Agenda

9:00 - 9:45 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Welcome

9:45 - 11:00 AM Hands On Workshops (space is limited in each workshop so use this link to register)

  • Intro to Shiny Workshop - Presented by Dr. Amanda Traud, Founder and Data Science Consultant at Marvelous Modeling LLC
  • Intro to Python for Data Science, Presented by Nicole Donnelly, Data management specialist with the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, Government of the District of Columbia
  • Statistical Learning Methods in R, Presented by Dr. Wendy Martinez, ‎Director, Mathematical Statistics Research Center - ‎Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Calibrating your Career "GPS" (Strategies for setting and achieving career goals) Presented by Dr. Donna LaLonde, Director Strategic Initiatives and Outreach, The American Statistical Association and Dr. Rochelle Tractenberg, Director, Collaborative for Research on Outcomes and -Metrics and Professor Neurology, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Biomathematics, Rehabilitation Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center and Chair Committee on Professional Ethics, American Statistical Association

11:00 - 11:40 AM Two Minute Ignite Talks

  • Using the Ignite talk model participants get three minutes to share 3 slides. The goal is to build the slides to ensure a "fast and fun presentation." This is an opportunity to share an interesting project or career trajectory. To be on the schedule use this link to submit your slides. The first 18 folks to register and submit their slides will be able to present. Use this link to register and submit your slides. Submit slides in pdf format by Thursday, March 1st.

11:40 - Noon Speed Networking/Mentoring

12:00-1:10 PM WiDS Livestream

  • Welcome Address: Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd College
  • Keynote Address: Leda Braga, CEO, Systematica Investments
  • Regional Event Check-in

1:10 PM - 1:50 PM Lunch and more Networking

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Local technical talks

    • Rochelle Tractenberg, Director, Collaborative for Research on Outcomes and -Metrics and Professor Neurology, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Biomathematics, Rehabilitation Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center and Chair Committee on Professional Ethics, American Statistical Association
    • Meena Krishnan, President and CEO, Inoventures, LLC
    • Janet Dobbins, Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Partnership at The Institute for Statistics Education at Statistics.com and President, DC Data Community

3:30 - 4:00 PM Wrap-up