I Chose Stem 2019
February 11, 2019

I Chose STEM 2019

9:00 AM–4:00 PM PST

Location: San Francisco, CA, USA

Venue: Microsoft Reactor
680 Folsom St
San Francisco, CA 94107

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Contact: For event questions, please contact msrevent@microsoft.com

In support of International Day of Women and Girls in STEM

When we encourage women to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers, we double the world’s potential to solve problems. Join Microsoft Research on February 11, 2019, in San Francisco to meet with and learn from women who are pioneers in their fields and have created meaningful impact through technology. Learn from their successes and failures while networking with future colleagues and collaborators. Spend a day with researchers, engineers, and startup CEOs, including:

  • One of the “100 Most Creative People in Business” by Fast Company focused on creating an end-to-end system that stores digital data in DNA
  • A Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient and co-founder of an early-stage artificial intelligence focused venture fund
  • Master inventor and Distinguished Engineer at IBM Watson
  • The fair Machine Learning lead working on eradicating hate speech on Twitter

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Agenda

Time (PST) Session Speaker
10:00 AM Welcome Gretchen Huizinga (opens in new tab), Executive Producer and Host @ The Microsoft Research Podcast
10:05 AM-10:45 AM Stem Chose Me! Vanessa Milan (opens in new tab), Senior Designer @ Microsoft
10:45 AM–11:45 AM Creating impact through STEM careers
  • Carolina Galleguillos, Senior Machine Learning Engineer @ Google
  • Edaena Salinas Jasso (opens in new tab), Software Engineer @ Microsoft
  • Laura Chiticariu, Chief Architect @ IBM Watson
  • Eren Manavoglu, Partner Scientist @ Microsoft
11:45 AM–12:45 PM Building a company and failing fast
  • Riva Tez, Co-founder @ Permutation Ventures
  • Lauren Washington, Co-founder @ Fundr
  • Miki Heller, VP of Operations and Strategy @ Astranis
  • Rian Buckley, Founder @ Fitcode
12:45 PM–1:30 PM Networking Lunch Meet with recruiters and potential collaborators and colleagues
1:30 PM–2:30 PM Keeping an eye on AI
  • Ayse Naz Erkan, Machine Learning @ Twitter
  • Shubha Nabar, Senior Director, Data Science @ Salesforce Einstein
  • Tulsee Doshi, Product Lead for ML Fairness @ Google
  • Alicia Chang, Instructional Designer @ Google
2:30 PM–3:10 PM Applying STEM – a journey to Ikigai Kitty Yeung (opens in new tab), Creative technologist and manager at the Garage @ Microsoft
3:10 PM–5:00 PM Networking Reception Learn about funding opportunities from Microsoft Research, meet with recruiters and hiring managers, share your latest findings, and get feedback on next steps.

*Subject to change