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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Lupon, Anna author Rodríguez Lozano, Pablo author Bartrons, Mireia author Anadon Rosell, Alba author Batalla, Meritxell author Bernal, Susana author Bravo, Andrea G. author Capdevila, Pol author Cañedo Argüelles, Miguel author Catalán, Núria author Genua Olmedo, Ana author Gutiérrez-Cánovas, Cayetano author Feio, Maria João author Lucati, Federica author Onandia, Gabriela author Poblador, Sílvia author Rotchés Ribalta, Roser author Sala Bubaré, Anna author Sánchez Montoya, María Mar author Sebastián, Marta author Zufiaurre, Aitziber author Pastor, Ada author 2021-12-10 Conferences are ideal platforms for studying gender gaps in science because they are important cultural events that reflect barriers to women in academia. Here, we explored women’s participation in ecology conferences by analyzing female representation, behavior, and personal experience at the 1st Meeting of the Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL). The conference had 722 attendees, 576 contributions, and 27 scientific sessions. The gender of attendees and presenters was balanced (48/52% women/men), yet only 29% of the contributions had a woman as last author. Moreover, men presented most of the keynote talks (67%) and convened most of the sessions. Our results also showed that only 32% of the questions were asked by women, yet the number of questions raised by women increased when the speaker or the convener was a woman. Finally, the post-conference survey revealed that attendees had a good experience and did not perceive the event as a threatening context for women. Yet, differences in the responses between genders suggest that women tended to have a worse experience than their male counterparts. Although our results showed clear gender biases, most of the participants of the conference failed to detect it. Overall, we highlight the challenge of increasing women’s scientific leadership, visibility and interaction in scientific conferences and we suggest several recommendations for creating inclusive meetings, thereby promoting equal opportunities for all participants. 1932-6203 10.1371/journal.pone.0260163 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/4896 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260163 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0260163 Towards women-inclusive ecology: representation, behavior, and perception of women at an international conference