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Lady-Tech Conference at the Technion: Learning from the experience of female Technion graduates who hold key positions in industry and academia<\/h2>\n
\"Lady-Tech<\/a>
Lady-Tech Conference at the Technion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt is important to choose a direction and follow it with all your might. Believe in yourselves and your gut feelings, take the lead, ignore pangs of conscience, don\u2019t be ashamed and don\u2019t apologize. Career advancement is not always meteoric, so it\u2019s important to stop every now and then; but in the end dreams do come true, so don\u2019t stop dreaming\u201d.<\/p>\n

These are just a few of the tips given by Technion female graduates to their counterparts, students and graduates alike, at a panel held on the topic of \u201cThe Greatest Challenges on the Way to the Top\u201d, which took place at the Technion as part of the 3rd<\/sup> Lady-Tech Conference. The panel, which was moderated by Professor Ayelet Fishman from the Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, consisted of Dr. Avital Schrift – Director of MABAT Missiles at Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.; Colonel (Reserves) Adi Bershadsky who is engaged in high-tech international marketing; Iris Han \u2013 CEO of the Nature Protection Society; Prof. Hagit Attiya \u2013 Technion VP for Academic Affairs; Hanna Sarel \u2013 CEO of Medatech Information Technologies Ltd.; Karin Aibschitz Segal – Hardware and Software Operations Manager at Intel Israel; and Marie Attala Libbs \u2013 owner and CEO of Nazareth Electricity Engineering.<\/p>\n

The conference was the initiative of the Technion Alumni Association and the \u2018Supersonas\u2019 organization, and the participants were all female. The opening remarks were given by Technion Alumni Association Chairperson Sigal Fierst, CEO and owner of CTS Israel: “I believe that 30 years from now no one will mention the percentage of Technion female graduates, and gender-focused events will no longer be held,” said Fierst, “because the significant contribution of female graduates will be something that is taken for granted.”<\/p>\n

“Sticky-floor” Syndrome<\/strong><\/p>\n

Technion graduate Yulia Kagan, Business Development Manager at Leidos Israel, spoke about women at the beginning of their careers. \u201cMany women do not step on the career acceleration-pedal once they decide to start a family, and long before they have their first child. Before we address breaking the glass ceiling we need to address the \u2018sticky floor\u2019, which stems primarily from the way women see the progression of their lives and their future careers\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tali Heruti Sober, Editor of the labor market section in “The Marker” newspaper, lectured on \u201cMen, women and the economics separating them\u201d. According to her, wage discrepancies of 33% still exist between men and women, and in high-tech they approach 45%. \u201cThere are several reasons for this. Firstly, women don\u2019t like to take risks. Secondly, the enemy of the working woman is her time-clock attendance card. Thirdly, women are more loyal to their work place than men, and it’s well known that wages are not upgraded significantly without changing your work place. A similar process is happening in entrepreneurship \u2013 a woman who builds a venture treats it like her baby, nurturing and raising it over the years, while men prefer serial entrepreneurship and tend to jump from venture to venture\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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