Virtual Coffee Call – Gender Equality, Equity & Social impact
Virtual Coffee Call – MAY 13, 2026
- Date: MAY 13, 2026
- Time: 14:00 – 15:00 CEST (15:00 Romanian Time)
- Location: Zoom
- Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88226570027?pwd=UBaEI07lrDRPLeBN4kayEPjYQCc4B3.1
- Agenda:
| 14:00 – 14:30 | General intro on gender equality, equity & social impact Dr. Marika Gruber, Social Impactors Conceptual Lead, CUAS (Austria)Mélissa Pebayle, Social Impactors Operational Lead, CUAS (Austria) Dr. Marika Gruber and Mélissa Pebayle (Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria), who lead the ACE²-EU Social Impactors (SI), will briefly present the outcomes of the recent pilot Social Impactors Knowledge Creation Team Workshop (SI KCTW) on Gender Equity and go over the Social Impactors role and intended impact on society, with a particular focus on the SI Gender Equity. |
| 14:30 – 14:35 | QnA |
| 14:35 – 14:50 | Joint public policy plan in the field of Gender Equality and Equal Opportunities
Georg Overbeck, Advisor for International Special Tasks, THI, Germany Georg will present joint public policy plan in the field of Gender Equality and Equal Opportunities. |
| 14:50 – 15:00 | QnA |
- Who should attend:
- Students who have attended the recent Social Impactors Knowledge Creation Team Workshop (SI KCTW) and students who are interested in similar workshops
- Teaching staff and administrative staff
- Moderator – This Virtual Coffee is moderated by Elizabete Granta, a student from the Latvian Academy of Culture (Latvia) who was a participant in the pilot SI KCTW.
- Introduction of speakers:
- Marika Gruber is a migration researcher and professor of migration and diversity in business and society at the School of Management at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, as well as deputy head of the Department of Demographic Change & Regional Development at IARA – Institute for Applied Research on Ageing. In the ACE²-EU Alliance, she is the conceptual lead for the design and implementation of the Social Impactors, which are anchored in the SPACE Centre, and the Chair for the Social Impactor Culture & Diversity.
- With an academic background in social and political sciences, international relations, and criminology,Mélissa Pebayle is the internationalization commissioner at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences’ School of Management, as well as an ACE²-EU Project Officer for the whole university. In the ACE²-EU Alliance, she is the operational lead of the SPACE Centre’s Social Impactors.
Georg Overbeck has been at Ingolstadt University of Technoloy (THI) since 2008 as Advisor for International Special Tasks. Within the European University Alliance ACE2-EU, he contributes his long-standing expertise to deepening institutional cooperation at the European level. Working in close coordination with the university leadership, he leads the strategic direction of the “Sustainability” work package within ACE2-EU. His competence in mediating between different sectors is based, among other things, on his experience in research marketing at the Regional Economic Development Agency for Southwest Germany. His commitment to Europe began during his studies through his active participation in the AEGEE-Europe network. Georg Overbeck holds an MBA in Educational Management, a Diploma in International Cultural and Business Studies, and a Diploma in Public Administration (University of Applied Sciences).
