member of IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics

• 11:00 Report from Topic 1: Samathi Rao, India, Member of IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics

• 11:30 Report from Topic 2: Beverly Hartline, Argonne National Lab, USA, Member of IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics

• 12:00 Report from Topic 3: Katharine Gebbie, NIST, USA, Member of the IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics

12:30- 14:00

Lunch

14:00- 15:30

Small Group Discussions 2

• Improving the Institutional Climate for Women in Physics

• Learning from Regional Differences

• Balancing Family and Career

15:30- 16:00

Afternoon Break

16:00- 17:30

Small Group Discussions 2 (continued)

17:30-19:00

Poster Session 2

19:00-

Departure for Dinner/Boat trip on Seine

9:000- 10:30

Plenary Session 5:
Chair: Rlisabeth Giacobino, Director, Department of Physics and Mathematics Sciences, CNSR, France (invited)

9:00- 9:30

Catherine Cesarsky*, Director General of the European Southern Observatory "Women in Science: Personal Impressions"

9:30- 10:00

Nancy Hopkins*,Amgen, Inc. Professor of Biology, MIT, USA: ''Women Faculty in Science at MIT"

10:00-10:30

Rohini Godbole*, Chair, Center for Theoretical Studies, Indian Institute of Science, India: ''Being a Women Physicist: An Indian Perspective"

10:30-11:00

Morning break,

11:00- 12:30

Pleanary Session 6:
Chair: Marcelle Rey-Campagnolle, France, Chair of the Organizing Committee

• 11:00 Report from Topic 4: Ling-An Wu, Institute of Physics, China, Member of IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics

• 11:30 Report from Topic 5: Pia Thörngren-Engblom, Uppsala University, Sweden

• 12:00 Report from Topic 6: Barbara Sandow, Free University of Berlin, Member of IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics

12:30- 14:00

Lunch

14:00-16:00

Pleanry Session 7:
Chair: Judy Franz, Associate Secretary General, IUPAP, USA

14:00- 15:00

Presentation of resolutions and voting on resolutions

15:00- 15:30

Voting on conference resolutions

15:30- 16:00

Conference follow-up

16:00-16:15

Adjourn