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Data scientist is now the highest-paying job for students graduating with a bachelor’s degree in the United States and is projected to grow from a $133.7 billion market in 2024 to a $276.18 billion market by 2029. However, experiences with data are rare in today’s K-12 classrooms and curriculum.
This conference will introduce K-12 students, educators, and parents to foundational data science concepts and examples of data science careers across industries with a combination of workshops and presentations, divided into three levels for age-appropriate content. *K-12 educators and parents are encouraged to attend!*
THIS CONFERENCE WILL BE MULTI-TRACK:
### ⭐ GRADES K-4 📊
- FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS: Establish intuition and core ways of thinking about and visualizing data
### ⭐ GRADES 5-8 💻
- TOOLS & TECHNIQUES: Focus on platforms and tools that support data analysis and bring insight
### ⭐ GRADES 9-12 🚀
- BECOMING A DATA SCIENTIST: Learn what it takes to be a data scientist -- including skills, training and education
### ⭐ K-12 EDUCATORS 👩🏽🏫
- WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, & WHY: We'll incorporate presentations, panels, and other hands-on sessions that are specific to K-12 educators
2024 SPEAKERS + INSTRUCTORS:
•Gulrez Khan | Author + Data Science Lead @ Paypal 💸
•Michael Copass | Science Teacher, writes research articles about integrating Ai @ Tracy Unified School District 📚
•Prashant Kumar | DATA SCIENTIST @ Bold 🚀
•Sheri Johnson | Data Science Educator @ Essential Analysis Solutions 📊
•Kelly Dowd | Director - Data Science @ AT&T 🌐
•Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic | CEO @ Storytelling with Data 🗣️
•Nicolas Potkalitsky, Ph.D. | Teacher / AI Literacy Coach @ Pragmatic AI Solutions 🤖
•Sachin More | SR Engineering Manager @ Dollar General 💵
•Ginger Baxter | Assistant Dean Career Advancement and Student Success @ Chapman University 🎓
•Ugandhar Dasi | Principal Technology Lead @ T-Mobile US 📱
•Jhonathan David | President, Chief Advisor - Data Analytics & Data Science @ Xabios Data 💽
•Krish Suraparaju | SWE Intern @ Amazon 📦
•Taj Pirzada | Director – AI @ Nike ✅
•Samuel Setsofia | Masters Candidate @ Northwestern University 🏛️
•Akash Kura | Sales Strategy and Data Analytics Intern @ X (Twitter) 💬
•Disha An | Senior Data Scientist @ Salesloft 💼
•Sanjana Khajuria | Intern @ Salesforce 📈
•Henry Clavo | Data Engineer @ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 🏦
•Alexander Baker | Senior Data Scientist @ cBEYONData 📊
•Aditya Sharma | CEO @ HiCounselor 🎓
•Chris Bent | Founder @ Piccles 🥒
•Corey Wade | Founder @ Berkeley Coding Academy 💻
•Anthony DiCecco | Data and Analytics @ Chegg 💡
•Jai Prakash | Head of Insights & Data Engineering @ Pella Corporation 🪟
•Anshul Jain | Head of Data Science @ Meta 🌐
•Jessica Larson | Senior Software Engineer II @ Instacart 🥕