Women's Careers and Networks

The registration for WoCaNet 2025 is extended until 26th May 2025!

The 9^th Women's Careers and Networks (WoCaNet) symposium will take place on 4 and 5 June 2025 at the MPI Faßberg Campus in Göttingen.

Meet a diverse community of students, researchers, and professionals from academia and industry for an inspiring and empowering experience. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with an outstanding lineup of speakers, explore career opportunities at the insightful career fair, and participate in interactive workshops designed to foster professional growth. Meet and connect with experts and peers in a welcoming and dynamic atmosphere over lunch or during our networking dinner, and expect thought-provoking discussions, meaningful connections, and valuable insights to help shape your career and personal aspirations!

Our program is here. The talks and events on 5th of June is open to all genders. Please indicate on the registration form if you need childcare 🧒

We don't offer new registrations on the day, so this is your *last chance* to join (our next one is in 2 years!). Make sure you don't miss this incredible event, register today, and be part of the WoCaNet 2025 experience! Follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn too for more insights 💃

Did you find the 22 women in our poster this year? Click on the picture below to see if your guess is right (optimal to load on desktop):

The symposium is organized by current students in the University. Say hi to our team!

For impressions of the previous WoCaNet symposia, check out our archive.

May 2025

20.05: Due to popular demand, we're extending our registration until the 26th of May. We don't offer new registrations on the day, so this is your *last chance* to join (our next one is in 2 years!). Make sure you don't miss it and register today!
16.05: Last day to register for WoCaNet 2025! If you have registered and have NOT received an email within three days of submitting the form, please check your spam folder or reach out to us.
12.05: Our last Pre-Symposium talk from Ulrike Harjes featured her career path to scientific publishing. Not only did she talk about her story - but she also talked about transferable skills from laboratory work to editorial and gave some tips on how to 'start over' in a new country.
09:05: We had a Pre-Symposium Talk from Emma Robinson today, where she talked about her struggles and bright points during her journey in academia, about how staying true to what she believes in gave her an edge in her career, and touched upon the importance of branding in a scientific field.
02.05: We're doing a giveaway challenge! Check out the details on our Instagram here.

April 2025

28.04: Our Pre-Symposium Online Talks started with an inspirational talk from Maria Klawe today! She talked about her non-linear career journey, her ups and downs in life - and at the end, she gave some life advice on how to change the world - starting from us.
28.04: Our program is here. Kind reminder that the talks and events on 5th of June is open to all genders 💃🕺
22.04: Announcing Dr. Maria Klawe, the President of Math for America, as our first online speaker! Register here to join the Zoom talk on the 28.04!
17.04: Some workshops are now full/close to being full. Check out here to see which ones are still available.
15.04: We have less than 5 spaces left in our women empowerment workshop! Register now to make sure you don't miss it (and not to worry - we have two more workshops you can join.
07.04: Our women empowerment workshop is almost full! There are still spaces left in our other workshops. Additionally you can join us for our online pre-symposium talks in April and May, find out and register here
01.04: Our workshops are now 50% full (and 80% full for the women empowerment workshop). Register and reserve your spot now.

March 2025

29.03.2025: Details about our speakers, their talks and the panel discussion is now up on our Speakers page!
26.03.25: Unfortunately, Dr. Sanja Mikulovic cannot make it to the symposium anymore. However, we are happy to announce Dr. Hanna Zwaka as one of our speakers!
24.03.2025: Details of our workshops are now also up on our Instagram. Follow us on Instagram or LinkedIn for more updates.
19.03.2025: We will have two online seminars with Dr. Maria Klawe on 28 April 2025 and Dr. Emma Robinson on 9th May 2025! Don't miss it and register to receive the Zoom link.

February 2025

19.02.2025: We are happy to announce that the registration for the next WoCaNet symposium is now OPEN until 16th May 2025!

May 2023

12.05.2023: Second WoCaNet Day! The second day of WoCaNet starts with exciting talks, a career fair, and the networking dinner. We are looking forward to seeing you there!
11.05.2023: New Speaker Dr. Wiebke Möbius! Unfortunately we have to cancel the talk of Dr. Sarah Adio at short notice. However, we are very happy to welcome Dr. Wiebke Möbius from MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences instead.
11.05.2023: First WoCaNet Day! We are very much looking forward to our first WoCaNet day with 4 exciting workshops on communication, networking and much more!

More information

Contact
✉ wocanet@gwdg.de