WiDS TLV hosted by Intuit

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN - http://intuit.eventiko.co.il/

Intuit Israel, in cooperation with PyData TLV are proud to bring the international Women in Data Science (http://www.widsconference.org/) conference from Stanford university to Tel Aviv for the first time.

The Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and support women in the field. This annual one-day technical conference provides an opportunity to hear about the latest data science related research and applications in a broad set of domains, all genders are invited to participate in the conference, which features exclusively female speakers.

The conference is being sponsored by Intuit and all money raised through ticket sales will be donated to "Neot Aviv" hostel.

Attendance at this event is open to male and female Data Scientists working in Industry, Academia, or advanced university students.

Registration is open until February 28th, or until tickets are sold out - Register here: http://intuit.eventiko.co.il/

The one day technical conference will take place in TLV, and will include ~300 people with content ranging from keynotes, tutorial, lightning talks, to roundtable discussions.

Our key-notes speakers:

Dr. Orna Amir - Analytics Group Manager, Waze.
Dr. Efrat Rozenman - Head of Cognitive Driving Group, General Motors IL.
Dr. Dafna Shahaf - Assistant Professor, Data Science, Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Kira Radinsky - Chief Scientist & Director of Data Science, eBay.

Event Line-up
09:00 - 09:45 Registration & Gathering, light breakfast
09:45 - 10:00 Opening words from Shir Meir Lador, Data Science team lead at Intuit.
10:00 - 11:00 Key Notes
11:00 - 13:00 Lightning talks in parallel to NLP tutorial
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch and round table discussions starting from 13:30
14:30 - 15:30 Key Notes
In Parallel to the Lightning Talks, we will offer a 2H NLP Tutorial, which will be available by prior registration only. See you there!