For the ninth consecutive year, the event was held in Salamanca on February 9 and 10, with 163 speakers and more than 400 registrations.

The Conference of Women Researchers of Castilla y León, funded by the Women’s Institute and organized jointly by the four public universities of Castilla y León (Valladolid, Salamanca, Burgos and León), has become a national reference for this type of scientific event. Mª Luz Rodríguez Méndez and Cristina García Cabezón, members of the Bioeconomy Institute of the University of Valladolid, chaired the committee.

The objective of the Conference is to increase the visibility of women in the scientific field, and in this edition, coinciding with the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, it served as a forum for meeting and exchange of experiences between researchers and professionals working in different STEM areas.

In addition, consolidating the line initiated last year, the event incorporated new international partners from Latin America: the Vasco de Quiroga University of Mexico and two Portuguese public centers, the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra and the University of Minho. Another novelty this year was the opening of the event to the participation of students from the high schools of excellence in science in Castilla y León, thus creating female referents for children who can contribute to the choice of these areas as professional careers.

This edition was held in Salamanca and could also be followed online through the event’s YouTube channel.

There were a total of 163 speakers, represented by 54 oral communications, 118 posters and 20 flash communications.

Several women researchers from BioEcoUva participated in the conference.