Program
EDI@KDD 2024
Wednesday August 28th, 2024 – from 11:00 AM to 16:00 PM
Location: Room 114 – Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona, Spain
Chairs: Tania Cerquitelli, Amin Mantrach
| 11:00 AM - 11:10 AM | Opening Remarks |
| 11:10 AM - 13:00 PM | Session I - Keynote Speakers |
| 11:10 AM - 11:45 AM | Dr. William Agnew (Carnegie Mellon University) "Mobilizing the Queer Community in AI Policy" |
| 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Dialogue with Dr. Claudia Perlich (Two Sigma) "Empowering Women in Data Science" |
| 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Prof. Karina Gibert (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech) "AI and gender issues" |
| 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM | Dr. Moreno La Quatra (Kore University of Enna) "Promoting Inclusivity through Natural Language Processing" |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Networking Lunch in Exhibit Hall |
| 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Session II - EDI policies and best practices |
| 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Dr. Sophie Mulot (Amazon) "Inclusive eXperiences in the workplace" |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Session III - Empowering individuals to do their best |
| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Prof. Carlos "ChaTo" Castillo (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) "A late non-binary transition" |
| 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | Session IV - Collaborative Design of an EDI Manifesto |
| 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | Matteo Berta (Politecnico di Torino) "Interactive Design of an EDI Manifesto" |
| 3:50 PM - 4:00 PM | Closing Remarks |