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--></style></head><body lang=DE-CH link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>On behalf of the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, p</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt'>lease find below an invitation to the Conference on “Research and Innovation Excellence through gender equality”.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Kind regards, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;layout-grid-mode:line'>Maya Widmer<b><i><span style='color:#003399'> </span></i></b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Research and Innovation Excellence through gender equality: New pathways and challenges</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture organizes a conference on <b>23<sup>rd</sup> – 24<sup>th</sup> October 2019</b> in Helsinki, Finland on gender equality in research and innovation activities. The event is part of the Finnish Presidency of the European Union and is financed by the European Commission. The venue will be Scandic Hotel Grand Marina in the centre of Helsinki. You or a representative of your organization are cordially invited to actively participate. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The aim of the conference will be to discuss and plan the next steps for advancement of gender equality in R&I and to contribute to the ongoing Horizon Europe planning process. The themes will include structural and institutional change in research and innovation, intersectionality or broader concept of equality in R&I, gender equality in digitalization and artificial intelligence and women in innovation. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The website of the conference is here: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.newpathwayshelsinki2019.fi">www.newpathwayshelsinki2019.fi</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The registration is open here: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/NEWPATHWAYS/en">https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/NEWPATHWAYS/en</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=FI style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Kindest regards, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=FI style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span lang=FI style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Matti Kajaste</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FI> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FI style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FI'>_______________________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FI style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FI'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FI style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FI'>Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FI style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FI'>Korkeakoulu- ja tiedepolitiikan sekä lukiokoulutuksen osasto, Tiedepolitiikan vastuualue</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FI'>PL 29, 00023 Valtioneuvosto</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FI'>050 573 1109</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:FI'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FI'>Ministry of Education and Culture</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FI'>Department for Higher Education and Science Policy and General Upper Secondary Education</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FI'>P.O. 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