Women In Technology - Friday Links - 12/09/2025
Hello everyone,
We hope this message finds you well, settled after the rentrée, and ready for another short break!
Our Links are back, and here’s our selection for this week:
WIT Talks
We greatly appreciated an insightful conversation with Fabiola Gianotti last month.
For those that missed it, the recording is available here: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1570166/
Looking ahead, we’re excited for the upcoming talk with Mark Thomson, CERN’s incoming DG.
This is a unique opportunity to hear directly from Mark Thomson as he shares his vision for CERN’s future and engages in an open discussion on WIT matters and beyond:
🔗 Agenda & Registration: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1506950
❓ Submit your questions in advance: https://liveqna.web.cern.ch/event/E2eQW2
Staff Association
The Staff Association delegate mandates end this year, with elections coming up, and we especially encourage women and younger colleagues to get involved.
The next two years are particularly important, as they will include the 5-yearly review, an opportunity to propose improvements and advocate for changes.
To vote or run, join the SA by October 3, and please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected] with any questions.
https://staff-association.web.cern.ch/
Building a mentoring culture
Why mentoring matters and how you can get involved at CERN’s mentoring program: https://staff-association.web.cern.ch/article/mentoringcern-programme-building-mentoring-culture-cern
Women that inspire me
- The Time Everyone “Corrected” the World’s Smartest Woman: https://priceonomics.com/the-time-everyone-corrected-the-worlds-smartest/
- Just focus on what you want to change and you become that change and can make that change happen: https://www.invent.org/inductees/marian-croak
- At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery: https://www.quantamagazine.org/at-17-hannah-cairo-solved-a-major-math-mystery-20250801/?mc_cid=3109bd8ff0&mc_eid=17c00e0932
Back to school
How Back to School Puts Working Moms in an Impossible Bind:
Company leaders can retain valuable employees by returning to remote work and restructuring the workday, male partners can take a more equal share of childcare, and state and national legislators can propose and vote for budgets that pay for care to cover the gaps.
Until these things happen, the difficult math and the scrambling will continue. And as usual, moms will bear the brunt.
https://www.thepersistent.com/school-calendar-working-moms-paid-time-off/
Job Openings
Check out this and many other openings for GRAD and STAFF positions: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CERN/744000079015874-indico-core-developer-full-stack-it-ca-cte-2025-163-grae-
Also best of luck and lots of encouragement to everyone tackling IC boards this season🍀
Upcoming Events
Moving out of Academia, special event: https://alumni.cern/events/185479
Wishing you all a wonderful break, whether long or short,
Eva for WIT-sc