• to bring important issues to the attention of all participants and the public (through media interviews and press releases), on the themes listed above for this symposium.
• Recommendations will include successful strategies to attract youth to science and engineering careers, and policies on equality and human rights.
• One of the main goals is for women scientists and engineers, with a variety of personal and professional experiences, to learn from each other.
• Form new views on and approaches to research of gender problems in S&T.
• Improve the understanding of roles, conditions and careers of women in science in European and other countries.
• INWES (International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists) will create the linkages for sustaining the efforts on a long-term basis. The Board of Directors of INWES has representatives from India, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Argentina, Japan, Canada, USA, France, UK, Germany, Korea, and Poland.
• The women will gain skills to enable them to be more confident and efficient at their work place which will result in increased recognition by their respective employers and communities.
• Another outcome is an enhanced participation of East European and Russian women in decision-making processes and accession to important positions in entrepreneurship.

The proceedings of the conference, presentations and reports will be edited for the printed publication and burned to CD-ROM. A list of attendees and their e-mails will be made and provided to each participant for future cooperative efforts and networking.