Portal for Women in Science and Technology
in Baden-Wurttemberg

Are you a female computer scientist in business or research? Do you teach related subjects or give social skills courses? Or do you do something completely different and would like to pass on your knowledge and experience to women in the STEM field?

Then become a lecturer at informatica feminale 2027 or meccanica feminale 2028!

informatica feminale BW 2027 | July 2027 | Furtwangen University, Schwenningen Campus (Start of Call 4 Lectures: autumn 2026)

meccanica feminale 2028 | February 2028 | Furtwangen University, Schwenningen Campus

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PhD student session

Here you can exchange ideas with other female doctoral students. You have time and space to give each other professional tips. But it's also about your difficulties in doing a doctorate and empowering you.
A computer scientist with a doctorate will moderate the session and share her experiences with you.

  • For female doctoral candidates in computer science / in the STEM field
  • Presentation of your own research of 10-15 minutes
  • Followed by feedback from the other participants
  • Reimbursement of travel expenses
Register for promotion session

Melde dich per email with the following information: Subject, topic of your PhD thesis, university / institution

Timeline for lectures at #ifbw27

Deadline for the Call for LecturesJanuary 2027
Decision of the program committee and feedback on acceptance or rejection of your contributionuntil mid March 2027
Registration period for participants*From spring 2027
informatica feminale Baden-WüttembergJuly 2027
* A course will take place if at least five participants booked the course. The lecturers will be informed as soon as this number has been reached. Four weeks before the start of the course, however, the lecturers will be informed that/if their course will take place (at the latest).

We offer childcare during the event if required. Simply contact us if you are interested.

Possible topics

Topics (We also accept other relevant topic suggestions):

  • AI
  • Green IT
  • Private policy
  • Programming languages (Python, C#, …)
  • App development
  • Data processing
  • Web and game programming
  • Big Data, Data analysis, Data Mining
  • User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UE)
  • Frameworks (Symfony, Bootstrap, …)
  • 3D modelling and visualization
  • Digital image processing
  • Matlab
  • Robotcs, cobotics
  • Virtual, Augmented und Mixed Reality
  • Internet of things
  • Raspberry Pi, Arduino
  • Blockchain / cryptography
  • Cloud Services
  • High Performance Computing
  • Ethics in IT
  • Social skills (agile project management, promotion, company foundation, career planning, work-life balance ...)
Possible formats
FormatTime Duration in minutes
3-Tage-KursTuesday to Thursday / Thursday to Saturday16 sessions of 45 min. each
Day courseWednesday, Friday, Saturday6-8 sessions of 45 min. each
WorkshopWednesday or Friday afternoon1-2 sessions of 45 min. each
Lunch Talk at lunchtime on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday45 min.
Other formats*by arrangementby arrangement
e.g., keynote, factory tour, coaching, fireside evening

Informatica feminale BW takes place on site in presence. As a rule, there are no hybrid events. In exceptional cases, individual events may take place online. If you are interested, please contact us before submitting your contribution.

Compensation for lecturers

Company representatives can offer their teaching activities as part of a sponsorship, please contact us for more information. 

If your course takes place, you will receive a teaching assignment from Furtwangen University for your work as a private lecturer (information sheet on teaching assignments), the teaching work will be remunerated at €35 per hour for lecturers with a university degree or €45 per hour for PhDs and professors. All travel and accommodation costs incurred will be reimbursed in accordance with the Baden-Wurttemberg State Travel Expenses Act (LRKG BW). Further information

Programme commitee

The programme committee, consisting of professors and staff from the participating universities, a student representative and alternating guest members, decides on the acceptance of the contributions. After the meeting, all applicants will be informed about the acceptance/rejection of their contribution(s) by email.


The informatica feminale Baden-Wurttemberg is a project of the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Wurttemberg.

Contact

Carolin Hilzendegen

Tel. +49 7720/ 307 – 4536

Email