The ALBA Network launched the ALBA Declaration on Equity and Inclusion on 12 January 2021. This is a recording of the event.

The session was introduced by Prof Carmen Sandi who talked about the ALBA Network, its mission and its activities. Then Dr Megan Carey presented the ALBA Declaration on Equity and Inclusion: the goals ALBA wishes to achieve with this document, the process followed to write it and the major action points laid out in the text. In the second part of the event, each panelist highlighted specific elements of the Declaration and shared real-life examples of effective implementation.

The ALBA Declaration raises awareness on gender and diversity issues in brain sciences as well as disseminate positive practices countering discrimination. For more information, visit: www.alba.network/declaration

Panelists

• Carmen Sandi (EPFL, Switzerland) – Chair of the ALBA Network & FENS Past President
• Megan Carey (Champalimaud Research, Portugal) – Chair of the ALBA Declaration Working Group
• Laura Andreae (King’s College London, UK) – FENS-Kavli Scholars representative to ALBA
• Tracy Bale (University of Maryland, School of Medicine, US) – ALBA Board of Directors & IBRO President
• Stephen Curry (Assistant Provost for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Imperial College London, UK)
• Yasmin Hurd (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, US) – ALBA Advisor
• Michelle D. Jones-London (Office of Programs to Enhance Neuroscience Workforce Diversity (OPEN), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, US)
• Diane Lipscombe (Brown University, US) – ALBA Board of Directors & SfN Past President