"Science, math, engineering and technology workforce issues are not about the end of the pipeline but about the full spectrum of workers who use technology as well as create it, and upon whom we all depend for our health and our quality of life." Shirley Malcom Director, Education & Human Resources, AAAS      IGEPT (Building and Sustaining Infrastructures for Gender Empowered Partnerships in the Technological Fields) is a Swedish-American initiative to improve gender equality in the technological fields, both in the workplace and in academia. This working conference was developed to facilitate exchange of best practices and promote innovation of new strategies to recruit, retain, and advance women in the science and engineering workforce.     2002 February 13-14, 2002 in Boston, MA. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Grant #0120181. Short Summary Participant List Report Research Reforms in Sweden article 2000 Stockholm, Sweden on 21-30 August 2000. The goals of this conference were to discuss gender perspectives and women action programs in the engineering and technical fields; entrepreneurship, partnership and leadership; and, technology and engineering. Representatives from major corporations, government, academia in both the US and Sweden attended. Executive Summary