The WomenPower 2023 Career Congress marks the eleventh time that Deutsche Messe honors a female professional from the STEM sector. This person will be selected for having implemented innovative trends in the technical environment of a company through her commitment, ideas or performance. Besides this, the Young Engineering Award will be presented for the first time. This will go to a woman from the STEM field who is no more than 30 years old and who has made exceptional contributions.
Both calls are open to all companies and institutions from Germany and abroad. Only one nomination per award, per company is allowed. The deadline for applications is 13 February 2023.
The awards ceremony will take place on 21 April 2023 during the WomenPower Career Congress. Applications are free of charge. The Engineer Powerwoman 2023 and the nominees for the Young Engineering Award will be selected by an independent jury consisting of members of the Congress Advisory Board. This jury will initially determine three nominees from each of the competition areas. From these, the award winners will be named and announced at the WomenPower Career Congress.
The relevant application forms and instructions can be downloaded from the Internet at www.womenpower-kongress.de .
This year, Dr. Kamila Flidr was named Engineer Powerwoman at WomenPower in the course of HANNOVER MESSE. Kamila Flidr obtained an engineering degree with honours from the Czech Technical University in Prague, afterwards earning a master’s degree at the Ecole Centrale de Lyon. There, she also obtained a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, before launching her career at PSA Peugeot Citroën. In 2014, she moved to Germany, taking over the technical support of a key account at Altair. She helped co-found Altair’s new subsidiary in Eastern Europe and took up the position of Technical Account Manager upon her return to Germany. Dr. Flidr made her mark in a male-dominated industry and has used this experience as an opportunity to support the career advancement of women. Since January 2022 Dr. Flidr has served as president of Altair’s Women in the Tech EMEA Employee Resource Group.
About WomenPower:
The WomenPower Career Congress is one of the most successful networking and discussion events for women when it comes to diversity, career advancement, sustainability and new working environments. The congress is held annually as part of HANNOVER MESSE and primarily aimed at female leadership in the STEM sector.
In addition to the program of lectures, presentations, panel discussions and workshops, WomenPower offers companies, associations, networks, organizations and trainers the opportunity to inform attendees in the accompanying exhibition about career prospects, study programs, coaching and mentoring schemes, along with other employment-related topics and trends.