Women in Data Science conference
St. Petersburg
MARCH 9, 2019
The Global WiDS Conference aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and to support women in the field. This one-day technical conference provides an opportunity to hear about the latest data science related research and applications in a number of domains, and connect with others in the field.

WiDS St. Petersburg is an independent event organized by HSE University and JetBrains to coincide with the annual Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference held at Stanford University and an estimated 150+ locations worldwide. All genders are invited to attend WiDS regional events, which features outstanding women doing outstanding work.
Address
March 9, 2019
on Kantemirovskaya 3, St. Petersburg.


Conference schedule
March 9, 2019
10:00 – 10:30
10:00 – 10:30
Registration and opening video
10:40 – 11:20
10:40 – 11:20
Keynote 1. Data-driven desicions for business
Elena Chernyshova, Yandex
11:20 – 12:00
11:20 – 12:00
Keynote 2. How data science came to the company
Ekaterina Gudkova, BIOCAD
12:00 – 13:00
12:00 – 13:00
Keynote 3. Data Science in the Healthcare
Varvara Tsurko, ICS RAS, IQVIA
13:00 – 14:00
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00
14:00 – 16:00
Career panel
Maria Tikhonova (Sberbank), Nonna Shakhova (Veeam Software), Alexandra Shirkhova (Huawei), Natalia Khanzhina (ITMO University, Huawei)
16:00 – 19.00
16:00 – 19.00
Poster session and networking/reception
Co-ambassadors
Associate Professor
Department of Applied Mathematics and Business Informatics. Lecturer at the Data Science Minor
Instructor at the Data Science minor. Member of the Machine Learning and Social Computing Research
Lecturer on the Information Systems course. Member of the Machine Learning and Social Computing Research Group
Vsevolod Suschevsky
Student of the BA "Sociology and Social Informatics", TA on Data Science minor
Daria Kholodova
Social Project Manager at Jet Brains

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NRU Higher School of Economics

Kanemirovskaya st., 3
Saint Petersburg, Russia
E-mail: [email protected]