30 September 2022
We are happy to announce a virtual Inclusion Plan Best Practices Workshop scheduled for 1 – 2 November 2022.
Inclusion is one of NASA’s core values, and one of the Agency’s highest priorities is moving toward an increasingly diverse and inclusive workforce that fully engages varied talents, ideas, and perspectives. Many programs within NASA’s Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) are now requiring proposers to contain an inclusion plan that outlines how the team will work against barriers to create and sustain inclusive work environments and how the team will equip members in such a way that they can go on to lead and contribute to other teams that are diverse and inclusive. As a result, in coordination with social scientists, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is hosting this Inclusion Plan Best Practices Workshop to discuss best practices to consider when creating and maintaining inclusive teams. Examples include recruitment best practices; common barriers to inclusive working environments; and understanding the distinction between inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility.
The goal of this workshop is to provide proposers with some background and tools needed to be active participants in creating and maintaining inclusive work environments. This workshop is open to any member of the science community and may be of particular interest to those writing ROSES or mission proposals requiring inclusion plans. This workshop will be held in two 2-hour sessions over two days, allowing ample time for questions and discussion with the speakers and NASA personnel.
Registration fees are not being collected for this meeting, but registration is required. Registration will be available through 2 November 2022.
Before the workshop, registered attendees will receive an email from Houston Meeting Info with virtual connection information.
We have modified the meeting portal to follow best practices that support inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility. We encourage you to log into the meeting portal before the conference to update your profile information. From the meeting portal home page, click on Edit Profile to get started.
For more information, contact Meeting and Publication Services, USRA/Lunar and Planetary Institute at meetinginfo@hou.usra.edu.