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Annual Report
2015
Expanding Horizons The Ewha-Luce International Seminar for Women Graduate Students in
STEM from the U.S and East Asia
Extraordinary Adventure with
Women Scientists of the Future
Ewha Institute for Leadership Development
Planning and Executive Committee
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Executive Report
The ELIS 2015
ELIS: Expanding Horizons is an intensive residential-internship program for women postgraduate
students in STEM. The eighteen-day program includes lectures, workshops, symposiums, visits to
industrial sites regarding the challenges of women in STEM, cultural experience, and introspective
leadership building. It aims to build strong international networking and establish a new vision for the
future.
The program is intended to run once every summer from 2015 to 2017 for three consecutive years,
and the inaugural seminar took place for 18 days from June 22 to July 9, 2015 with 21 women
postgraduate students majoring in STEM subjects from the US and Asia as participants.
Five keynote speakers, 6 plenary sessions, 15 lectures and 4 workshops, 5 cultural/ historical /
industrial visits, 8 activities, 1 social hour, 1 group talk. 2 ceremonies, 3 celebratory performances, 3
ceremonial banquets took place during the 18-day seminar. It also included the Women’s Leadership
Open Forum, which was the core of the seminar, where presentations of 19 participants, one keynote
speech, three further special speeches, and three discussions took place. During the open forum, the
participants and guests shared their professional knowledge, passion, enthusiasm and vision.
At the end of the seminar, all 21 participants achieved certificates for successful and full participation
with 86.4% attendance rate and 4.6 point (out of 5 Likert scale questionnaire) for program
satisfaction. In particular, programs with interactive element, cultural experience, and activities with
personal challenge and developments are well received in general while visiting programs had
suggestions for some degree of improvement. In terms of operational elements of the program,
accommodation, meals and snacks, communication were rated. Participants rated very highly for the
meals and snacks whereas relatively lower mark was obtained for accommodation.
The participants of the ELIS as well as the speakers, facilitators, the members of committee, staff, and
the organizers experienced empowerment from the differences originating from the diversity of
professions, geographical locations, and cultural exchanges as well as from networking and solidarity
among women scientists
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Contents
Executive Report
Contents
Progress and Achievements
1. Research : “Ewha-Luce International Seminar (ELIS) Launching Symposium:
Expanding Horizons of Women Leadership in the Global Science-Technology
Era”
2. Promotion and Communication
(1) Launching of the website :
(2) Distribution of press release materials
(3) Promotional materials
3. Recruiting of Participants
(1) Recruitment
(2) Screening Process
(3) Result of the recruitment and MERS outbreak in Korea
4. Programming
(1) Program Modules and Themes
(2) Basic Operation and its Principles
(3) The Progress
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Evaluation
1. Procedure
2. The outcomes
Future Plan of the Project
1. Characteristics of the ELIS 2016:
2. Schedule
3. Participants
4. Recruitment
5. Structuring the program into themes
6. Pre-conference events: ELIS Regular Leadership Training Programs for Woman
Scientists (ELIS RLTP)
Appendix 1 Ewha-Luce International Seminar Launching Symposium “Expanding Horizons
of Women Leadership in the Glocal Science-Technology Era” program
Appendix 2 A pilot program schedule for ELIS
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Progress and Achievements
The progression of the project and its achievements are
described in periodical manner: pre-conference, the
ELIS 2015, and post-conference. A brief summary of the
completed activities and agenda from 15th Nov 2014 –
21st June 2015 is presented in the table below
1. Research “Ewha-Luce International Seminar (ELIS) Launching Symposium: Expanding Horizons of
Women Leadership in the Global Science-Technology Era”
Objectives
Provide an official announcement for the launching of the ELIS 2015
Share its goals and key themes
Raise awareness of the importance of the role of the women in STEM disciplines
Discuss the current issues in science
Date: 2014.12.12
Time: 13:00-18:00 pm
Venue: ECC B4 LeeSambong Hall, Ewha Womans University
Progress and achievements: An approximate of 70 people participated in at the symposium
and discussed issues and key words of the ELIS 2015 Expanding Horizons. The attendees
included undergraduates, postgraduate students, researchers, journalists, leaders, and officials
in the organizations related to science and women all over Korea.
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The program consists of 3 parts:
1. Talks and discussions on issues regarding
gender and science and findings from
fast developing science and technology
2. Presentation on program introduction,
goals, and progress on ELIS 2015
3. Panel discussion among women graduate
students and graduate researchers on the
issues relating to women’s leadership in
STEM
The poster of the symposium is presented on
the right.
The program is shown in appendix 1.
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2. Promotion and Communication
(4) Launching of the website : the website
launched on the 15th of Janunary 2015, and
had a renovation on the looks and some of
the contents in May. The URL for the ELIS
homepage is :
http://womeninstem.ewha.ac.kr/
Elis homepage was designed to deliver
many functions, in which one of the main
role is promotion and archiving.
i) Window for application submission
ii) Promotion of the program
iii) Hub for participants interactions
iv) Archive for the program and data related
(5) Distribution of press release materials
For the distribution of ‘press release’ and the ‘press
mileage’ are described in details. Please refer to “the
program book”.
(6) Promotional materials
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Three promotional fliers, a copy of program
schedule, and a project brief have been released to
promote the event.
On 12th Dec 2014 the first official announcement
for the ELIS 2015 was released via two paged
promotional flier as in soft copy at the “Ewha-Luce
International Seminar (ELIS) Launching
Symposium: Expanding Horizons of Women
Leadership in the Global Science-Technology Era”.
