MARCH 24th, 2020, THE RITZ-CARLTON Charlotte
8:00-8:30 AM
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Check-in/Registration
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8:30-8:40 AM
Ballroom
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WiDS Introduction
Stanford University's Global WiDS Video
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8:40-8:50 AM
Ballroom
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Welcome Remarks
Madlen Ivanova, Senior Data Scientist, Lowe's Inc., WiDS Ambassador
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8:50- 9:00 AM
Ballroom
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Lowe's Inc.Video
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9:00- 9:30 AM
Ballroom
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Keynote: Seemantini Godbole, Executive Vice President, and CIO, Lowe's Inc.
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9:30-10:00 AM
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Break
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10:00-11:00 AM
Ballroom
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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.
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11:00-11:05 AM
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Break & Transition
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11:05-11:40 AM
Prefunction room
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Networking and Recruitment Session
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11:45-12:10 PM
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Lunch in the Main Ballroom
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12:15-1:15 PM
Ballroom
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Keynote: Lucia Tian, Chief Analytics Officer, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
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1:15-1:35 PM
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Break & Transition
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1:35-2:35 PM
Salon I, Salon II, Salon III, The Den
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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, Hanesbrands
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
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2:40-3:40 PM
Salon I, Salon II, Salon III, The Den
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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 Ventures
Session II / Location: The Den
Developing Your Personal Brand and Leading with Empathy
Speaker: Dee Ray, Chief Brand Officer, FiltersFast
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3:40-3:55 PM
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Break
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4:00-4:55 PM
Ballroom
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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.
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4:55-5:05 PM
Ballroom
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Closing Remarks
Madlen Ivanova, Senior Data Scientist, Lowe's Inc., WiDS Ambassador
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5:05-6:15 PM
Prefunction room
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Networking and Cocktail Reception
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