Funders, educators, students, researchers, administrators, government officials, industrial representatives, and other interested individuals participated in the Convocation on Biological, Social, and Organizational Contributions to Science and Engineering Success on December 9, 2005 in Washington DC. The National Academies Committee on Women in Academic Science and Engineering hosted a public Convocation to explore the impact of sex and gender on recruiting, hiring, promotion, and retention of academic science and engineering faculty. This convocation brought together researchers from multiple disciplines to fit together pieces of the puzzle. What does sex differences research tell us about behavior, capability, career decisions and achievement? What roles do organizational structures and institutional policies play? How can we bring forth the cross-cutting issues of diversity within the population of women? What are key research needs, experimental paradigms, and tools? What are the ramifications of this research for policy, particularly for evaluating current and potential academic faculty? The committee produced a workshop report summarizing the proceedings of this meeting. The report, Biological, Social, and Organizational Component of Success for Women in Academic Science and Engineering, will be available from the National Academies Press in November 2006.		Poster Presentations:
		In addition to plenary discussions with researchers, program administrators, and educators, attendees shared their experiences one-on-one during poster sessions. Poster abstracts were published with the event proceedings.
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