Computer Vision News - February 2021

230 ICPR Workshop 10. For me, while contributing to the organization of the workshop, it was a great opportunity to learn from amazing and inspiring professors and researchers who put a lot of effort into organizing the best possible event. The workshop started with a welcome from Rita Cucchiara , one of the ICPR General Chairs and professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, and continued with two invited talks from Ingela Nyström , professor at the Uppsala University, and LindaO'Gorman , the IAPR (International Association of Pattern Recognition) Secretariat. The first talk was related to equal opportunities in academia with a specific focus on the Sweden situation, while the second focused on the evolution of the role of women at the IAPR. Both provided an interesting perspective on women's careers in two different important institutions and gave a starting point for analyzing the reasons behind the imbalance between the number of men and women in academia. I found it particularly interesting to see that in recent years there has been a growth in the presence of women both in international research institutions and in the internal boards of important associations such as the IAPR. To foster the interaction between young and senior researchers, each talk was followed by a breakout room session where all participants were divided into small groups to discuss the most important points that had emerged before and connect