Agenda 2020
MARCH 24TH, 2020, THE RITZ-CARLTON CHARLOTTE
| 8:00-8:30 AM | Check-in/Registration |
| 8:30-8:40 AM Ballroom | WiDS Introduction Stanford University’s Global WiDS Video |
| 8:40-8:50 AM Ballroom | Welcome Remarks Madlen Ivanova, Senior Data Scientist, Lowe’s Inc., WiDS Ambassador |
| 8:50- 9:00 AM Ballroom | Lowe’s Inc. Video |
| 9:00- 9:30 AM Ballroom | Keynote: Seemantini Godbole, Executive Vice President, and CIO, Lowe’s Inc. |
| 9:30-10:00 AM | Break |
| 10:00-11:00 AM Ballroom | Panel Discussion: The Professional Workforce – Challenges, Opportunities, and Advice From Those Who’ve Succeeded Moderator: Cara Walters, Director of Brand Acceleration, Search Solution Group Panelists: Zoya Ashirov, Senior Manager, Sia Partners; Katrina Teague, Managing Director, Head of Office, CIOO Americas, MUFG; and Bhavana Bartholf, Transformation Executive, Leading Digital Transformation, Microsoft. |
| 11:00-11:05 AM | Break & Transition |
| 11:05-11:40 AM Prefunction room | Networking and Recruitment Session |
| 11:45-12:10 PM | Lunch in the Main Ballroom |
| 12:15-1:15 PM Ballroom | Keynote: Lucia Tian, Chief Analytics Officer, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) |
| 1:15-1:35 PM | Break & Transition |
| 1:35-2:35 PM Salon I, Salon II, Salon III, The Den | Breakout Session I: Four Sessions Session I / Location: Salon I Session I / Location: Salon II Session I / Location: Salon III Act Before the Adversary: Using Data Analytics to Predict Fraud Speaker: Lori Cole, Security Operations Manager, Hanes brands Session I / Location: The Den Building Your Personal Brand Speaker: Shilpa Banerjee, SVP, Business Exec – Technology Collections / Recovery and Treasury / Finance Consumer, Small Business and Wealth Management, Bank of America |
| 2:40-3:40 PM Salon I, Salon II, Salon III, The Den | Breakout Session II: Four Sessions Session II / Location: Salon I Session II / Location: Salon II Case Study: Does Data Science Fit into the Agile Framework Speaker: Anna Clark, Sr. Product & Services Specialist, Duke Energy Session II / Location: Salon III How to Build a Search Engine Using NLP Pre-trained Model on AWS Cloud Speaker: Flora Tran, Data Scientist, Red VenturesSession II / Location: The Den Developing Your Personal Brand and Leading with Empathy Speaker: Dee Ray, Chief Brand Officer, FiltersFast |
| 3:40-3:55 PM | Break |
| 4:00-4:55 PM Ballroom | Panel Discussion: Developing New Pathways in Data Science Moderator: Panelists: Provost Joan Lorden, UNC Charlotte; Dean Nancy Gutierrez, College of Liberal Arts and Architecture, UNC Charlotte; Dean Fatma Mili, College of Computing and Informatics, UNC Charlotte; and Dean Jennifer Troyer, Belk College of Business, UNC Charlotte. |
| 4:55-5:05 PM Ballroom | Closing Remarks Madlen Ivanova, Senior Data Scientist, Lowe’s Inc., WiDS Ambassador |
| 5:05-6:15 PM Prefunction room | Networking and Cocktail Reception |