Agenda
International Women's Day Event
Women in STEM
Date: March 8th, 2024
Venue: OECD headquarters, 2 rue Andre Pascal, 75016 Paris
About the Corporate Partnership Board
With millions of employees worldwide, the group of companies belonging to theITF’s Corporate Partnership Board plays an important role in transport. InNovember 2018 at its plenary meeting in Seoul, Korea, the members of theCorporate Partnership Board decided to launch a ‘Workstream on Gender’.
Since then, each year the Corporate Partnership Board holds an event to celebrate
gender diversity on International Women’s Day. Past topics have included ‘Hiringand Retaining a Gender-balanced Workforce’, ‘Optimising Women’s Networks andMentoring Programmes’ Addressing Gender Bias in AI Data’, ‘Women and Road
Safety’ and ‘Gender Biases in Career Advice’. In 2024, the topic of discussions willbe ‘Women in STEM’.

Background
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) is crucial to the fieldof transport. It fosters innovation and efficiency by driving advancements in vehicle
design, traffic optimisation, and infrastructure development. It plays a key role inenhancing safety, through the integration of cutting-edge technologies andengineering solutions. STEM is pivotal to sustainability in transport and explorationof alternative energy sources. Technologies such as intelligent traffic management,
GPS navigation, and autonomous vehicles are direct outcomes of STEM
applications in the transport sector.
Encouraging girls and women to pursue STEM careers ensures that we use diverse
talents and different approaches to tackle complex challenges. It allows us to tap
into an underutilised talent pool, expanding the workforce and ensuring that thebest minds, irrespective of gender, drive advancements in science and technology.
The event aims to foster dialogue, share insights, and create awareness about thechallenges and successes of women in STEM across various stages of their careers.
Corporate Partnership Board members and other guests will be invited to provide
the transport-specific focus and create a knowledge-sharing environment.

March 8th, 2024
Networking Breakfast
OECD Conference Centre Room CC18

8:45–9:30

Kickstart the day with breakfast and an opportunity to connect
with fellow attendees, exchanging ideas and establishingconnections before the sessions begin.

Introduction
OECD Conference Centre Room CC2

9:30–9:35

Opening by Young Tae Kim, Secretary General of theInternational Transport ForumThe Secretary General will give an overview of genderpriorities at the ITF, as part of ITF’s work on Diversity andInclusion.
Introduction by Sharon Masterson, Manager CorporatePartnership Board
Brief introduction of the Corporate Partnership Board andits activities and setting the stage for the discussions.

Keynotes
9:35–9:45

H.E. Gerard Keown, Co-Chair OECD Group of Friends ofGender Equality+, Ambassador of Ireland to the OECDand UNESCO
Ambassador Keown will speak about the work of theAmbassadors’ network strengthening awareness of theimportance of gender mainstreaming on topics related tothe mandate of the OECD in the fight for gender equality.

9:45–10:00

Justin Edwards, Director of Learning Experiences at
Minecraft (a Microsoft company).
Justin has worked in education throughout his career
holding senior management roles in vocational andtechnical education colleges. He has acted in advisory
capacity to UK government bodies and the EU and worked
with the Nobel Peace Centre and UNESCO. His work on
climate education through gaming using computer games3

has been widely recognised as leading edge. He has workedon educational projects that have been used in over 100
countries and seen by millions of game players.

10:00–10:10

Open Floor Discussion and Q&A

STEM In Education:
10:10–10:20

Marta Encinas-Martin, Senior Advisor Global Relations
and Education Gender Ambassador, OECD.
Marta will speak about the ‘Persistence of Gender Gaps inEducation and Skills’, giving insights from the 2023 OECD
report with fresh insights on progress towards genderequality in education.

10:20–10:30

Yasmine Al Moghrabi, Regional Youth Leader in Road
Safety & Remarkable Feminist Voice in Transport 2023.
Yasmine is a Ph.D. Candidate in Transportation Engineeringwith Masters in both Road Safety Management andHighway, Transportation, and Traffic Engineering, whereshe was the top-ranking student in her program. She wasselected as the Regional Youth Leader of Road Safety in N.
America (SDG13), Climate Action Champion at Global YouthCoalition for Road Safety (YOURS), and was named one ofthe ‘Remarkable Feminist Voices in Transport’ 2023. Her
Instagram page "Road Safety by Yasmine," shares valuable
content to promote sustainable mobility and road safety.

10:30–10:40

Eva Faict, Country Manager for Amazon Belgium
Eva is a Country Manager for Amazon Belgium. She holds
a master’s degree on Applied Economics from KU Leuven.
She will delve into ‘Amazon Future Engineer’, Amazon’s
initiative to promote women in STEM.

10:40–10:50

Open Floor Discussion and Q&A

Early-Mid Career in STEM
10:50–11:00

Flore Boinot-Raffegeau, Group External
Sustainability Manager, Valeo Group

Affairs&Flore, who has an educational background in engineering,
will speak about her academic experience and her career
to-date, where she is currently working on both sustainable
development and data & digitalisation topics at Valeo (anautomotive supplier and technology company, ranked as
the world’s leading French patent applicant)
11:00–11:10

Céline Greuzard, Director Employer Branding &Communication Volvo Group
Céline will speak about how #tecHER, Volvo Group’s digitalforum for diversity and equity in tech encouraging a morelevel playing field for everyone who wishes to build a careerin STEM

11:10–11:30

Open Floor Discussion and Q&A

Advanced Career in STEM
11:30–11:40

Sophie De Richecour, Advocacy & Representation
Manager, TotalEnergies
A chemical engineer with a doctorate in chemistry, Sophie’s
career spans over 30 years within TotalEnergies in areas
such as fuel quality and distribution and new energies
prospective analysis. She headed up the Prospective
Investigation Department in new energies, before
progressing to her current role. Sophie will speak about thechallenges and opportunities at advanced career stages in
STEM for women.

11:40–11:50

Göknur M. Sirin Jubin, Serial Entrepreneur, Board Member& Investor
Following her PhD, Goknur Sirin started as an engineer in
the automotive industry before becoming CEO and cofounder of Geotwin, an award winning deep-tech start-up.
Currently, she works on boards of private companies on thesmart-city, transportation, digital transformation, AI &Data spheres. She is a serial entrepreneur and currently
leading Hero-dot, a technology company specialised in AIand data driven smart city consultancy.

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11:50–12:10

Open Floor Discussion and Q&A

Closing Session:
12:10–12:15

Wrap Up by Sharon Masterson, Manager Corporate
Partnership Board

12:15–12:25

Closing remarks by Young Tae Kim, Secretary Generalof the International Transport Forum

Family Photo:
12:25–12:40

Family Photo

Networking Lunch:
12:40–14:00

Networking Lunch