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WiDS Worldwide Virtual Conference 2023

Summary

On September 14, 2023 WiDS hosted a 5-hour virtual conference across the globe. Nineteen phenomenal women in data science from all corners of the world came together to discuss insights and thought provoking issues in Economic Justice, Natural Language Processing & Large Language Models, Sustainability, Health & Safety, and Leadership.

Watch the replay of our 2023 Virtual Conference to be inspired.

Event Program

September 14, 2023

9:00AM-9:05AM

WiDS Welcome

Margot Gerritsen

9:40AM

Interlude

10:15AM

Panel Discussion: Language, Humanity & AI

Chelsea Finn

Kathleen Siminyu

Karen Hao

11:10AM

Panel Discussion: Planetary Health & Data

Gopika Suresh

​Fiorenza Micheli

​Marilia Gaiarsa

11:50AM

Interlude

12:30pm

Panel Discussion: Improving the Human Condition with Data Science

​Sparkle Russell Puleri

Rhema Vaithanathan

Paula Petrone

12:50PM

Interlude

1:25PM

Panel Discussion: Systemic Bias, Leadership & Investing

Lama Moussawi

Milinda Lakkam

Ruth Schaber

Patience Marime-Ball

1:55PM

WiDS Closing

Margot Gerritsen

*All times are UTC-7

Speakers

Margot Gerritsen

Executive Director

Haishan Fu

​Chief Statistician and Director of the Development Data Group, World Bank

Susan Doniz

Chief Information and Data Analytics Officer, The Boeing Company

Chelsea Finn

Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Kathleen Siminyu

Kiswahili Machine Learning Fellow, Mozilla

Karen Hao

Contributing Writer for The Atlantic

Gopika Suresh

Senior EO Scientist Expert and Co-founder & CSO, Unique Land use GmbH and Marble Imaging GmbH

​Fiorenza Micheli

Professor of Marine Science, Chair of Oceans Department School of Sustainability, Stanford University

​Marilia Gaiarsa

Assistant Professor at the Life and Environmental Sciences Department, UC Merced

Ivy Ross

Vice President of Hardware Design, Google

Susan Magsamen

Founder and Executive Director of the International Arts + Mind Lab (IAM Lab), Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics

​Sparkle Russell Puleri

Director of CDS Advanced Analytics and Oncology, Gilead Sciences, Inc

Rhema Vaithanathan

Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Social Data Analytics, ​Auckland University of Technology

Paula Petrone

Associate Research Professor, Biomedical Data Scientist, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)

Milinda Lakkam

Engineering Manager of Machine Learning, LinkedIn

Ruth Schaber

President and Founder, Tara Health Foundation

Patience Marime-Ball

Chief Executive Office, Women of the World Endowment

​Brenda Darden Wilkerson

President and CEO, AnitaB.org

Lama Moussawi

Associate Professor at the American University of Beirut