Women in Data Science

Conference 2021

January 30th and 31st
Buffalo, New York

Online event

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Women in Data Science - Buffalo


The Global WiDS Conference aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and to support women in the field. This one-day technical conference provides an opportunity to hear about the latest data science-related research and applications in a number of domains, and connect with others in the field.

WiDS Buffalo is an independent event organized by WiDS ambassador, Lama Moukheiber, to coincide with the annual Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference held at Stanford University and an estimated 150+ locations worldwide. All genders are invited to attend WiDS regional events, which feature outstanding women doing outstanding work. The Women in Data Science (WiDS) initiative aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and to support women in the field.

Our two-day event has an all-female lineup of speakers and includes various keynote talks and panel discussions. The event is open to everyone, regardless of gender, who is interested in engaging with and learning from the local data science community. The conference is free of charge and will be held over Zoom. To sign up, simply fill out the registration form and you will receive an email with the zoom link for the sessions.

Schedule

Our event is composed of series of keynote talks and panel discussions.

All of the videos will be available on WiDS Buffalo YouTube channel.


See the complete agenda here

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS & PANELISTS

Here is our line-up of data science experts and thought leaders at WiDS Buffalo 2021!

Sheila Ambruster

Director Data Science at The Illation Group


Sarmila Basu

Head of Data Science for Microsoft Consulting Services


Sandy Carter

Vice President at Amazon Web Services


Bonnie Clipper

Chief Clinical Officer at Wambi


Irene Dankwa

Deputy Chief Health Officer, Chief Health Equity Officer at IBM Watson Health


Ann-elise Delbecq

Program Director-Data Science and AI Elite team EMEA at IBM


Laura Edell

Chief Data Scientist, AI Markets & Innovation at Microsoft


Ashveena Gajeelee

Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Board Member &
Co-Founder and Partner, DuraNova Consulting

Ashima Gupta

Director of Global Healthcare Strategy and Solutions at Google Cloud

Nadine Hachach-Haram

Founder at Proximie


Karin Jenson

Director of Business Analyst AI Success at DataRobot


Curren Katz

Researcher
Director of Data Science, R&D at Highmark Health

Cory Kind

Customer Facing Data Scientist at DataRobot


Tannaz Khaleghi

Data Scientist at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles


Nina Kottler

Associate Chief Medical Officer, Clinical AI at Radiology Partners

Kristen McGarry

Data Scientist and Financial Services Industry Lead at IBM


Korin Reid

CEO at Ellison Laboratories



Victoria Stasiewicz

Data Governance Evangelist at Northwestern Mutual


Jo Ann Tan

SVP, Head of Infrastructure at City National Bank


Joyce Weiner

Principal AI Engineer in the Client Computing Group at Intel

Registration

Please fill out the form below to register for each day of the event.

Registration required; space is limited.


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Organising Team

Lama Moukheiber


WiDS Buffalo Ambassador

MS in Data Science


Sivashanmugam Omprakash

Graphics

MS in Robotics


Rishabh Sharma


Web

MS in Robotics


Akhil Reddy


Publicity

MS in AI & Robotics


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