IEEE AFRICON 2015: IEEE Women in Engineering (WiE) Workshop
Often in science, technology and engineering education the number of women students is much less than men. Also, among women graduates in these fields, very few are leaders in their career. The aim of IEEE Women in Engineering workshop is to encourage the active involvement of African women in science, technology and engineering education as well as their professions. As part of the IEEE AFRICON 2015 conference, the WIE workshop further strengths the “Green Innovation for African Renaissance” theme of the conference. The three invited talks by prominent women engineers will inspire students and young professionals to excel in their future endeavors and show how the contributions of women in science, engineering and technology (SET) education, research, innovation and career development can accelerate the pace of socio-economic development of Africa. In this respect the IEEE WIE activities, which will be exemplified by Prof. Noel Schulz’s speech, tries to concretize the commitment of IEEE and the advantages of such activities by highlighting best practices and success stories from different parts of the world. The speech by H.E. Minister Demitu Hambisa, Minister of Science and Technology and Mihret Demissew will highlight government, public and private sector roles in supporting women engineers SET excellence and contributions. A panel discussion will then take up issues such as enabling policy and projects for successful SET career development and how to tackle the grand challenges facing Africa. In addition, the possibility of establishing a IEEE WIE chapter in Ethiopia and the wider African region will be discussed in support of the African Union Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy, STISA-2024.
Hotel Partners & Accommodation Info for IEEE Africon 2015
Participants note that the period during which the IEEE Africon 2015 Conference is held just the Ethiopian New Year season and accommodation can be scarce. We strongly recommend all participants to make their hotel reservations at their earliest convenience. The following four Hotels are the Official Hotel Partners of Africon 2015 which they do have from a luxury to an economy rooms available at a fair distance from the conference venue in Addis Ababa. Below is the list of four partner hotels of the Conference. Please book your room using the a Special Discount CODE which you can request via email by stating your category of participation (e.g. Author, Co-Author, Speaker, Workshop presenter, participant) so that we’ll send you a Special Discount CODE of Hotels after checking your registration status. Please request your CODE using this email: officemanager@africon2015.org
Accommodation Information for IEEE Africon 2015
As a general information, there are various Hotels existed in the Ethiopian capital city of Addis Ababa which are having luxury to economy class hotels that are available at a fair distance from the conference venue. To mention some, below is a list of hotels that are at a convenient distance to the venue of the Conference BUT do NOT have a special discount for Africon Participant.
(Please note that the following list of Hotels are simply informational as they do NOT have special discount for the conference participants therefore guests and participants may use them based on personal interest)
Sheraton Addis Hilton Addis Radisson Blu
Jupiter Hotel Saro-Maria Hotel
Capital Hotel Panorama Hotel Elilly Hotel
Homage Hotel The Residence Suite Desalegn Hotel