The very flier was then distributed to the US
candidates with support of Henry Luce Foundation
on 18th Dec 2014. (Please see below for the fliers).
The second flier as in a single page poster and web-flier was released to
boost awareness of the seminar and to encourage to submit an
application.
The 2nd promotional fliers for official announcement of the ELIS 2015
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Final release of the promotional flier
included program outlines on the
poster.
In the all three occasions, identical
fliers were distributed to the
candidates in the US and Asia, and
further information about the program
schedule etc. were given out upon
requests. The 3rd promotional flier is
shown on the right.
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3. Recruiting of Participants
21 participants who were recruited via screening were the main focal point of the seminar. Apart
from the participants, there were 20 speakers, 21 staff, 11 performers, 8 facilitators and 5 program
committee members who worked together to make the program a uniquely memorable opportunity.
(1) Recruitment
The participants from the US were recruited via on-line application. Advertisement for the
seminar was distributed to the eligible CBL fellowship holders with help of the Henry Luce
Foundation in three separate occasions.
Recruitment for East Asian participants in the 1st ELIS was open to Asian post-graduate
students who are currently registered in institutions in the South Korean peninsula. Because
the spectrum of the East Asian participants was vast, while eligible US candidates was limited
to a small number of CBL fellowship holders, the call for application for East Asia was
proceeded in three stages to include a wider range of institutions and cultural backgrounds, as
well as majors to promote diversity.
1st call: Application call for US participants and Ewhaians - via invitation only
2nd call: Applications for Asian Participants - invited call from institutions in South Korea
3rd call: Additional call for Asian & Korean participants in specific subject areas for diversity and
dynamics of the participants - invited call from institutions in South Korea
The three stages. Once the screening of the candidates was completed, the successful
participants were notified via email. Please see table 1 for the schedule and number of
applications and results, and statistics for the distribution of the participants by (1) nation, (2)
degree, (3) university, and (4) major.
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Table 1: The schedule of the application and the notes
US Asia
The 1st
Call
Application period: 15th Jan ~ 22nd Feb
Open to the US and Ewha: via invitations only
No. of successful applications 10 10
Failed or withdrawn -1 -4
Subtotal of successful applications 9 6
The
2nd
Call
Application period: 2nd Mar ~16th March
Open to Asian participants: invited call from institutions in South Korea
No. of successful applications 0 5
Failed or withdrawn 0 -3
Subtotal of successful application 0 2
The 3rd
Call
Application period: 4th May ~15th May
Open to Asian participants: invited call from institutions in South Korea
No. of successful applications 0 6
Failed or withdrawn 0 -1
Subtotal of successful applications 0 5
Total no. of applications submitted 10 22
Total no. of successful applications 9 13
(2) Screening Process
Application process consisted of three parts
A. Advertising application call and on-line application form submission
B. Application pack: application pack distribution to recommended candidates which
included:
① CV
② statement of purpose(SoP)
③ letter of recommendation(LoP)
C. An Interview took place for Asian candidates
Screening Criteria
A. CV (devotion and seriousness) 30%, RoP (enthusiasm) 30%, LoP(genuineness) 30%,
ability to become a team player and engage in communication 10%
B. Group dynamics and diversity was also considered
C. English ability and initiative to speak out in English was also considered and given extra
points within 5% of the marks for Asian participants
Screening Process
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i. Executive committee initially screened the application and filtered out inappropriate
candidates (e.g. those who are neither postgraduate students, women, and studying
STEM disciplines.
There were 3 inappropriate applications (1 male, 2 undergraduates) filtered out via this
process.
ii. Shortlisted applications were submitted to the screening committee
iii. Interview was arranged for successful Asian participants
iv. Successful candidates were contacted individually
(3) Result of the recruitment and MERS outbreak in Korea
i. Total of 22 participants were accepted for the seminar.
ii. On May 10, 2015, the first outbreak was reported in South Korea, and by July 3, 184
MERS cased were reported. The committee and the university carefully observed the
progress of the MERS situation. With the recommendation of the World Health
Organization and US officials that Korea was safe to travel to but with caution in areas
with mass gathering, the university decided to carry on with the scheduled seminar.
However, minor adjustments to prevent contacts with large crowd and public gatherings
were observed.
iii. One candidate (Yijun Zhao, Tufts University, USA) expressed concern about the
outbreak of MERS and decided to withdraw her application. Eventually, 8 US
participants made the trip, making a total of 21 participants.
