To build upon our success our Rising to the Top book series, IFEES and GEDC has created a monthly virtual space for our authors and other young women engineers to unite and discuss their personal journeys and experiences together.
Our goal is to form an open, honest, and engaging space where engineers can join to learn about experiences from women around the world as they navigate and prosper in STEM fields. Each month, we will pair a set of authors from different parts of the world and an aspiring young woman in STEM to engage in an intimate discussion about the challenges and triumphs in their personal and professional journeys that have shaped the women they are today. Join us to not only see how these women Rise to the Top but how they lift while they rise.
Panalists
Madhu Chitkara, Volume III India, is the Pro Chancellor of Chitkara University, listed amongst “India’s finest and fiercest academicians”.
Renetta Garrison Tull Volume I USA, UC Davis’s first vice chancellor of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and champion for equity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Lidia Zakowska, Volume II Poland, is a Professor of Transport Engineering in Cracow University of Technology’s Civil Engineering Faculty and a Founding member of the WIE (Woman in Engineering).
Debby Blaine, Volume IV South Africa is an Associate Professor in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Aphiwe Hotele is a social entrepreneur, motivational speaker, leader, visionary and an education activist. She is the founder of Luminous, a technology company that provides EduTech and IoT products as well as services to strengthen the education system in SA and promote entrepreneurship in STEM.