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In accordance with the NZMS Council Statement on Women in Mathematics, the NZMS is concerned about the under-representation of women as invited speakers in mathematics conferences (which includes gatherings such as workshops or colloquia). In response to this concern, the NZMS will no longer fund or advertise conferences where the proportion of female keynote speakers is below 30% (see below for details on how this should be calculated).

We strongly encourage conference organisers, particularly of large conferences, to seek better gender diversity than this level and to ensure female participation at all levels of the conference and its organisation.

For conferences wishing NZMS funding or advertising, the websites and materials must clearly indicate who the keynote speakers are (for instance using words such as plenary, keynote, featured). To expedite your request (for funding or advertising), please indicate the proportion of female keynote speakers involved in your conference when you contact the NZMS.

We also ask that organisers give consideration to the provision of mechanisms to enable participation by people with children or family responsibilities.

Calculation of the proportion female keynote speakers:

• If the conference has parallel sessions and plenary speakers, then at least 30% of the plenary speakers must be female.
• In the case where the conference has no parallel sessions, but some speakers have longer talk slots the calculation is as follows.
  • If there is one speaker giving a longer talk, the 30% rule applies to all other speakers.
  • If more than one speaker has a longer talk slot, then at least 30% of speakers giving longer talks must be female.
• If the conference has no parallel sessions and all speakers have the same length talk slots, then at least 30% of the total speaker list must be female.