Table 2: Number of participants by nation Table 3: Number of participants by registered course
Country count
India 1
Korea 12
USA 8
Total 21
Table 4: Number of the participants by major
Major count
Advanced Materials Engineering 1
Aerospace Engineering 3
Architecture 1
Astrophysics 1
Chemistry 1
Computer Engineering 2
Food and Nutrition 2
Materials Science & Engineering 2
Mechanical Engineering 2
Microbiology and Immunology 1
Organic Chemistry 1
Pharmacy 1
Physics 2
Systems Engineering 1
Total 21
Degree count
Master’s Degree 9
PhD 8
MSc & Doctoral Combined Program 4
Total 21
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Table 5: List of participants and their details
Name Country Affiliation Major Degree
Miso Yun Korea Ewha Womans
University Physics
MSc & Doctoral
Combined
Program
Mary K
Jennerjohn USA St. Louis Aerospace Engineering PhD
Inkang Song Korea Ewha Womans
University Pharmacy
MSc & Doctoral
Combined
Program
Aswathy
Vijayakumar India
Ewha Womans
University Food and Nutrition
MSc & Doctoral
Combined
Program
Geneva
Trotter USA Dartmouth
Materials Science and
Engineering PhD
Suyeon Oh Korea Yonsei University Chemistry Master’s Degree
Rebecca
Swaszek USA Boston University Systems Engineering PhD
Eunbyul Park Korea Kyunghee University Organic Chemistry Master’s Degree
Mirim Park Korea Ewha Womans
University Computer Engineering Master’s Degree
Alexandra
Cheryl Long USA
Georgia Institute of
Technology Aerospace Engineering
MSc & Doctoral
Combined
Program
Jihye Seo Korea Ewha Womans
University Computer Engineering Master’s Degree
Jiseon Shin Korea Ewha Womans
University Physics Master’s Degree
Maggie Tse USA Massachusetts Institute
of Technology Astrophysics PhD
Siein Choi Korea Ewha Womans
University Architecture Master’s Degree
Hansol Ryu Korea
Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and
Technology
Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree
Hyejin Kim Korea Ewha Womans
University Food and Nutrition Master’s Degree
Katie
Langenfeld USA Creighton University
Microbiology and
Immunology PhD
Kayoung
Yun Korea Kookmin University
Advanced Materials
Engineering PhD
Miranda
Pizzella USA St. Louis Aerospace Engineering PhD
Eun Ji Korea Hongik University Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree
Natalie Marie
Dawley USA Cornell
Materials Science &
Engineering PhD
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Table 6: The participants of the ELIS 2015
Aswathy Vijayakumar Geneva Trotter Katie Langenfeld Alexandra Cheryl Long
Ewha Womans University Dartmouth University Creighton University Georgia Institute of Technology
Food and Nutrition Science Materials Science and
Engineering Microbiology and Immunology Aerospace Engineering
Maggie Tse Mary K. Jennerjohn Natalie Marie Dawley Miranda (Turlin) Pizzella
MIT St. Louis University Cornell University St. Louis University
Astrophysics Aerospace Engineering Materials Science and Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Rebecca Swaszek Kim Hye-jin Ryu Han-sol Park Mi-rim
Boston University Ewha Womans University KAIST Ewha Womans University
Systems Engineering Food and Nutrition Science Mechanical Engineering Computer Engineering
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Park Eun-byeol Seo Ji-hye Song In-kang Shin Ji-sun
Kyunghee University Ewha Womans University Ewha Womans University Ewha Womans University
Organic Chemistry Computer Engineering Pharmacology Physics
Oh Soo-yeon Yun Ka-young Yun Mi-so Ji Eun
Yonsei University Kookmin University Ewha Womans University Hongik University
Chemistry New Materials Engineering Physics Mechanical Engineering
Choi Si-in
Ewha-Luce International Seminar
for Women Graduate Students in Stem from the U.S. and East Asia
Ewha Womans University
Architecture
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4. Programming
(1) Program Modules and Themes
The program consist of 4 modules
Networking
Leadership
Empowerment
Establishing new Vision
And 3 themes
Women
Convergence
Science
(2) Basic Operation and its Principles
A. Operational Principles
i. Equality and Mutual Respect: participants, organizers, educators, staff, including volunteers,
relate to one another with equality and mutual respect regardless of nationality, age,
position, and gender.
ii. Mutual Learning and Sharing: an opportunity for everyone involved in the seminar to learn
and share each other’s expertise and experiences, thereby boosting knowledge and
interaction.
iii. Networking and Mentoring Opportunity (peer-to-peer, peer-to-mentor, and networking
beyond geographical and cultural backgrounds)
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iv. Eco-friendliness: (1) paperless policy – limiting the use of paper and printed materials as
much as possible and utilize digitized resources instead (2) minimizing disposables – use of
washable cups, plates and cutleries
B. In order to achieve the goals, each of the programs were implemented to:
i. Empower the next generation of women leaders, specifically by raising gender diversity,
sensitivity, strategic thinking, and level of communication
ii. Enlarge the network of STEM academics
iii. Create visions as global women leaders
iv. Expand the boundary of academic integration
v. Acknowledge social responsibilities as women scientists
C. The structure of the program and its weekly theme
The course and its curriculum aim to combine theory, practice and networking, as well as
endeavors to integrate values and basic operational principles into the curriculum. It is comprised
of various sub-programs for a total of 133 hours. The programs included STEM women
leadership open forum (Open Forum, hereafter), 14 lectures, 5 forums (including 3 forums during
the Open Forum), 8 activities, 5 cultural and historical visits and site tours, 3 industrial visits, 3
social events, and 1 action plan, which were all connected to one another.
Below is a representation of the proportion of the programs by the type of activities.
21%
34%24%
11%
4%6%
The percentage of programs by
the type of activities
Activity
Forum
Lecture
Visit
Ceremony
Workshop
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The program was themed each week to (1) achieve smooth settlement at this unique and foreign
environment, (2) expand horizons to embrace challenges for empowered young female leaders,
and (3) establish new vision as a socially responsible scientist under the guidance of
distinguished faculty members in various fields from Korea and abroad.
Week 1: Acclimatizing, Cultural Exchange, and Global Networking
The first week concentrated on facilitating the participants to acclimatize to their new
environment. They were introduced to experiencing new culture and global networking via
various activities and topics. It was also an excellent opportunity to share with them the goals and
four main pillars of the program.
Week 2 : Leadership and Empowerment
On the second week, challenges and lectures were included to train global women’s leadership
and empower their strength professionally and individually. This was done by providing various
spectrum of science from historical/global/and philosophical perspectives and preparing talks in
the Open Forum.
