WiDS Berkeley: Women in Data Science at UC Berkeley

February 18, 2022

Link: https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/2022/wids-berkeley

Sponsored by Berkeley IT; Division of Computing, Data Science and Society; D-Lab; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Research IT; Research, Teaching, and Learning; the School of Information; and the UC Berkeley Library

Join us for a series of events celebrating Women in Data Science at UC Berkeley. WiDS Berkeley is an independent event that is organized by the UC Berkeley WiDS ambassadors part of the annual WiDS Worldwide conference organized by Stanford University and an estimated 150+ locations worldwide, which features outstanding women doing outstanding work in the field of data science. All genders are invited to attend all WiDS Worldwide conference events.

We will stream content from the global WiDS events and provide live, virtual programming for the UC Berkeley campus throughout the week featuring distinguished scholars and practitioners from across the Bay Area and the world.

Schedule

Monday, March 7, 2022

WiDS international programming

Tuesday, March 8, 2022: Data Science in Research

10:00 AM — WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

10:10 AM — KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY DEB AGARWAL

11:00 AM — RESEARCH TRACK

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM — STUDENT TRACK

1:00 PM — KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY HAERANG LEE

2:00 PM — STUDENT LIGHTNING TALKS

Wednesday, March 9, 2022: Mentorship + Networking

10:00 AM — PRESENTATION/PANEL

  • Andi Morey Peterson
  • Anne Marshall
  • Wan Nurul Naszeerah

11:00 AM — NETWORKING BREAKOUT ROOMS


If after our WiDS Berkeley programming you are up for even more, we recommend attending the virtual Diversity in Tech Symposium (formerly Women in Tech) which will be held Thursday, March 10 – Friday, March 11 with this year’s content focusing on “Advancing Climate Resilience.”