The meccanica feminale is a project of the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Wurttemberg.
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?
Then subscribe to our Newsletter and we will inform you as soon as the Call 4 Lectures for informatica feminale BW 2025 and meccanica feminale 2026 start.
Possible topics
This year's main topic is digital transformation.This year, the focus is on digital transformation. You can also submit a contribution 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 | July 3, 2024 |
| Decision of programme committee and feedback Rückmeldung über Annahme Ihres Beitrags oder Absage | Summer of 2024 |
| Registration period for participants* | Autumn of 2024 |
| meccanica feminale Baden-Wüttemberg | 18. – 22.02.2025 |
Während der Veranstaltung bieten wir Ihnen bei Bedarf kostenlose Kinderbetreuung. Melden Sie sich bei Interesse einfach bei uns.
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? Than contact carolin.hilzendegen[at]hs-furtwangen.de with the following information: Doctoral subject, doctoral 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.
Contact Persons
Carolin Hilzendegen
Tel. +49 7720 / 307 – 4536
Andrea Pflug
Tel. +49 7720 / 307 – 4363