Women’s Leadership Open Forum was the core program of the seminar that was held on two
consecutive days from June 30th to July 1st. At the forum, 1 plenary speaker, 20 presenters, and 3
moderators shared their knowledge and built networks together. All the participants were asked to
give a 15-minute individual presentation which was pre-submitted, revised, and rehearsed during
and before the seminar took place. Three themes were discussed during the Open Forum to revisit
the past, present, and the future of science: 1) women and the history of science, 2) current issues
in science, and 3) science of the future.
Week 3 : Establishing New Vision as Global Women Scientists
The final week concentrated on exploiting and expanding various visions for global women
scientists and wrap-up the three-week challenge with ELIS.
(3) The progress
Building a Strong Network across Different Cultures and Communicability and Joy
of making new relationship and “networks” as a result of the delight
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Many of the programs were designated to build global networks in professional as well personal level.
The programs were shaped as a form of activities that brings different perspectives through exercise.
Cultural and historical programs were endeavored to offer new exciting experience to the US
participants, and an opportunity for Korean participants to experience different perspective at the
same time. Also, it was expected to empower each other via the process of mutual exchange between
local information from participants of the host country and different perspectives arise by the
participants from guest countries.
Empowerment and global leadership via workshops and training oriented
The experience of deep bonding with researchers with much difference in terms of their geographical,
cultural background with much barriers, and the trust and mutual support during the seminar provided
opportunity to boost their confidence level and also affect positively in empowering women graduate
scientist.
In particular, Women’s Leadership Open Forum was intended to offer challenge and personalized
leadership training. The theme of presentation at the Open Forum were revealed first in the statement
of interest as a part of application pack. The successful candidates were asked to submit an essay
before commencement of the seminar along with a draft of a power point presentation. The essays and
the PPT were reviewed, and the PPT was rehearsed with a small group of peer reviewers as well as
professional who can offer high standard and clear feed-back to improve the contents as well as
physical manner of each presenters in prior to the Open Forum.
For global leadership, the program “effective communication for women scientist” covered strategies
for effective communication but also cultural differences and perspectives between Korean and
American.
Expanding boundaries as for Scientist and Establishing New Vision
Some of the programs designated for “Vision” consists of two parts in large.
The first, there were talks on current multidisciplinary scientific research such as “The age of light:
from electron to photon” from physics, neuro imaging techniques revealing secrets of human brain
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from brain science, and “virtual reality programing for medical imaging” from computer science.
The second part was an intimate opportunity of discussion with women leaders with STEM
background. The range of the speakers varied from president of national research institute,
entrepreneur, business, academia etc, endeavoring to provide practical, realistic advice from variety
areas that scientists can explore.
Attendance
The participants attended over 85% of the course with good will. Many of the lectures and facilitators
reported that the participants are proactive and very participative, and expressed that the enthusiasm
was much impressive.
One of the participant (Geneva Trotter) had scheduled to visit a conference to Japan during the stay,
and took a day off for the trip and was unable to participate at her presentation in the open forum. One
participant (Miranda Pizzella) demonstrated flue-like unusual medical symptom right prior to the
open forum. She was unwell to deliver her presentation. It was revealed later on that the unusualness
of the medical condition was related to the change of hormone due to early pregnancy.
A certificate of completion of the seminar was awarded to the participants who attended over 85% of
the course with good will. All of the 21 participants achieved the certificate as a result.
Language matters? : Importance of proactive attitude in global communication
The communicability between Asian and the US participants were the one of the concern Korean are
known to show reluctance in speaking English.
It was evident that lack of English ability was less of the problem, although frequent discussions
during the program demand and pressure did not do favor in lifting their confidence level for some
Asian participants.
In order to support language barrier (1) interpretation and translation service was provided as much as
possible (2) 2-3 bilinguals were stand by or accompanied to assist any problems may occur (3)
provided sufficient activities and programs designed to dismantle psychological and relational barrier
among different cultures.
As a result, the participants as well as many of staff relaxed more and started to use both their first
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language (mostly Korean in this case) as well as English allowing themselves to express more freely
as the program progressed. Also, it was often reported by staff and the lecturers that necessity and
urge for speaking out their mind and proactive attitude affect more rather than the language
proficiency per se.
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Evaluation
1. Procedure
In order to evaluate objectively what we have done, we issued self-evaluating questionnaires to the
participants after the completion of activity for each day. The questionnaire comprised of two parts.
The first part consisted evaluating the degree of satisfaction at a five-point scale – one point (very
dissatisfied), two point (somehow dissatisfied), three point (satisfied), four (somewhat satisfied), and
five (very satisfied). The second part consisted of open-ended questions, which included evaluations on
how they feel about the program, including the staff who worked together with them.
2. The outcomes
The evaluation resulted in highly positive comments, with a 4.6 rating out of a 5-point scale. Although
the Luce International Conference was a pilot program, we found the evaluation result to be very
encouraging. Please see table below for the average score obtained by each program.
