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About Us
WiDS @ GM is an independent event that is organized by General Motors as part of the annual WiDS Worldwide conference, the WiDS Datathon, and an estimated 200 WiDS Regional Events worldwide. Everyone is invited to attend all WiDS conference and WiDS Datathon Workshop events which feature outstanding women doing outstanding work.
General Motors is proud to support Stanford University in the Women in Data Science (WiDS) initiative. WiDS started as a one-day technical conference at Stanford in 2015 aimed to inspire and educate data scientists. Today, WiDS has grown to become a global movement that includes many worldwide initiatives.
Register now for our no-cost virtual conference. (see "Register Now" link above.
Mark your calendars to join us on May 13, 2025, at the 6th annual GM sponsored WiDS conference, to learn from data scientist professionals in various fields who will share the latest research and applications of data science in a broad set of domains. Attendees will learn how leading-edge companies are leveraging data science for success.
Livestream
Video Replays from last year's event:
WiDS Worldwide Opening Video 2025:
Date and Time
May 13, 2025
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM EDT
Location
Virtual - Register for Details
Featured Speakers
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Keynote Speaker
Sumathi Thiyagarajan, Milkwaukee Bucks
SVP, Analytics & Business Operations
Topic: Using Data & Analytics to Drive the Business
Tech Talk
Samar Deen, Microsoft
Senior Data Scientist
Topic: Understanding the end-to-end RAG solution
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Panel
Experimentation
Tech Talk
Jennifer Flexer, CEFCU
Vice President Data Governance
Topic: Carrots, Sticks, & Anvils: Building a Data Community Beyond the Data Team
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Tech Talk
Riya Sherchan, Ipsos MMA
Senior Manager
Topic: A new paradigm for data-driven media attribution
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Joint Speaker Tech Talk
Megan Brown, Ph.D & Jessica Locke
Topic: Personalization from scratch: from data science to launch
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Tech Talk
Chandhana Padmanabhan, Databricks
Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, ML/GenAI
Topic: No-Code to Pro-Code: Quick GenAI Wins for Data Science
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Tech Talk
Darby Greenwell
Data Science
Topic: Navigating Leadership as a Woman in Data Science
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Joint Speaker Tech Talk
Meg Tennant, & Dr. Sarah Cooper,
Amazon Web Services
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Topic: What and How - AI in key industry transformations
Thank you to our 2025 WiDS @GM Committee & Volunteers
Agenda
9:45 - 10:00 AM (ET)
Virtual Conference Lines Open
10:00 – 10:05 AM
Welcome to WiDS@GM
Sheri Marshall, General Motors
10:05 – 10:30 AM
Keynote
Sumathi Thiyagarajan
10:30 – 10:50 AM
Tech Talk
Samar Deen
10:50– 11:00 AM Break
11:00 – 11:20 AM
Tech Talk
Jennifer Flexer
11:20 - 11:50 AM
Panel: Experimentation
Casandra Campbell
Sneha Saxena
Ambita Surlekar
Pallavi Mane
Moderator: Sneha Rajen
11:50 – 12:00 PM Break
12:00 – 12:20 PM
Tech Talk
Riya Sherchan
12:20 – 12:40 PM
Joint Tech Talk
Megan C. Brown, Ph.D
Jessica Locke
12:40 – 12:50 PM Break
12:50 – 1:10 PM
Tech Talk
Chandhana Padmanabhan
1:10 – 1:30 PM
Tech Talk
Darby Greenwell
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Joint Tech Talk
Meg Tennant
Dr. Sarah Cooper
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM
Closing Remarks for 2025 WiDS @ GM Conference
Sheri Marshall, General Motors