From numbers to action: data, beliefs and stories of change in healthcare and biomedical research

Friday 11 December 2026 · 08:30–12:30
Plenary room, Hotel Savoia, Rimini, Italy
Free of charge · Registration required

Organised by Females in Mass Spectrometry (FeMS⁺), the global, community-led network supporting women in mass spectrometry and related fields, this workshop looks at why women are still under-represented in leadership roles in healthcare and research. The morning moves from new Italian data on gender and healthcare leadership, through common myths about competence and leadership in science, to the story of building an academic women’s network from the ground up, before closing with interactive round tables built on the questions participants share at registration.

Programme

Time	Session	Speaker / content
08:30–09:15	Registration	Welcome desk Share the topics or questions you would like the panel to address during the interactive session.
09:15–09:45	Welcome	Marco Cantù, Chair of the INCAMS Scientific Committee Gender healthcare leadership positions: what the Italian data tell us
09:45–10:15	Talk	Alice Passoni, President of the Italian Mass Spectrometry Society (IMaSS) Deconstructing Myths: Rethinking Competence, Leadership and Impact in Science
10:15–10:45	Talk	Ilaria Belluomo, founder of the Academic Women Association at Imperial College London From ideas to impact: building the Academic Women Association (AWA) at Imperial College
11:00–11:30	Coffee break	Kindly sponsored by IMaSS
11:30–12:30	Interactive workshop	Led by the organisers Round tables on the themes collected at registration, starting from the talks

Open to all genders. You don’t need to be registered for INCAMS to attend. When you register, tell us the topics and questions you’d like to explore, and we’ll use them to shape the discussion.

Thank you

Many thanks to the Italian Mass Spectrometry Society (IMaSS) for sponsoring the coffee break, and to INCAMS for hosting us.