Table 1. The average score obtained by each program
Date Program Type Score
Day 11 (7/2) Plenary Talk 4: Black Holes, Galaxies, & the Evolution of the
Universe Lecture 5.0
Day 4 (6/25) Learn How to Write Korean in 45 Minutes Activity 5.0
Day 11 (7/2) Plenary Talk 5: Early Life on Earth Lecture 4.9
Day 16 (7/7) Plenary Talk 6: Scientific Innovations and Women Scientists Forum 4.9
Day 16 (7/7) Stories from Women Scientist Leaders: Choose a Job You Love,
and You Will Never Have to Work a Day in Your Life Forum 4.9
Day 17 (7/8) Wrapping Up Action plan 4.9
Day 17 (7/8) Commencement Ceremony Ceremony 4.9
Day 3 (6/24) Communication via Physical Activities Activity 4.9
Day 16 (7/7) Stories from Women Scientist Leaders: Panel Discussion (Park,
Sally) Forum 4.9
Day 16 (7/7) Stories from Women Scientist Leaders: Panel Discussion (Kim,
Lee, Chung) Forum 4.8
Day 1 (6/22) Airport Pickup Operation 4.8
Day 10 (7/1) Korean Drum (Jang-gu) Experience Activity 4.8
Day 10 (7/1) Theater Visit for Korean Performing Art: Baebijang Activity 4.8
Day 16 (7/7) Stories from Women Scientist Leaders: I, therefore I am Forum 4.8
Day 16 (7/7) Stories from Women Scientist Leaders: To Give is to Take Forum 4.8
Day 2 (6/23) Kitchen Talk Activity 4.8
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Day 3 (6/24) Social Outings to Downtown Seoul with Missions Activity 4.8
Day 8 (6/29) Effective Presentation for Women Scientists - Practice Workshop Workshop 4.8
Day 9 (6/30) Plenary Talk 3: Women in Science Lecture 4.8
Day 9 /10 Open Forum Presentation Forum 4.8
Day 16 (7/7) Stories from Women Scientist Leaders: Panel Discussion (Kim,
Lee, Chung) Forum 4.8
Day 15 (7/6) Science, Technology, and Innovation for the Future: Panel
Discussion (Wu, Kim, Ryoo) Forum 4.7
Day 15 (7/6) Science, Technology, and Innovation for the Future: The Age of
Light from Electron to Photon Forum 4.7
Day 15 (7/6) Expanding Horizons: East Asian Fine Arts and Culture (Splendor &
Simplicity: Arts of Korea & Ewha Museum Visit) Forum 4.7
Day 15 (7/6) Expanding Horizons: East Asian Fine Arts and Culture (Instruments
Performance) Lecture 4.7
Day 16 (7/7) Stories from Women Scientist Leaders: The Power of Women's
Networks Forum 4.7
Day 16 (7/7) Stories from Women Scientist Leaders: Gendered Innovations in
Science Research Forum 4.7
Day 2 (6/23) Celebratory Musical Performance Ceremonial
program 4.7
Day 5 (6/26) Effective Communication for Women Scientists Lecture /
Activity 4.7
Day 15 (7/6) Science, Technology, and Innovation for the Future: Panel
Discussion (Wu, Kim, Ryoo) Forum 4.7
Day 1 (6/22) Reception Dinner Food 4.6
Day 2 (6/23) Icebreaking: What I'd Like to Stop and Start Doing Workshop 4.6
Day 15 (7/6) Expanding Horizons: East Asian Fine Arts and Culture Lecture 4.6
Day 2 (6/23) Plenary Talk 1: History of Ewha and Fostering Women Leaders Lecture 4.5
Day 15 (7/6) Science, Technology, and Innovation for the Future: Astrocytes -
Getting the Credity They Deserve Forum 4.4
Day 3 (6/24) Visiting Laboratories of Ewha Activity 4.4
Day 4 (6/25) Samsung Innovation Center Visit 4.4
Day 6 (6/27) Seoul City Tour Visit 4.4
Day 12 (7/3) Jeju Industrial Visits Visit 4.3
Day 2 (6/23) Plenary Talk 2: Convergence and Networking in Science Lecture 4.3
Day 2 (6/23) Campus Tour Activity 4.3
Day 6 (6/27) DMZ Tour Visit 4.3
Day 8 (6/29) History of Science in the East and the West Lecture 4.2
Day 8 (6/29) Philosophical Foundations of Scientific Ethics Lecture 4.2
Day 15 (7/6) Science, Technology, and Innovation for the Future: Embracing
Women in Science and Engineering Forum 4.1
Day 3 (6/24) Ewha's Women, Education, and Science Lecture 4.1
Day 4 (6/25) Self-Awareness and Personal Branding Lecture /
Activity 4.1
Day 11~13 Jeju Activities: Sightseeing Visit 4.0
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Below is a chart for the average score obtained by the type of activities and the overall mean of the
evaluation score of satisfaction.
The most satisfactory activities were the ceremony and workshop, which were equally rated at 4.8 point.
It was followed by activity and forum, scaling at 4.7 points each. The operation was also rated average.
The lecture was rated at 4.5 points. The scores ranged from at 5.0 to 4.1 points. Visit was evaluated at
4.3 points.
It was revealed that the participants were most interested in cultural experience and activities such as
“Learn How to Write Korean in 45 Minutes,” “Korean Drum (Jang-gu) Experience,” “Theater Visit for
Korean Performing Art: Baebijang,” and “Kitchen Talk.” Below were some of the comments of the
participants via the open-ended questionnaire:
“I really enjoyed being able to write my name with Korean ink and paper.
“It helped me learn Korean culture. I think it helped me to connect better.”
It was also shown that the networking activities such as “Wrapping Up,” “Communication via Physical
Activities,” “Social Outings to Downtown Seoul with Missions” were also favored by most participants.
The following were their enthusiastic responses:
“The outings were a lot of fun and I liked how they got us off campus”
“Loved the physical. No need to pretend or formal”
“It was wonderful getting to know and learn from different perspectives”
“Time went very fast”
4.7 4.7
4.5
4.3
4.6
4.8 4.8
4
4.2
4.4
4.6
4.8
5
Activity Forum Lecture Visit Operation Ceremony Workshop
The average score
by the type of activities
Overall mean of
program
satisfaction
= 4.6
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“Thank you for your time and talents in putting this amazing program together.”
