WiDS Berkeley: The Global Women in Data Science Conference

Monday, March 5, 2018

8:30 am to 5:15 pm

The UC Berkeley School of Information is excited to partner with Stanford University to bring the Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference to Berkeley, California.

The Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference is an annual one-day technical conference based at Stanford, which brings together data scientists and professionals in adjacent fields from around the globe to discuss the latest research and applications of data science in a broad set of domains. Participants learn how leading-edge companies are leveraging data science for success and connect with potential mentors, collaborators, and others in the field.

WiDS Berkeley is a regional event in association with WiDS that will feature live streamed keynotes and technical talks from the WiDS conference at Stanford. Interspersed with the main conference live stream, WiDS Berkeley will feature unique on-location technical vision talks by distinguished speakers from the Bay Area in academia, industry, government and non-profits; panel discussions with female data scientists and researchers in the space of artificial intelligence and deep learning; a student poster session; and networking opportunities throughout the day.

All genders are invited to participate in the conference, which features exclusively female speakers.

Schedule

8:30 – 9:30 am	Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00 am	Welcome from the WiDS Berkeley planning committee
9:00 – 9:10 am	Opening Video & Remarks: Margot Gerritsen, Senior Associate Dean and Director of ICME, Stanford University
9:10 – 9:30 am	Welcome Address: Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd College
9:30 – 10:05 am	Keynote Address: Leda Braga, CEO, Systematica Investments
10:05 – 10:10 am	Brief Break
10:10 – 10:30 am	Technical Vision Talk: Mala Anand, EVP, President, SAP Leonardo Data Analytics
10:30 – 10:50 am	Lada Adamic, Research Scientist Manager, Facebook
10:50 – 11:15 am	Coffee Break
11:15 – 11:35 am	Nathalie Henry Riche, Researcher, Microsoft Research
11:35 – 11:55 am	Daniela Witten, Associate Professor of Statistics and Biostatistics, University of Washington
11:55 am – 12:30 pm	Keynote Address: Latanya Sweeney, Professor of Government and Technology in Residence, Harvard University
12:15 – 12:45 pm	Lunch
12:45 – 2:00 pm	WiDS Berkeley Interactive Panel Session Panelists: Erin Pangilinan, Co-Founder, ARVR Academy Isabelle Cohen, Ph.D. student in Economics, Stata & LaTeX instructor, D-Lab, UC Berkeley Josine Verhagen, Ph.D., Director of Psychometrics, Kidaptive Kasia Rachuta, Data Scientist, Medium Nora Broege, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, Consultant Lead at D-Lab, UC Berkeley Rania Ahmed, Research Associate, Urban Strategies Council
2:00 – 2:35 pm	Keynote Address: Jia Li, Head of Cloud R&D, Cloud AI, Google
2:35 – 2:55 pm	Technical Vision Talk: Bhavani Thurasingham
2:55 – 3:15 pm	Technical Vision Talk: Elena Grewal, Head of Data Science, Airbnb
3:15 – 4:15 pm	WiDS Berkeley Career Networking Session
4:15 – 4:35 pm	Technical Vision Talk: Risa Wechsler, Associate Professor of Physics, Stanford University
4:35 – 4:55 pm	Technical Vision Talk: Dawn Woodard, Senior Data Science Manager of Maps, Uber
4:55 – 5:15 pm	Closing Event