The Second Women in KDD Workshop is a day-long event co-located with ACM SIGKDD 2022 (opens in new tab). This day-long workshop will focus on both the challenges and opportunities for women (female-identifying and non-binary) and their allies as we work towards more gender equity, diversity and inclusion in both academia and industry. Keynote speakers will highlight the extraordinary work being done in this space and also the need to think big in order to drive systemic change. Panel discussions will focus on career journeys and what it takes to succeed in the various career paths that are open to academics, engineers and entrepreneurs alike. The Women’s Lunch and wiML-hosted mentoring session will provide an opportunity to network and be inspired by the community. The workshop is held again this year in association with WiML (opens in new tab).
Please join us!
Schedule (Monday, August 15, 2022)
Thank you to our sponsors: LinkedIn (opens in new tab), Citadel (opens in new tab), and Booking.com (opens in new tab). Their generous contributions make KDD and this workshop possible.
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9-9:20am | Welcome to the Workshop | Judith Spitz (opens in new tab), Founder and Executive Director, Break Through Tech (opens in new tab). Dawn Woodard (opens in new tab), Distinguished Scientist, LinkedIn. |
| 9:20-10:20am | Keynote 1 | Brandeis Marshall (opens in new tab), Founder and CEO, DataedX Group. |
| 10:20-10:40am | Coffee Break | |
| 10:40-11:40am | Keynote 2 | Rukmini Iyer (opens in new tab), Corporate Vice President, Bing Ads, Microsoft. |
| 11:40-1:10pm | Women’s Networking Power Lunch | Welcome by Booking.com. Keynote Speaker: Kristen Titus (opens in new tab), former Chief Technology & Innovation Officer of New York, founding executive director of the Cognizant Foundation, NYC Tech Talent Pipeline, and Girls Who Code. |
| 1:10-2:10pm | Panel: Career Journey Storytelling | The career and life panel brings together a diverse group of women scientists and leaders to learn more about their career journey. Moderator: Sameena Shah (opens in new tab), Managing Director, AI Research, JP Morgan Chase & Co Panelists: Linda Avery, (opens in new tab) Chief AI and Data Analytics Officer, Verizon. Laura Garbrysiak (opens in new tab), Senior Manager Data Science, Visa and Founder of R-Ladies Miami. Naila Murray (opens in new tab), Research Engineering Manager, AI at Facebook. Jennifer Neville, Senior Principal Research Manager, Microsoft Research Redmond. |
| 2:10-2:30pm | Coffee Break | |
| 2:30-3:30pm | Panel: Understanding and Navigating Different Career Roles | Moderator: Kimberly Churches (opens in new tab), President of The Washington Center, former CEO of the American Association of University Women Panelists: Sally Goldman (opens in new tab), Research Scientist at Google. Brandeis Marshall (opens in new tab), Founder and CEO, DataedX Group. Meghna Sinha (opens in new tab), Vice President, AI/DS, Verizon. |
| 3:30-5:00pm | WiML Mentorship Session | Moderator: Nezihe Merve Gürel, Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zurich, Vice President, Women in Machine (opens in new tab)Learning (opens in new tab) (WiML). You can find the details on roundtable mentors and topics here (opens in new tab). You can share your resume with WiML and its partners here (opens in new tab).. |
Workshop Sponsors
Workshop Organizers:
- Judith Spitz (opens in new tab), Founder and Executive Director, Break Through Tech (opens in new tab).
- Johannes Gehrke, Technical Fellow and Lab Director, Microsoft Research Redmond.
Link to the First Women in KDD Workshop (opens in new tab) (which was held at SIGKDD 2021).