Highly positive evaluations also appeared on activities such as “Social Outings to Downtown Seoul
with Missions,” which required the participants to visit downtown Seoul in pairs. Some of the comments
were: “enjoyed the downtown mission,” “social outing was helpful in getting closer to each other” “the
outings were a lot of fun and I liked how they got us off campus.”
The key-note lectures scored at the highest scales, which was a very encouraging result. In particular,
the plenary lecture of Professor Urry on “Black Holes, Galaxies, & the Evolution of the Universe” was
rated at the full mark (5.0 out of 5.0) along with “Learn how to write Korean in 45 minutes.” This was
followed by “Early Life on Earth” by Professor Valentine and “Scientific Innovations and Women
Scientists” by Professor Graslund (4.8 each).
In general, interactive discussions were received enthusiastically. For instance, the forums and panel
discussions on “Stories from Women Scientist Leaders” obtained high marks. The participants shared
their evaluations by citing:
“Good opportunity (for development),”
“Learned new things like, keeping contacts, the key is failures,”
“Got so much out of these talks,”
“Loved the panel discussion,”
“Enjoyed the presentation and panel discussion,”
“Inspirational and had much insight and wisdom to share,”
“Having lunch with the speakers was also an excellent idea”
“More effective if the talks were more about big ideas in future research.”
Last but not least, the participants evaluated positively of the practical workshops such as “Effective
Presentation for Women Scientists - Practice Workshop,” and “Effective Communication for Women
Scientists”. Some participants also articulated as below:
“I really was thankful for the honest and helpful feedback from professional,”
“Great help for me!”
“The cultural difference was a lot of fun and very informative.”
There were some commonalities in the least satisfactory activities. Firstly, 30 percent of the least
favorable activities were visit and outings. The comments about the visits include “less sights and more
time” and “too packed”. Cancelling and contracting on some occasions such as DMZ Tour and tours to
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surrounding areas due to the MERS virus epidemic could have affected negatively. Secondly, some of
the tours, including Seoul City Tour, Jeju Industrial Visits, Jeju Activities: Sightseeing, were said to be
physically exhausting, despite good intentions. The participants commented “less sites and more time
at each.” Similar responses were garnered on activities on Seoul City Tour and were evaluated:
“Seoul tour was too packed towards the end”,
“Not enough time”.
On a positive note, there were also evidence of very positive reception about the program:
“I gained a greater appreciation and knowledge of Korean history”
“English speaking guide was effective”
“Best part was having discussion with Korean students about attitudes towards reunification.”
The operation part of the evaluation comprised of the elements of dormitory, meals and snacks, and
communication (such as notice board, laptop, facebook, webpage, and etc). It marked at the average
scale although improvements in the areas of dormitory and communications were also rated.
Participants also showed high appreciation when they were greeted at the airport. Other comments
included satisfaction for the translation and interpretation support and the involvement of the Luce
Foundation.
“Translation at the opening ceremony was really effective,”
“Having Arthur here was very nice. Showed the Luce involvement in the program”
The meals & snacks were much appreciated and marked at 4.8 point.
However, the evaluation for dormitory and accommodation appeared to be below the average, which
came as a surprise as the international dorm is reviewed highly in many cases. Difficulties with wi-fi
connection and air conditioning system seemed to have been the cause for major dissatisfaction for
accommodation.
With regard to communication with the staff, there seemed to be room for improvements. Some of the
feedback were “please provide a list of places to visit list in advance” and “provide participants with
each other’s information prior to the conference would be helpful to facilitate preparation discussion. “
There were also some comments like “I enjoyed switching roommates,” “breaks between presentations,”
“connect the American and Korean participants before arriving for the forum,” “need more sleep rest
and sleep the first few days,” and etc.
At the orientation and ice-breaking activity, many of the participants elected “shyness” as the quality
that they are eager to change, and “confidence” as the quality to achieve via the EILS 2015. It was
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evident that all the participants were already capable academics who are ready to thrust, open minded,
well equipped with strong will, enthusiasm and seriousness for their own work, but just needing a
sprinkle of challenges to see for themselves, and ELIS :Expanding Horizons summer program
provided ground for challenges and also offered springing experience via solidarity and networking as
women scientist that are not yet common in much of scientific community.
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Future Plan of the Project
The 2nd ELIS Expanding Horizons
2016 2016 program maintains the module similarly to those of 2015’s. At the same time, it will
endeavor to group the various activities by themes so that the flow of the program may be
conveyed to participants more clearly. Below are the characteristics of the Elis 2016 which are
based on the evaluations collected. It will include programs that were well-received and improved.
Please note that the descriptions below is subject to change as the curriculum evolves.
