The roundtable «Women and Science: past, present and future» tried to offer a vision of the current situation of women in the scientific field through two chronological axes: the historical one and the one reated to the different stages in a professional career in science.
One of the most discussed topics was the suitability of gender quotas in scientific entities or competitive projects: are they the result of an effort to promote equality, or do they stigmatize the woman who represents them? Maternity as a determinant of the so-called «glass ceiling» for women in science was the other great subject discussed not only by the speakers, but by the attending audience, consistint mostly of women.