Through a series of interactive online gender equity discussions led by NPA and partner organizations, raise and seek paths forward on barriers in the postdoctoral community toward gender equality, recognizing that women and gender-diverse people do not start in the same position as men. Five roundtable discussions are currently planned.

Partner organizations:

• Association for Women in Science
• Association of American Medical Colleges
• Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
• Out to Innovate

Panel 1: Framing the Issues: Gender Equity Summit Kickoff

• 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. ET, Monday July 12
• Moderator: Caleb McKinney, Ph.D., M.P.S., Assistant Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Training & Development for Biomedical Graduate Education, Georgetown University
• Speakers: Stephanie Eberle, M.Ed., Executive Director, BioSci Careers, Stanford University; Board Chair, National Postdoctoral Association
  Lisa Begg, Dr.P.H., R.N., Senior Research Program Officer, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
  Julia E. Judish, J.D., Special Counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  

Panel 2: Achieving Equity for Postdocs: It’s Both the System and the People

• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. ET, Monday July 12
• Moderator: Tom Kimbis, J.D., Executive Director & CEO, National Postdoctoral Association
• Speakers: Diana Lautenberger, M.A.T., Director, Diversity & Inclusion and Women in Medicine & Science, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
  Sandy Robert, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
  

Panel 3: Skills, Strategies, and Lessons on Postdoc Career Advancement

• 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. ET, Monday July 12
• Moderator: Jessica Wise, M.A., Training & Development Director, Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
• Speakers: Claire Horner-Devine, Ph.D., Founder, Counterspace Consulting, LLC
  Camille Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Success, College of Social Science, San Jose State University
  Alicia Simon, Dual Career Coordinator at Office of the Provost, University of Michigan
  

Panel 4: COVID Impacts & Revelations on Postdoc Gender Equity

• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. ET, Tuesday July 13
• Moderator: Vipul Sharma, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Affairs, University of Chicago
• Speakers: Maria Lund Dahlberg, M.S., Senior Program Officer, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)
  Arpa Ghosh, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Iowa State University
  Ayesha Tulloch, Ph.D., ARC DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney
  

Panel 5: LGBTQ+ Issues in the Postdoc Environment and Steps Forward

• 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. ET, Tuesday July 13
• Moderator: Rebecca Callahan, Ph.D., Co-Chair, Education, Research, and Advocacy Committee, Out to Innovate
• Speakers: Jon Freeman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, New York University
  Penn Hutchinson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, St. Bonaventure University
  Vivian Miranda, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Arizona
  Dane Samilo, Ph.D., Science & Technology Policy Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science Advisor, U.S. Department of Defense