DataKindSF South Bay Launch

CALLING ALL DATA HEROS AND DATA LOVERS!

Launch with us! Join the SF Bay Area data-for-good community for Datakind SF’s chapter launch party.

How can Big Data be used for social change? What are the opportunities and limits? Come and join us as we will be launching the SF Bay Area DataKind chapter around thought leaders speakers, music, food & drinks.

Agenda:

6.30-7.00pm: Registration & Networking

7.00-7.25pm: Introduction to DataKind and DataKind SF Bay Area (15 minutes) and Joining the Data For Good community (10 minutes)

7:30 - 7:50: Break-out into groups for 5-person intros, getting to know you - talk about what you can contribute/why you are here

8:00-8.30pm: How you can get Involved with DK SF qne Building data capabilities at your organization (15 minutes)

Types of projects we're interested in/case studies? Core Programs at DataKind (15 minutes)

Meet the DataKind SF Chapter Leaders:

Aman Ahuja, Consultant on the design and implementation of data products and machine learning systems

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Katharine Matsumoto, Data Scientist at Salesforce.com

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Paul Ellwood, Director of Data Science & Engineering at Netflix

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Pashu Christensen, Marketing and Partnerships Manager at The Hive

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About DataKind:

DataKind tackles humanity's biggest problems through data science. We bring together high-impact organizations dedicated to solving the world’s biggest challenges together with leading data scientists to improve the quality of, access to and understanding of data in the social sector. DataKind Singapore launched in August 2014 and is one of six DataKind Chapters worldwide.

DataKind is headquartered in New York City and has Chapters in Bangalore, Dublin, San Francisco, Singapore, UK and Washington DC. More information on DataKind, our programs and partners can be found at www.datakind.org. (http://www.datakind.org/)