To celebrate International Women’s Day this year, the Women Academics Sub-Committee organized a themed seminar: “Women in Leadership: Inspire, Influence & Innovate” on May 11, featuring the Pro-Vice-Chancellors cum Co-Chairpersons of the Sub-Committee Professor Sham Mai-har and Professor Anthony T.C. Chan, Professor Pang Laikwan (Faculty of Arts), Professor Grace LH Wong (Faculty of Medicine), Professor Lu Yi-Chun (Faculty of Engineering), Professor Ip Pak Kan Jacque (Faculty of Medicine) and Professor Choi Susanne Yuk-ping (moderator/ Faculty of Social Science). The seminar was well-received by CUHK staff and students, both male and female, and discussed the influence of women in leadership, how to inspire women in advancing into leadership positions and the way of innovating into a new era with more women leaders.
The recording of the seminar is available at here .
Details of the panelists and moderator:
Professor Sham Mai-har (岑美霞教授) (bio)
Pro-Vice-Chancellor/ Vice-President
Choh-Ming Li Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Co-Chairperson of Women Academics Sub-Committee, CUHK
Professor Anthony T.C. Chan (陳德章教授) (bio)
Pro-Vice-Chancellor/ Vice-President
Master, Wu Yee Sun College
Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor of Clinical Oncology
Co-Chairperson of Women Academics Sub-Committee, CUHK
Professor Pang Laikwan (彭麗君教授) (bio)
Professor and Chairperson, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies
Professor Grace LH Wong (黃麗虹教授) (bio)
Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
Assistant Dean (Learning Experience), Faculty of Medicine
Professor Lu Yi-Chun (盧怡君教授) (bio)
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering
Professor Ip Pak Kan Jacque (葉栢勤教授) (bio)
Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences
Ambassador and Member, Global Diversity Working Group, The ALBA Network
Moderator
Professor Choi Susanne Yuk-ping (蔡玉萍教授) (bio)
Professor, Department of Sociology
Co-Director, Gender Research Centre