産業界の理工系女性の活躍促進に向けて

抄録

　Industry plays a key role in research, development and innovation. More than half the research in Japan is carried out by the private sector, yet only 7% of industrial researchers are women and their opportunities to progress to senior level positions are minimal.
　In order to attract more women scientists and engineers to industry, and to keep and promote them there, in this paper, I will examine the unequal situation surrounding them in industry, and demonstrate activities of the COSMOS community, for the promotion of the women engineers, created by IBM-Japan; the top-down & bottom-up community offers them mentoring, role models, workshops, and Web Wiki site.
　Japanese industry should come to appreciate the merits of a more gender-equal approach to R&D; deeper studies need to be provided, as the Women in Science and Technology (WiST) highlighted that positive female promotion could bring good record of business.