NEW DATE: "Language Does More: Exploring Language as Tech, as Data, as Identity"

This event was originally scheduled in March as a hybrid event, but inclement weather and school closings led to us postponing it for later in spring.
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Language does more than you think it does. Join Samantha Beaver and Women in Tech for an exciting evening of linguistic exploration: learn to reframe language as a technology, leverage language samples as business-critical data, and understand your own self as being indexed by the language you use.

Both theoretical and practical, this talk is a great opportunity to dive deep into a fascinating topic - with a real linguist - that too often goes under-examined in the workplace.

• About
• Schedule
• Transportation / Parking
• Zoom
• Accessibility / Inclusion
• Code of Conduct

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ABOUT

Samantha Beaver is a Linguist. Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, and Conversation Analysis are her areas of linguistic expertise, and her favorite topics to explore are language equity, language & gender, language learning, language & people management, and language & power. When she’s not doing linguistic work for other people, she is at home fostering the language development of her two young sons, Simon and Louis.

SCHEDULE

The Zoom room will open up at 11:55am. Samantha's presentation will begin at 12:05pm.

ZOOM

Zoom URL for this event will be shared day-of.

Zoom is a free video-conferencing platform, with mobile and desktop apps. Learn more about installing and using it here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362033-Getting-Started-on-Windows-and-Mac

ACCESSIBILITY / INCLUSION

Zoom offers a variety of accessibility-oriented features, including:

• Keyboard accessibility
• Screen reader support

Learn more: https://zoom.us/accessibility

If you have another accessibility concern, we encourage you to reach out directly to WiT via admin@madisonwomen.tech.

CODE OF CONDUCT

While this event is open to all genders, Madison Women in Tech deliberately curates spaces (both online and offline) for and by women and nonbinary folks. Men who attend are expected to listen, and not center themselves or their experiences.

All attendees agree to adhere to the Madison Women in Tech code of conduct: http://coc.madisonwomen.tech