Forough Ghahramani, Associate Director for Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute and a New Jersey entrepreneur, was a guest speaker at the First Future Engineering and Global Women’s Leadership Summit in Changsha, China entitled, “Critical Success Factors for Building Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems”. The Summit ran from April 22nd through the 25th.
Forough was part of the delegation for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) commemorating a ground breaking partnership between the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and SWE at Central South University (CSU). Forough also was inducted as a mentor to the CSU Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
The symposium hosted approximately 50 women technology and engineering executives comprised of a SWE delegation of 15 to 20 women in academia and industry along with 20 to 25 women representing CAE.
In addition to showcasing the innovative work and research of women leaders in the global engineering and technology community, the conference included a visit to China’s first innovation and entrepreneurship center, high speed train research lab, the largest manufacturer of construction machinery, and an incubator.
The partnership between SWE and CAE will not only make a positive and tangible impact on the engineering profession within China and the United States but also on a global scale. The symposium provided a forum for productive and collaborative dialogue over the next few years to further the advancement of women in engineering and technology.
