WomenOfAI.org AI Summit 2020
On Saturday May 30, our partners at WomenOfAI.org will be hosting their first annual “AI Summit” online.
Registration is online at Eventbrite. WomenOfAI.org is a global nonprofit providing technical and leadership development programs to 10,000 members since 2018.
Registration at Register at Eventbrite.
Tickets are $50 general admission, $25 for the hiring manager “meet-n-greet” and $60 for both tickets (25% off).
WomenOfAI.org aims to create accessible, low cost programs differing from industry standards where AI Summits often cost $1000+ to attend.
All proceeds will benefit the public, donation-based charity founded by Erica Lee, a Director of Machine Learning Engineering at Zillow, who started the organization at Apple Park where she formerly worked.
Speakers from Google TensorFlow, Intel Corporation, Andreessen Horowitz, Zillow, Salesforce, Samsung NEXT, XOKind, Lean In, and Women In Product will meet virtually to discuss trending topics in artificial intelligence, and initiatives around diversity and inclusion in the field. Anyone who works in AI, is interested in learning about AI, and/or is curious about diversity programs in the field is encouraged to attend.
The AI Summit 2020 will cover many of today’s trending topics in artificial intelligence:
Diversity in AI: Why does it matter and how do we get there?
AI for Social Good: Initiatives on AI for Social Welfare
User-Focused AI: How to create a utilitarian user experience
Creative Side of AI: Intersection of AI - Storytelling and Moviemaking
Agile Data Science at Scale: Building agile data science platform to scale
Real-World Applications for AI: How it’s being used now & how it will be used
Unconscious Algorithm Bias: What it looks like and what it implies
The WomenOfAI.org Summit will also include an optional, a la carte program focused on job seekers called “Hiring Manager Meet-N-Greet.” This session will have several AI hiring managers give a brief informational talk on their team, open roles & interview tips, alongside Q&A.
Learn more about our speakers below. We hope to see you there!
Erica Lee is an AI executive & founder of WomenofAI.org. She serves as the Director of Machine Learning Engineering at Zillow. Prior to Zillow, she worked as an AI Manager at Apple, AI Director at Grabango, and CTO/Founder of a Machine Vision startup. She studied at MIT & John Hopkins and won the Presidential Volunteer Award by Kids Korp for 10 years of service to her community. Erica is passionate about applying AI to make the world a better place, and creating a world of love and kindness.
Yinyin Liu is the Co-Founder, and CTO of XOKind, an AI company building AI agents to help people plan and make decisions more easily. Prior to co-founding XOKing, Yinyin was the Head of Data Science at Intel AI, where she established and led a global team of deep learning researchers and data scientists that is engaged with in-depth data science for AI hardware and software product engineering. Prior to joining Intel, Yinyin was a Principal Data Scientist at Nervana Systems (acquired by Intel in 2016), where she was responsible for developing deep learning algorithms, frameworks, and AI solutions for enterprises. Yinyin has publications and patents in the areas of NLP, RL, Computer Vision, Neuromorphic Computing, and Robotics.
Frank Chen is a partner at the venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz. Chen runs the deal and research team at the firm and is responsible for finding and evaluating great entrepreneurs and companies, as well as building their knowledge base of technologies and trends. Prior to Andreessen Horowitz, Chen was the VP of Strategy for HP, where he led the company through the rapid enterprise adoption of server, storage, and network virtualization. Chen joined HP during its acquisition of Opsware, where he was the VP of Products & User Experience for a broad set of Opsware’s data center automation products.
Laurence Moroney is an AI Advocacy Lead at Google, specializing in TensorFlow and Google AI. Previously, he worked on Firebase, Google Maps, and Google Cloud. He hosts the YouTube show Coffee with a Googler, a popular interview show that puts a human face on many of the roles that people take inside the company. Laurence is also the instructor of Coursera’s TensorFlow in Practice Specialization, which was co-developed together with deeplearning.ai. Laurence is the author of a number of books, including the upcoming Definitive Guide to Firebase from Apress, the popular ‘Legend of the Locust‘ Young Adult Sci-Fi series, and the prequel to the movie ‘Equilibrium’, starring Christian Bale,
Abigail Hing Wen is the Senior Director of AI at Intel, as well as the New York Times Best-Selling Author of Loveboat, Taipei, a romantic comedy that follows a girl named Ever Wong on a journey of self-discovery during a summer cultural immersion program. Before she came to Silicon Valley to work in AI and venture capital, Hing Wen attended the actual Loveboat program in Taipei as a young adult and worked in Washington DC for the Senate as a law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals. At Intel Capital, she partners closely with investors on AI investments and has worked with over 100 Silicon Valley startups, from incorporation to acquisition or IPO.
Raena Saddler is the VP of people and managing director at the Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation, the non-profit that runs Lean In and Option B. For the past five years, she has helped Lean In launch initiatives that raise awareness on issues critical to advancing women at work, and develop programs to help companies build more equal and inclusive workplaces. Prior to joining the foundation, she was the head of product at Topix, an online media technology company. She lives in East Palo Alto with her husband, with whom she is raising three daughters to have a strong sense of social justice and a passion for driving social change on issues impacting women of color.
Jiun Kimm is the Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Samsung NEXT. Based out of New York, Jiun is focused on strengthening internal support and programming for underrepresented groups, and providing thought leadership and strategy to increase engagement with underrepresented founders and businesses serving marginalized communities around the world. Jiun has over 10 years of diversity and inclusion experience in education, philanthropy, and tech. Prior to joining Samsung, Kimm worked at Squarespace, Two Sigma, and Teach For America, and is a trained social justice facilitator.
Yardley Pohl is the co-founder and board member of Women in Product. She is passionate about investing in founders, and she is a part of First Round Capital’s Angel Track Class and Sequoia Capital’s Scout Program. Yardley began her career as a New Products Engineer at Apple before changing career paths to focus on Product Management at companies such as Thrive Global, Trulia, eBay, Yahoo, and Dun & Bradstreet.
Sarah Aerni is Senior Director of Data Science and Engineering at Salesforce Einstein, where she leads teams building artificial intelligence-powered applications across the Salesforce platform. She is passionate about agile data science and creates working environments that foster diversity and inclusion. Sarah spends her spare time traveling and volunteering for organizations such as Women in Machine Learning.
View more details and register for the event on Eventbrite:
Credit: WomenOfAI.org © 2020
All proceeds will go to WomenOfAI.org to help provide more technical and leadership programs for rising talent in AI. Once you purchase a ticket, you will receive a donation receipt for your records prior to May 30, 2020. WomenOfAI.org is a public, donation-based 501c3 nonprofit with EIN 84-5104230.
Contact
WomenOfAI
Lauren Long
Director, Media & PR
lauren@womenofai.org