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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 17 Aug 2023, at 08:26, Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson@gmail.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>If anyone has suggestions for someone to moderate the Ten Years After panel discussion I'd be very happy for them to take over. I've enough to do!</div><div><br></div><div>B</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 8:20 AM Nick Bearman <<a href="mailto:nick@geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk">nick@geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">Yes, good idea to reach out to individuals specifically. <br><br>I like the idea of approaching those who have already booked tickets. <br><br>You can also use the Women in Geospatial speakers list. I've approached some already (list on Google Drive) but feel free to approach more directly!<br><br>Best wishes<br>Nick</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On 16 August 2023 18:52:09 GMT+02:00, Barry Rowlingson <<a href="mailto:b.rowlingson@gmail.com" target="_blank">b.rowlingson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div>Lancaster has 4M:2F (disclaimer: assumed gender by name, haven't checked the user data...) for accepted talks. I've asked sponsors to fill two 15m slots and it looks like 2M presenters for that, but one isn't confirmed and I'll see what I can do re: bias.</div><div><br></div><div>registrations are looking a bit more balanced though, which bodes well for the future. Quite like your idea of asking registrants to give a talk, maybe just a lightning presentation...</div><div><br></div><div>Barry</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 5:33 PM John Stevenson - BGS <<a href="mailto:jostev@bgs.ac.uk" target="_blank">jostev@bgs.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hi all,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How is the speaker diversity looking in all the venues? Last year the lack of diversity was one of the main criticisms of the meeting.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This year all five of the speakers that submitted talks to BGS were male, although at least not all European. When Rachel and I drafted the schedule, we have added two empty slots. Our plan
is to individually contact each of the women on the registration list and to encourage them to submit a talk.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Has anyone got any other suggestions for increasing the range of speaker backgrounds?<br>
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Cheers<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">John<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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