1. Characteristics of the ELIS 2016:
o The structure of the program comprises theme-based lectures, visits, activities,
discussions and experiences etc. as a set to enable in-depth discussions and multi-faceted
approaches towards main themes
o Strengthen interactions: increase participation and reciprocal learning method. Aim for
presentations (49% max) and discussions (51% min)
o All the speakers are role models: consider gender ratio of lecturers with the aim for 49%
(max) males and 51% (min) females
o Lowering energy consumption: refrain from using disposable materials and unnecessary
printing
o Lowering the average age of the speakers
2. Schedule: 2016.06.21 (Tues) - 2016.07.08 (Fri), 18 days
3. Participants: Total of 22-26 students.
o 11-13 from USA
o 11-13 from Asia : Korea as well as extending the geographical locations of the
institutions to Asia (i.e. China, Japan, India, Mongolia, Singapore)
4. Recruitment
o Invitation via two mechanisms: (1) invitation via contact points and (2) open call via
media (Newspaper, Homepage, SNS, etc.)
o Expected mechanism for receiving application is via the (1) method particularly for the
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US and Asian participants, yet (2) is to boost awareness about the program
o Schedule : Finalizing participants by 15th March
1) 1st call (the US participants) : 15th Jan – 30th Feb 2016
2) 2nd call (Asian and additional US participants) : 1st Feb ~ 20th Feb 2016
3) 3rd Call (Korean participants) : 15th Feb ~ 4th March, Interview 9th ~11th March
5. Structuring the program into themes
Each theme is embodied via various types of activities such as keynote speech, forums, workshop,
action plan, study tours, etc. in a chunk. 3-5 themes are to be captured during 18 days of the schedule.
Each theme includes a forum similar to Women’s Leadership Open Forum in the ELIS 2015, but in a
smaller scale, where only a group of students consist of 3-4 people, presentation with given themes
will be held.
It is to allow more affluent and in-depth discussions. This will be done with the purpose of lessening
the length and weight of Women’s Leadership Open Forum, as well as spreading out the forum and
enable more focused participation. See the table for an example.
Table : an example of a curriculum block for a theme (Gendered Innovation for the theme).
Scientific research that gender and sex is considered : Gendered Innovation (3 1/2 days)
Open forum
with keynote
speech(es)
1 day The Open Forum comprises of lecture(s), participant presentation,
and discussions on the issues such as below
How science research with gender perspectives can improve? –
Introduction to Gendered Innovation
Current situation of scientific research including gender and sex
information
Research method for Gendered Innovation
Gender perspective in Science research
Workshops 1/2 day Discussions and workshop to allow creative elaborations on the
research methods with gendered science
Action plan;
Contest for
project proposal
1 day Team play : making a project proposal, and producing posters
Poster
presentation
2
hours
A poster session of the proposals
Visits Museum 1 day A field trip and visit to raise awareness of gender and minority
related issues (i.e. War and Women’s human right museum)
Please see appendix 2 for a pilot program schedule for ELIS 2016.
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6. Pre-conference events: ELIS Regular Leadership Training Programs for Woman Scientists (ELIS
RLTP)
(1) Overview
ELIS Regular Academic Training Program (workshop, seminar, symposium, colloquium, and
etc) is for woman scientists. It is part of the main ELIS program and hosted by Ewha Womans
University with the purpose of assisting, developing, and extending the main program as well as
promoting the seminar with larger audiences.
In the previous year, a research on Woman Workforce in STEM disciplines – US and Korea was
presented at the seminar Diversity and Dilemmas in Woman Leadership”(25th, June 2015, EILD,
Ewha Womans University), and Symposium on Women’s Leadership in STEM. The program
included lectures on reality of women in STEM, global trends of women in STEM, reasons why
gendered science matters, and the importance of convergence science and student panels
(2015.12.12. Ewha Womans University).
(2) Objectives
o Raise awareness about ELIS in the scientific community
o Promote participant call for ELIS 2016
o Share the goal and the themes of the project
o Train and empower young women scientists and elevate their leadership
o Understand the target audience through the events
o Develop the theme and its operational experience for the seminar
(3) Below businesses are in plan for the RLTP : ELIS 2016
A. Women’s Leadership Workshops for research students to tackle effective communication
Conduct a 3 to 5 days leadership program, with the main theme being strategic presentation and
scientific essay writing during 2016 winter break
Consecutive 2 week program, with a 2 days workshop
The themes may covers (2) Strategic Presentation (2): Scientific Essay Writing
Main Target: 3rd and 4th year undergraduate students, graduate school students (female only, no
limitations on school)
Capacity: 25-30
B. Colloquium : Incorporating gender and sex into scientific research design : Gendered Innovation for
students
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Financial Report 14th November 2015
Planning and Executive Committee of the EILD
Ewha Womans University
Classification Item
Subtotal
budget
(in USD)
Budget
(in
USD)
Subtotal
expenditure
(in USD)
Expenditure
(in USD)
2014-2015
total expenditure
(in USD)
Contents
Seminar
and
Symposium
Planning /
Development
Symposium
Planning and
Development
294,000 294,000 39,142
13,717
134,431
Seminar and symposium research, planning and
development
2,639 Operational costs
4,248 Committee operation, meetings,
3,974 Regular leadership training program operation
14,564 Homepage reconstruction & mobile version
development / maintenance
Program
Operation
Seminar and
Symposium
Operation
