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Join us for a live stream of the Women in Data Science Conference from Stanford. The 2019 program will feature fantastic speakers on a broad array of topics ranging from data ethics and privacy to cybersecurity to data visualization, and more.

CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION
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.

Audience: Open to ALL
Cost: FREE

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
All times Pacific Standard Time (PST)

8:30-9:00am: Registration

9:00 - 9:15 am: WiDS Co-Directors: Margot Gerritsen, Karen Matthys, and Judy Logan, ​Stanford University [LiveStream]

9:15 - 9:30 am: Jennifer Widom (https://www.widsconference.org/jennifer-widom1.html), Dean, Stanford School of Engineering [LiveStream]

9:30 - 10:00 am: Padmasree Warrior (https://www.widsconference.org/padmasree-warrior.html), Former CEO, CDO and Board Member, NIO [LiveStream]

10:00 - 10:20 am: Hilary Parker (https://www.widsconference.org/hilary-parker.html), Data Scientist, Stitchfix [LiveStream]

10:20 - 10:40 am: Marzyeh Ghassemi (https://www.widsconference.org/marzyeh-ghassemi.html), Assistant Professor, University of Toronto [LiveStream]

10:40 - 10:50 am: BREAK/Networking [In-Person, RA1]

10:50-11:05am: Live Women in Big Data (WiBD) Overview, Intel [In-Person, RA1]

​11:05 - 11:25 am: ​Anima Anandkumar (https://www.widsconference.org/anima-anandkumar.html)​, Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at CalTech and Director of Research in Machine Learning, ​NVIDIA [LiveStream]

11:25 - 11:45 am: Timnit Gebru (https://www.widsconference.org/timnit-gebru.html), Research Scientist on the Ethical AI Team, Google [LiveStream]

11:45 - 12:15 pm: Keynote Cynthia Dwork (https://www.widsconference.org/cynthia-dwork.html), Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University [LiveStream]

12:15 - 1:45 pm: In-Person Networking lunch with Senior Technologist in Data science to serve as Mentors [RA1]

12:15 - 1:45 pm: LUNCH provided [RA1]

1:45 - 2:15 pm: Yoky Matsuoka (https://www.widsconference.org/yoky-matsuoka.html), Vice President, Google Health [LiveStream]

2:15 - 2:35 pm: Alicia Carriquiry (https://www.widsconference.org/alicia-carriquiry.html) Distinguished Professor and President's Chair in Statistics | Director of CSAFE, Iowa State University [LiveStream]

2:35 - 2:55 pm: ​Yinglian Xie (https://www.widsconference.org/yinglian-xie.html), CEO and Co-Founder, DataVisor [LiveStream]

2:55 - 3:15 pm: Laura Kegelmeyer (https://www.widsconference.org/laura-kegelmeyer.html), Scientist / Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) [LiveStream]

3:15 - 3:30 pm: BREAK/Networking [In-Person, RA1]

3:30 - 4:10 pm: Career Panel -Natalie Evans Harris, Marzyeh Ghassemi,
Emily Glassberg Sands, ​Yinglian Xie [LiveStream]

4:10 - 4:30 pm: Emma Brunskill (https://www.widsconference.org/emma-brunskill.html), Assistant Professor, Computer Science,​Stanford University [LiveStream]

4:30 - 4:50 pm: Madeleine Udell (https://www.widsconference.org/madeleine-udell.html), Assistant Professor of Operations Research & Information Engineering, & Richard and Sybil Smith Sesquicentennial Fellow, Cornell University [LiveStream]

​4:50-5:00pm: Closing Remarks - Margot Gerritsen (https://www.widsconference.org/margot-gerritsen-2019.html), Senior Associate Dean, Stanford University [LiveStream]

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