Equity and Diversity

The Victorian Infection and Immunity Network and Lorne Infection and Immunity Conference aim at gender equity throughout our activities – on the committee, in our invited speaker lists and in our invited chairs list.

Lorne Infection and Immunity Conference

We have a strong track record of maintaining this commitment to gender equity, which is noted in the following policies:

·       https://www.lorneinfectionimmunity.org/gender-equity

·       https://www.lorneinfectionimmunity.org/diversity-and-inclusion

 

VIIN Careers Evening

Our track record on invited speakers is shown below:

Year

Female identifying (n)

Male identifying (n)

Non-binary (n)

2022

4

1

0

2021

2

3

0

2020

4

1

0

2019

3

2

0

2018

3

2

0

2017

3

2

0

VIIN Young Investigator Symposium

The VIIN Young Investigator Symposium organizing committee is dedicated to ensuring an equal balance of male and females at every level of the event. 

Committee members

Year

Female identifying (n)

Male identifying (n)

Non-binary (n)

2022

7

9

0

2021

7

9

0

2020

11

4

0

Invited speakers

 

Female identifying (n)

Male identifying (n)

Non-binary (n)

2022

2

0

0

2021 *

4

5

0

2020 *

10

5

0

* Careers and other workshops rolled into the symposium, which explains the higher number of invited speakers these years

Speakers selected from abstracts

 

Female identifying (n)

Male identifying (n)

Non-binary (n)

2022

12

5

0

2021

19

11

0

2020

10

8

0

Science Bites selected from abstracts

 

Female identifying (n)

Male identifying (n)

Non-binary (n)

2022

14

11

0

2021

17

3

1

2020

15

10

0

Total participation

Year

Female identifying (n)

Male identifying (n)

Non-binary (n)

2022 *

158

79

2

2021

191

79

1

2020

223

115

0

* 13 registrants declined to provide information about their gender