895,000
140,000
55,397
14,072
223,061
Fees for Program coordination and advocates
18,273 Fees for Lecturers, Instructor, Facilitator expenses
(Domestic)
6,896 Fees for Lecturers, Instructor, Facilitator expenses
(International)
Site visit – Hi-
tech and
Research
Complexes
140,000 12,158
Visit to advanced media industry research institute –
Jeju province
Korea Historical
Exposure
Program
40,000 3,024 Exploration and experience of Korean traditional
culture: Attending live performances
Korea Cultural
Exposure
Program
10,000 974
Seoul city tour: Han River, Namsan, and other areas
of interest, Special lecture on unification in Korea /
JSA and DMZ visit, Museum tour
Program
Operation 360,000 69,224
6,082 Interpretation and translation service
4,957 Consumables and event material
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2,227 Celebratory program operation (performances, etc)
8,203 Welcome gifts and prizes
41,137 Temporary support personnel
6,618 Small stipend for each participant
Operation and
Administration 205,000 98,440
2,369 Rental of event location
8,958 Office maintenance
5,564 allowances for executive committee members for
operation
7,936 allowances for supporting staffs of EILD
73,613 Full-time researcher salary
Airline and
Accomodations
Airline
(Transportation)
283,000
120,000
67,895
21,903
67,895
Transportation (including airfare) expenses for
participants
12,830 Transportation (including airfare) expenses for
speakers
Accommodations 63,000 12,444 Accommodation expenses for participants
828 Accommodation expenses for speakers
Meal and
Refreshments 100,000
6,040 Banquet
9,700 Meals
4,150 Refreshments
PR Materials
Printing
28,000
8,000
31,288
6,350
31,288
Printed materials for program publicity
Publicity 4,000 13,481
Placards, posters and other printed publicity
materials
6,800 Program logo and banner design
Shooting and
Filming 16,000
4,008 Archiving, Shooting and filming
649 Commemorative album for students at conclusion of
program
Total (in USD) 1,500,000 361,386 558,794 (37.3%)
1st & 2nd instalment (in USD) 1,125,000 361,386 558,794 (49.7%)
※ The period for the executions of the budget: 16th Nov. 2014 (Date of the receipt of the first instalment) ~ 31st Aug. 2015
※ The period for the executions of the budget: 30th Dec. 2013 (Date of the receipt of the first instalment) ~ 31st Aug. 2015
※ Exchange rate 1 USD = 1,100 KRW
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Appendix 1
Ewha-Luce International Seminar Launching Symposium
“Expanding Horizons of Women Leadership in the Glocal Science-Technology Era”
Program
[1:00-1:10] Opening
Opening Speech – Chang, Pilhwa (Director of Ewha Institute for Leadership Development)
[1:10-3:10] Session 1
Science and Gender, Leadership of Consilience Host: Choi, Sun (Ewha Womans University Department of Pharmacy)
Presentation 1: Women Scientist and Women Leadership
-Chang, Pilhwa (Director of Ewha Institute for Leadership Development)
Presentation 2: Gender Analysis in Science Technology: findings and methodology
-Paik, Hee Young (President of Korea Federation Women’s Science & Technology
Associations)
Presentation 3: Consilience of Knowledge and Women Scientis
-Choe, Jae Chun (President of National Institute of Ecology)
Discussion -------------------------------------------
[3:20-5:30] Session 2
Reality of Women Scientists and Women Leadership Host: Kim, Eun Shil (Ewha Womans University Department of Women’s Studies)
Introduction to Expanding Horizons Summer Program (Research Fellow of Ewha Institute for
Leadership Development)
-Seong, Yerang (Research Fellow of Ewha Institute for Leadership Development)
Presentation 4: The Status of Women Scientists and Education Policy
-Lee, Kong Ju Bock (Professor of Ewha Womans University Physics Department)
Presentation 5: Women Leadership in the era of Glocal Science-Technology
-Lee, Kong Ju (President of Internationa Network of Women Engineers and Scientists)
Presentation 6: Women Leadership that will bring innovation to the Science Field
-Ahn, Hyun Shil (Editorial Writer for The Korea Economic Daily
Panel Presentation
Bae, Seong Yeon (Ph.D candidate, Ewha Womans University Department of Pharmacy)
Chang, Hae Ryung (Post Doctoral Fellow, National Cancer Center)
Choi, Jung Eun (Ph.D candidate, Ewha Womans University Department of Pharmacy)
[5:30-6:00] General Discussion
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Appendix 2 : A pilot program schedule for ELIS 2016
MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN
Checking In day 1 (6-21) day 2 (6-22) day 3 (6-23) day 4 (6-24) day 5 (6-25) day 6
9:00-
9:40
Orientation & Ice-
breaking : begin to share Campus Tour Group Talk 1
OPEN FORUM 1 :
[Global Leadership]
Plenary Talk 2
Seoul City Tour
9:45-
12:15
Leadership:
Understanding herself
OPENING CEREMONY Plenary Talk 1: Women,
Gender and Science
Women’s Leadership in
Asia and the US
1:15-
3:30
Intellectual Property
Law
Poster presentation with
Luncheon/
Global Communication
Mission Duo
Action Plan &
Workshop : Group Talk
Presentation & Proposal
Writing
3:45-
5:00
Welcome Session &
Registration : Welcome
Dinner
Communication via
physical activities
Seoul City Tour
(Korean traditional)
day 8 (6-27) day 8 day 9 day 10 day 11 day 12 day 13
9:00-
9:40 Group Talk 2 OPEN FORUM
2 :Gendered Science:
Plenary Talk 3
Group Talk 3
Industrial site visit + cultural and historical visit
9:45-
12:15 Philosophy matters
1:15-
3:30
Action Plan &
Workshop :
Incorporating gender
and sex into scientific
research design
Local visits: Women &
War Musem / Hongdae
street
3:45-
5:00
Learn to write Korean in
45 minutes Taegwondo experience
day 15 day 15 day 16 day 17 day 18-Check out
9:00-
9:40
OPEN FORUM 3 :
[Techno-scientific
progress & Sustainable
Development]
Plenary Talk 4
Science embracing
minority
[Action Plan] Student
Wrap up presentation
9:45-
12:15
1:15-
3:30 [Workshop] Local visits: Women &
War Musem / Hongdae
street
COMMENCEMENT
CEREMONY
3:45-
5:00 Farewell Dinner
※ Plenary sessions | Study tours
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