Save the Date: Annual WANT Conference: Thursday, 13 November 2025
Celebrating 20 Years of the UT Women’s Network:
Past Achievements | Present Challenges | Future Directions
This year, the Women’s Academic Network Twente (WANT) — formerly known as FFNT — celebrates two decades of commitment to supporting women in academia at the University of Twente.
Join us for our most anticipated event of the year:
Thursday, 13 November 2025
13:00 – 16:30
The conference will feature:
- Inspiring keynote speakers
- Engaging group workshop
- Opportunities for networking
The WANT Annual Conference is a space for sharing knowledge, fostering connections, and exploring together the future of academic inclusion and leadership.
Past Conferences
In the past there have already been many FFNT/WANT conferences:
- Conference 2024: Fix the Women or Fix the Institution?
- Conference 2019: Inclusiveness at 360o : High tech, human touch in practice.
- Conference 2018: Academic career and work-life balance.
- Conference 2016: Openness to diversity: integrating local and global perspectives.
- Conference 2015: Advantages of an inclusive university: science and gender nexus.
- Conference 2013: Engineering your career: independence and cooperation.
- Conference 2012: Gender in academic leadership.
- Conference 2011: Stop leaking the pipeline: the future of female academics.
- Conference 2008: Gender Management, uncover hidden treasures.
- Conference 2007: Diversity.
- Conference 2006: Academic leadership
- Conference 2005: Professional Women