The new event format ‘SheWorks Lippe – Networking. Knowledge. Opportunities. Career prospects for women’ held on 28 October at the Centrum Industrial IT (CIIT) in Lemgo focused on career reorientation, re-entry and networking. Natalia Moriz from inIT presented the re-entry programme for female engineers and scientists as well as various technical degree programmes at TH OWL. With practical insights, she showed how diverse and accessible the path to research and development is.
Supporting women in technical professions
The event was organised by FAIR (Women and Work in the Region), the equal opportunities offices in the district of Lippe, the Federal Employment Agency in Detmold and CIIT. The programme offered a wide range of information stands, specialist presentations and experience reports. The format aims to support women in returning to work, reorienting their careers or starting their own businesses, and to open up concrete prospects and new contacts for them.
Re-entry into research and practice
At the event, inIT presented itself as a point of contact for women interested in technical topics and careers. Natalia Moriz, research group leader of the Interconnected Automation Systems working group led by Prof. Dr. Henning Trsek and representative for the TH OWL re-entry programme, presented the many ways in which women can make a practical return to research and work.
‘Many women have the potential to help shape the working world of tomorrow with their knowledge and experience,’ explains Natalia Moriz. ‘With the re-entry programme, we want to make it easier for them to access applied research and open up practical perspectives.’
At the inIT stand, the robot coffee bar ‘CinITo’ attracted particular attention. Over a cup of freshly brewed coffee, visitors were able to experience how exciting the combination of technology, creativity and practice can be.
Networks for research and young talent
Through formats such as SheWorks Lippe, inIT is strengthening its commitment to promoting young talent and women in the technical field. In addition to the return-to-work programme, Natalia Moriz also presented various degree programmes at TH OWL and showed how diverse the path to applied research can be. She was supported by her colleague Laura Reinke, who works at inIT and combines her studies with practical research – an example that particularly appealed to many visitors.
‘It is important to us to show that technology is not a closed field,’ emphasises Natalia Moriz. ‘We want to encourage women to engage with technical issues and bring new perspectives to research and practice.’