JGI International Women's Day Seminar 2022

8 March 2022, 12.00 PM - 8 March 2022, 1.00 PM

Online, Zoom

This event has now passed but please find the recording of the seminar on the our YouTube channel.

We invite you to join us for this exciting event showcasing inspiring women from our community and the Data Science and AI related projects they are involved in.

The theme of International Women's Day 2022 is #BreakTheBias to celebrate women's achievements, raise awareness against bias and take action for equality.

We will be welcoming guest speakers from The Jean Golding Institute and our international partners, to talk about how they got to where they are now, their research interests and achievements they are proud of. They will also be sharing their unique experiences of what it is like to be a woman working in Data Science and AI.

Please look at our Code of Conduct which we follow at all virtual and in-person events.

Guest Speakers:

Betsy Muriithi

Research Fellow at the Data Science unit of at iLabAfrica research centre at Strathmore University, Nairobi

Emma Kuwertz

Data Science Specialist, Jean Golding Insititute, University of Bristol

Merve Alanyali Rafferty

Head of Data Science Academic Partnerships and Research at Liverpool Victoria General Insurance

Anna Scaife

Professor of Radio Astronomy at the University of Manchester and Turing AI Fellow

Haeran Cho

Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, and Turing Fellow

‌ Speakers for the JGI International Women's Day Seminar 2022 (left to right: Betsy Muriithi from Stathmore University in Nairobi, Emma Kuwertz from Jean Golding Institute (UoB), Merve Alanyali from Liverpool Victoria=General Insurance, Anna Scaife from University of Manchester and Alan Turing AI Fellow, Haeran Cho from the University of Bristol and Turing Fellow).

Left to right: Betsy Muriithi from Stathmore University in Nairobi, Emma Kuwertz from Jean Golding Institute (UoB), Merve Alanyali from Liverpool Victoria=General Insurance, Anna Scaife from University of Manchester and Alan Turing AI Fellow, Haeran Cho from the University of Bristol and Turing Fellow.

Provisional Programme:

This programme may be subject to change.

11:55 - 12:00 - Join the event online

12:00 - 12:05 - Introduction from the Director of the JGI

12:05 - 12:45 - Guest speaker presentations

12:45 - 13:00 - Q&A session