How will industrial research companies in the European Union find the talent they need to meet the competitive and technological challenges of the 21st Century? How will they enlarge R&D capacity when there are already shortages of highly qualified industrial researchers? This report has the answer: women need to be far more effectively attracted into, retained within and promoted in science, engineering and technology in the private sector. There are already thousands of well-qualified women in the EU whose talents are not being used. To make the most of this opportunity demands organisational and cultural change on the part of industrial research companies backed by governments" proving appropriate framework conditions. This report comes from companies in industrial research from Europe and North America who are leading the way in opening up both laboratories and boardrooms to women.