On October 18th 2019, Cristina Rossi-Lamastra gave a keynote speech on gender equality at the Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Management Engineering (Associazione Italiana di Ingegneria Gestionale). She developed the contents of her talk in collaboration with Vincenzo Butticè and Mara Tanelli (PoliMi DEIB). Cristina discussed the economic importance of gender equality and called for gender balance within the AiIG leadership ranks. The speech was very well received by delegates and students