Women in STEM Workshop

Sunday Nov 30, 2025, 8:00 AM → 7:30 PM Asia/Amman

Grand Hyatt Amman

8:00 AM → 9:00 AM Opening Session

Shared introduction and overview. Each expert briefly introduces themselves, their topic, and what participants can expect (5–7 minutes each).

9:00 AM → 9:30 AM Networking Break

9:30 AM → 1:00 PM Morning sessions: AI and Digital transformation

AI and Digital transformation: How to integrate technology and AI into business models for efficiency and growth.
More details shall follow.

9:30 AM → 1:00 PM Morning sessions: Grant Writing & Funding

Grant Writing & Funding: Understanding funding options (grants, investors, crowdfunding), strategies for securing research funding, and how to manage startup finances effectively.
Academic skills alone are insufficient in today's highly competitive environment! You must be unique, prepared, and understand how to stand out ! In today's fast-paced and competitive startup market, acquiring funding could be the difference between starting a game-changing business and becoming another statistic.
Securing funding remains one of the most important barriers to growing your career, starting a new enterprise, or participating in a community initiative. Furthermore, not all funding is equal; thus, understanding the various funding sources is crucial.
This session will provide a comprehensive guide and practical tools to shed light on various funding sources for grants, fellowships, scholarships, and startups, among others, including their characteristics, benefits, and potential risks.

Expert: Prof. Lubna Tahtamouni

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch Break

2:00 PM → 5:30 PM Afternoon sessions: Digital Marketing, Branding and Communicating science

Digital Marketing, Branding, and Communicating science: How to build a strong online presence, leverage social media, create a brand identity, and how female scientists can communicate their research effectively to the public, policymakers, and media.

More details shall follow.

2:00 PM → 5:30 PM Afternoon sessions: Open Science

Open Science—Utilizing open-source tools in business: This workshop introduces participants to the concepts of Open Science and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), showing how they can be applied in diverse fields such as agriculture, climate, remote sensing, and the social sciences. The session begins with a general introduction to Open Science and GIS, making it accessible for participants from different backgrounds, before moving into hands-on training with open-source tools like QGIS. What you will learn: - Introduction to open science - Basics of GIS and remote sensing - How Open Science and geoinformatics contribute to sustainable development - Step-by-step hands-on exercises with open-source tools

5:30 PM → 6:00 PM Closing Session

Reflections, participant feedback, thank you messages, distribution of participation certificates, and a group photo.