Data in Government Panel Discussion

Details:

This event will feature diverse perspectives on the topic of "Data in Government" through lightning talks and a panel discussion*.

Repo: https://github.com/datacommunitydc/dig#info
Date: Saturday, June 19, 2021
Submit questions: https://forms.gle/7Z3ALL5rdoqoX76FA

Time: 1 PM - 3 PM EST

Panelists:

• Christina Ho: VP of Government Analytics & Innovation at Elder Research
• Selina Carter: Data Scientist at Inter-American Development Bank
• Kimberly Kreiss: Data Scientist at Federal Reserve Board
• Nadia Smith: Founder / Chief Executive Officer at Athena Federal Solutions
• Aarti Bagul: Machine Learning Engineer at Snorkel AI
• Akanksha Sharma**: Senior Advisor for Data at OPM

Nicole Janeway Bills and Neha Tiwari from Women Who Code DC (WWC DC) will co-moderate the event.

Agenda:

• 1:00 PM Kick-off
• 1:05 PM Lighting Talk by Christina Ho
• 1:15 PM Lighting Talk by Selina Carter
• 1:25 PM Lighting Talk by Kimberly Kreiss
• 1:35 PM Lighting Talk by Nadia Smith
• 1:45 PM Lighting Talk by Aarti Bagul
• 1:55 PM Lighting Talk by Akanksha Sharma**
• 2:05 PM Transition to Panel discussion
• 2:10 PM Panel discussion
• 2:58 PM Wrap-up
• 3:00 PM End

• This meetup is cross posting the same event as the one being organized by Data Community DC (in partnership with WWC-DC) linked below:
  https://www.meetup.com/Data-Community-DC/events/278159920/?

** tentative