Women's Education Worldwide 2008:

Women in Politics

June 5-7, 2008 Collegio Nuovo, University of Pavia

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Please note: schedules and sessions subject to slight modification---

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THURSDAY, JUNE 5TH, COLLEGIO NUOVO

Registration 9.00

Session open to the public

9.45 – 10.00 – Welcome

Bruna Bruni, President of the Fondazione Sandra e Enea Mattei

10.00 – 10.45 – The Pavia System: University, Colleges and Institute for Advanced Study

Angiolino Stella, Rector of the University of Pavia
Roberto Schmid, Director of IUSS - Institute for Advanced Study of Pavia
Sigfrido Boffi, President of the Permanent Conference of the Italian Colleges recognised by the Ministry of Education, University and Research

10.45 – 11.00 – Collegio Nuovo: challenges from 1978 to 2008

Paola Bernardi, Rector of the Collegio Nuovo

Break 11.00 – 11.15

11.15 – 11.45 - WEW: an advocacy role for women’s leadership

Joanne V. Creighton, President of Mount Holyoke College
Carol Christ, President of Smith College

11.45 – 12.30 Women and Politics: a global issue and the Italian experience

Barbara Pollastrini, Member of the Italian Parliament and Former Italian Minister for Equal Opportunities

13.00 Lunch

15.00 – 16.00 – WEW members: round table presentation of the participants

16.00 – 17.15 – Women’s Education to politics

The power of College life and Alumnae Association
Claude du Granrut, Committee of the Regions of the European Union; Mount Holyoke Alumna
Getting women into political participation: the White House Project
Ellen McKay, Executive Department of the White House Project (to be confirmed)

17.15 – 17.30 – Break

17.30 – 18.15 – Educating women to become (political) leaders

Discussion led by panelists (Spelman College, Beverly D. Tatum; Spelman College, LEADS, Jane Smith; Mills College, Women’s Leadership Institute, Daphne Muse) and other institutions to be confirmed

19.30 Visit to the University of Pavia

20.30 Dinner at the University of Pavia

FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH, COLLEGIO NUOVO

Session open only to WEW members

10.00 – 11.00 – Women in politics in Italy and around the globe in the XX-XXI centuries

Bianca Beccalli, University of Milan
Maria Antonietta Confalonieri, University of Pavia
Alberta Spreafico and Michela Pagano, Collegio Nuovo

11.00 – 12.00 – Women and leadership – Participation to decision making processes

Chiara Paolino, SDA Bocconi, Milan

Break 12.00 – 12.15

12.15 – 13.30 – Models of Alumnae Relations

Discussion led by: Mount Holyoke College (Mary G. Davis); Brescia University College (Rita Gardiner), Women’s College University of Sydney (Yvonne Rate), Collegio Nuovo (Raffaella Butera, Cristina Castagnoli, Maria Francesca Nespoli), IUSS, Pavia (Anna Lanzani) and other institutions to be confirmed

13.30 Lunch

15.30 – 16.30 – Models of Student Government: best practices

Discussion led by Women’s College University of Queensland (Maureen Aitken), Wellesley College (Michelle Lepore and Joanne Murray) and other institutions to be confirmed
Jesse H. Lytle, WEW Coordinator – Presentation of the forthcoming First WEW Student Leadership Conference and Mount Holyoke Student Government Association Organizational Chart

16.30 – 18.00 – Best practices and Partnerships: discussion in small groups

Kristen Renn: Presentation of a Research Project, Michigan State University
Don O’ Shea (Mount Holyoke), Susan Bourque (Smith), Liz Boylan (Barnard College): Funding for institutional collaboration

20.00 – Concert Dinner and at the Collegio Ghislieri

SATURDAY, JUNE 7TH COLLEGIO NUOVO

10.00 – 13.00

Taking stock of Colleges data collection by Don O’Shea, Mount Holyoke
Planning the 2010 WEW Meeting: Proposal of Yvonne Rate, Women’s College University of Sydney

Closing: Conference wrap-up

13.00 Lunch

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