The Session will take place in Room 1A starting at 1pm and it will feature two talks and ample time for Q&A and discussion. It is coordinated with the SS7 "Equity and Diversity in Astronomy", which is a parallel session starting at 9am in Room 4B.

The event is sponsored by Nature Astronomy.

Programme

Invited speakers

• Chi Onwurah (UK Parliament): Diversity and Policy Making in Science
• Luis Farina-Busto (European Research Council): Ensuring equal treatment of applicants for the European Research Council: Focus on Gender Balance

Scientific organisers
Sara Lucatello (Observatory of Padova, Italy) (Chair - plenary) Helen Jermak (Liverpool JM University, UK) (Chair - parallel) Sheila Kanani (Royal Astronomical Society, UK) Marios Karouzos (Nature Astronomy, UK) Johan Knapen (IAC, Spain, EAS Council.) Violeta Gonzalez-Perez (Portsmouth University, UK) Isabel Marquez (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia, Spain.) Emmanouil Angelakis (Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Germany.) Paul Woods (Nature Astronomy, UK.)

Contact
sara.lucatello @ oapd.inaf.it