Are you a female (mechanical or electrical) engineer working in research or industry? Are you a female specialist in informatics or do you teach social skills? Or do you do something completely different and would like to pass on your knowledge and experience to women in the STEM field?
meccanica feminale 2026 - REGISTER NOW!
Winter School & Networking for Women in STEM
24/02 to 28/02/2026 | Furtwangen University - Schwenningen Campus
Then submit a contribution for meccanica feminale 2027 (in February 2027) at the University of Stuttgart. The Call 4 Lectures will start in spring 2026. Subscribe to our newsletter and we will inform you in good time.
The Call 4 Lectures for our Summer School informatica feminale BW 2026 is currently open. Perhaps you have a suitable topic for this as well. We look forward to receiving your submission!
Possible topics
We welcome suggestions on the following topics (of course we also accept other topic suggestions):
- AI
- Industry 4.0
- Extended Reality (XR)
- CAD
- Python
- App development
- Various programming languages
- Sustainability
- Renewable energy & energy storage
- Environmental Engineering
- Autonomous driving & electromobility
- Material science
- Construction methodology
- Requirements Engineering
- Simulation & modelling
- Measurement & systems technology
- Control procedures
- Bionic & biomedicine
- Signal processing
- Information & communication technologies
- Aerospace technology
- Energy management
- Mechatronics
Social skills:
- Knowledge management
- Time management
- Self-confident appearance
- Voice training
- Mentoring
- Career planning
- Technical English
- Conflict management
- Work-Life-Balance
- Reconciling family and career
- …
Possible formats
| FORMAT | Time | Duration in minutes |
| Half-week course | Tuesday to Thursday / Thursday to Saturday | 16 units of 45 min |
| Day course | Wednesday, Friday, Saturday | 6-8 units of 45 min |
| Workshop* | by arrangement | 1-2 units of 45 min |
| Lunch Talk (lecture)* | by arrangement | 45min |
The meccanica feminale takes place on site in presence. 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.
Schedule & deadlines
| Deadline for the Call for Lectures | June 2026 |
| Decision of programme committee and feedback Rückmeldung über Annahme Ihres Beitrags oder Absage | Late summer 2026 |
| Registration period for participants* | Autumn / winter 2027 |
| meccanica feminale Baden-Wüttemberg | February 2027 |
During the event, we offer free childcare if required. If you are interested, simply contact us.
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 assignement of Furtwangen University. If you work as a part-time lecturer for our event, the remuneration is exempt from tax and social security contributions up to €3,000.00 per year within the framework of the lump-sum allowance for training supervisors .
Any travelling and accommodation expenses incurred will be reimbursed in accordance with the Landesreisekostengesetz Baden-Württemberg (LRKG BW).
We offer free childcareduring the event if required. Simply contact us if you are interested.
If you organise your course as a lecture and a student at Furtwangen University earns a graded ECTS point, you can also be reimbursed for the assessment of the examination .
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 the difficulties you face when doing a doctorate and about empowering you.
A female engineer with a doctorate will moderate the session and share her experiences with you.
- For female doctoral students from the fields of electrical/ mechanical engineering, or engineering sciences.
- Presentation of your own research, followed by feedback from the other participants
- Mutual support and exchange of your experiences
- Expense allowance & reimbursement of travel expenses
Are you interested? Then send us an email with the following information: Doctoral subject, doctoral thesis topic, university/institution
Programme commitee
The programme committee decides on the acceptance of the contributions.. It consists of the network F.I.T, professors from the participating universities, a student representative and alternating guest members from industry or research. Following the meeting, all applicants will be informed of the acceptance or rejection of their contributions by email.
further information for lecturers
The meccanica feminale is a project of the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Wurttemberg.
