Meet the Speakers Schedule

These sessions provide an opportunity go deeper into the topic areas that each speaker will cover on the WiDS Worldwide main stage. 
APAC | EMEA | Americas/Closing

Meet the Speaker Videos

 

Meet the Speakers: APAC

​March 8 GMT

Moderator

Speaker

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    5:00 - 5:20 am

Moderated by:
Joy Ku, Director, Communications & Engagement, Mobilize Center, Stanford University

Emily Fox, Distinguished Engineer, Apple; Professor University of Washington

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    5:20 - 5:40 am

Moderated by:
Radhika Kannan, Technical Program Manager, Intuit
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Geetha Majunath, CEO, Niramai

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    5:40 - 6:00 am

Moderated by:
Margot Gerritsen, Professor, Stanford University

Kalinda Griffiths, Scientia Lecturer
Centre Big Data Research in Health, UNSW

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Meet the Speakers: EMEA

​March 8 GMT

Moderator

Speaker

    11:00 - 11:25 am

Moderated by:
Mahadia Tunga, Co Founder and Director Data Science, Research and Capacity Development, Tanzania Data Lab

Dina Machuve, Lecturer and Researcher, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST)

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    11:25 - 11:50 am

Moderated by:
Lama Moussawi,  Associate Dean of Research, American University of Beirut (AUB)

Fatima Abu Salem, Associate Professor American University of Beirut (AUB)

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    11:50 - 12:15 pm

Moderated by :
Margot Gerritsen, Professor, Stanford University

Maria Schuld, Senior Researcher, Xanadu and the University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal

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Meet the Speakers: Americas/Closing

​March 8 GMT

Moderator

Speaker

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    6:00 - 6:25 pm

Moderated by:
Deepa Gautam-Nigge, Senior Director, Global Lead SAP Next-Gen Ecosystem, SAP

Karina Edmonds, VP, Head of Academies and University Alliances, SAP

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    6:25 - 6:50 pm

Don't Look. See! Are We Blinded by Data (Visualization)?

Fanny Chevalier, Assistant Professor at University of Toronto

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    6:50 - 7:15 pm

Moderated by:
Lori Sherer, Partner, Bain & Co. 

Gina Papush, Global Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Evernorth