Power Women in AI/ML at Google NYC

Join us for an exclusive Power Women in AI/ML event at Google NYC, discussing the hottest topics and announcements from Google I/O - LLMs (Large Language Models) and Generative AI.

Meet extraordinary women leaders in tech, ask questions, and network with the experts.

Important: You need to arrive before 5 pm and verify your vaccine status.

The event is first come for 60 attendees and after that "doors close".

You are encouraged to show up on time to ensure your spot!

AGENDA

4:30 pm - Doors Open and Check In

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm: Food and Networking

5:30 pm - 5:40 pm: Welcome and Intro to GDG by Carolina Castro

5:40 pm - 6:10 pm Design Security Infrastructure for Generative AI Tooling by Sydney Lai, Developer Advocate, Topsecret

6:10 pm - 6:40 pm AI: Building Open-Source by Maddie Shang, Senior ML Researcher / Engineer, OpenMined

6:40 pm - 7:10 pm Instruction-Tuning an LLM: Build a Closed-domain Information Retrieval System using Flan-T5 by Jayeeta Putatunda, Senior Data Scientist, Fitch Ratings

7:10 pm - 8:30 pm Townhall and Networking with the Speakers

Agenda

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Speakers

Carolina Castro - Google (Developer Relations Program Manager)

Maddie Shang - OpenMined (Sr. AI Research Engineer)

Maddie is a Sr. ML / Research Engineer in industry, published author and seasoned open-source AI leader, with 6+ years of experience in ML R&D. Her areas of interest include generative models, NLP and Human <> AI interactions. She was also a 2x startup founder, a Blockchain educator/researcher, Founder of Women Who Code - Data Science, and technical advisor to various startups and Di…

Jayeeta Putatunda - Fitch Ratings (Senior Data Scientist)

Jayeeta is a Senior Data Scientist with several years of industry experience in NLP, Statistical Modeling, and implementing ML solutions for specialized use cases in B2C as well as B2B domains.
Currently, Jayeeta works at Fitch Ratings, a global leader in financial information services. She is an avid NLP researcher and gets to explore a lot of state-of-the-art open-source LLM and Genera…

Sydney Lai - Topsecret (Developer Advocate)

Sydney Lai is a dev advocate who assists developers in discovering and implementing emerging developer tools in web3 and AI. With a previous background in leading the design of open-source infrastructure for satellite communication, Sydney's expertise extends to helping projects design user behavior and secure funding. As a mentor and resource provider, Sydney is committed to supporting the de…

Hosted By

Ralph Yozzo, GDG Organizer

Google Developer Organizer since 2009.

Anna Nerezova, GDG Organizer

Anna Nerezova is a Digital Marketing and Cloud Transformation Consultant with 15 years of experience in data, analytics and optimization.
She has built innovative solutions using Google Cloud to solve problems in the media and entertainment, tech, health and non-profit industries
Anna is a Google Cloud Engineer Scholar, and is on the 100 Women in Analytics list by Google Analytics. She is also a Google Developer Group NYC lead and a mentor for the Northeast, and a proud Women Techmakers Ambassador.

Anna is passionate about using the latest AI/ML technologies to provide solutions and bring growth and better experience for all users. She is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion, and is committed to helping underrepresented groups become entrepreneurs and financially independent.

Madona S. Wambua, Android Engineer III

Madona is a GDE Android and Author, founder of Budgeting Buddy, WTM Ambassador, Women Who Code Mobile Lead, and a developer who enjoys sharing her Android knowledge and teaching women how to make Android applications.

Shivika Arora, GDG Organizer

I am currently responsible for driving modernization, innovation and engineer experience agenda in four strategic tech location for JP Morgan - Manhattan, Brooklyn, Silicon Valley and Seattle. Prior to this role, I was the Product and Solutions Lead for Trusts and Estates under Asset Wealth Management, where I was responsible for executing both brokerage op models as well lending framework for the ultra-high net worth clients.

Outside of work, I am Google’s WomenTechmaker Ambassador for NYC as well as GDG NYC Organizer; Champion Coach for JPM’s Women On The Move Network' and Fast Forward Small Business Mentor.

On a personal front, I love to read, dance to any good music and go on food tours around various cities.

Kirsten Lindsay Bohme, Team Member

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