One week before the official start, via:mento_international has been presented at the Lower Saxony - Scotland Joint Forum. In the workshop session "Early Stage Researchers & Networking in times of COVID-19" different aspects of mentoring have been discussed: the relevance of support by a mentor, the importance to enlarge one´s network and the possibilities to do so during the pandemic. How a mentoring programme can lead to a cultural change and adress gender imbalances has also been topic of the discussion.

More infos about the conference: https://joint-forum.org/