International Women’s Day Celebration 2024 – Seminar
International Women’s Day Celebration 2024To celebrate the International Women’s Day this year, the Women Academics Sub-Committee organized a themed seminar “Women in Leadership: Creating and Sustaining Professional Networks” on May 7, featuring the Pro-Vice-Chancellors cum Co-Chairpersons of the Sub-Committee Professor Sham Mai-har and Professor Anthony T.C. Chan, Professor Fung Hoi Lam Helene (Faculty of Social Science), Professor Li Quan (Faculty of Science), Professor Lui Oi Lan Kathy (Faculty of Medicine), Professor Lutz Christian Wolff (Faculty of Law) and Professor Tong Yuying (moderator, Faculty of Social Science). The seminar was well-received by CUHK staff and students, for raising the awareness of gender equity and discussing the beneficial outcomes of developing professional networks in advancing into leadership positions, and more practically on how to achieve and sustain it.
The recording of the seminar is available here.
Details of the panelists and moderator:
Pro-Vice-Chancellor/ Vice-President
Choh-Ming Li Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Co-Chairperson of Women Academics Sub-Committee
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
Professor and Chairperson, Department of Psychology
Executive Director, Centre for Positive Social Science
Deputy Director, CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing
Professor, Department of Physics
Associate Director, Hong Kong Institute of Quantum Information Science and Technology
Professor, Department of Chemical Pathology and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences
Dean, Faculty of Law
Wei Lun Professor of Law
Moderator
Professor, Department of Sociology
Assistant Dean (Research), Faculty of Social Science
Co-Director, Center for Chinese Family Studies