Previous Speakers and Sessions

Learn more about the industry leaders and technical experts you'll hear from at DataConnect Conference! These previous speakers will give you a glimpse at past sessions DataConnect Conference has offered.

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Jessica Pearson

Strategy Lead

Gensler

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

Mining Qualitative Data for Insights: Using ML to Build an NLP Model for Workplace Design Using Open-ended Survey Comments

Kathy Koontz

Principal Data Strategist

AWS

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

The Data Dilemma: Why Companies Must Rethink Data Management for Generative AI Success

Ketaki Sodhi

Sr Analyst & Program Lead, Employee Listening & Change Management

Microsoft

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

Pre-Conference Workshop | GenAI Buildathon: Build Custom Chat-based Interfaces & Simple Solutions with AI; and Navigate the AI Maze with Women Defining AI: An Interactive "Choose Your Own Adventure" Panel Discussion

Kim Thies

CEO

AbeaData Inc.

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

The Human Element: People Are Essential for ROI in Data Initiatives

Jarai Carter

Senior Manager of Data Science

John Deere

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

Build-a-Byte: Constructing Your Data Science Toolkit

Jennifer Strong

Host

SHIFT Podcast from PRX

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

Iris Cheng

Software Engineer

Instalily

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

InstaAgents: AI in Production

Jana Eggers

CEO

Nara Logics

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Main Panel

Main Panel | The Path to AI Adoption, Integration & Alignment

Holly Spellmann Burdette

Digital Analytics Data Steward-II

American Association for the Advancement of Science

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

Tutorial | From Concept to Code: Crafting API Calls with AI

Harshinee Sriram

PhD Candidate

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

Classification of Alzheimer's Disease with Deep Learning on Eye-tracking Data

Hoa Duong

Senior Data Scientist

Purdential

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

GANs for Causal Inference: Harnessing Conditional Independence

Helen Lee Kupp

Co-Founder

Women Defining AI

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Workshop

Pre-Conference Workshop | GenAI Buildathon: Build Custom Chat-based Interfaces & Simple Solutions with AI

Eva Cruz

President/Principal Consultant

QuantDI

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

Fairness By Proxy: How Financial Institutions Assess for Fairness in Credit Decisions Without Actual Race or Gender Data

Elizabeth Crowe

Director, Urban Analytics & Innovation

City of Cleveland

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

Modernizing Local Government: Data & Analytics at City of Cleveland

Gwendolyn D. Stripling, PhD

Artificial Intelligence Technical Content Developer

Google Cloud

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

Tutorial | No-Code and Low-Code AI: A Practical Project Driven Approach to ML

Divyangna Singh

Director, Product Management

BJ's Wholesale Club

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

Enabling AI Based Solutions to Drive Revenue, Growth and Savings

Elizabeth Goldstein

Independent Researcher

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

Mining Qualitative Data for Insights: Using ML to Build an NLP Model for Workplace Design Using Open-ended Survey Comments

Dimitra Charalampopoulou

Analytics & ML Engineer

Intel

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

Tutorial | Build your own custom GPT for Analytics

Deniz Tudor

Head of Modeling

Bread Financial

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

Not a Myth: AI Increases Productivity

Diane Dagefoerde

Executive Advisor

Smart Columbus

DataConnect Conference

Women in Analytics Conference

2024

Other

WIA After Hours Podcast | How a Community Infomation Exchange Aligns Data to Enable Action

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DataConnect is focused on providing growth opportunities for women in the field by increasing visibility to the individuals making an impact in the space, providing our conference as platform for them to lead the conversation, and supporting their success in communicating their expertise and experiences in their craft.Our call for speakers is now open for DataConnect Conference 2025! Click the link below to learn more.

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