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Data Takes Center Stage at Oct. 7 Women’s SoCal Leadership Summit
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The Oct. 7 Women’s SoCal Leadership Summit, presented by Women in Technology Hollywood (WiTH), will host presenters on a wide range of topics, covering diversity, leadership, remote work and technology.
And a look at the initial offerings for the program — running 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. PT — sees an overriding angle for the approach to all those topics: data.
Beginning with the keynote “Stories from a Tech-Informed Diversity Journey” — presented by Jeanne Holm, senior tech advisor and chief data officer for the city of Los Angeles — attendees will hear from a range of experts on how data, AI and more in the smart content space are impacting the industry today.
They include:
• Edie Givens, SVP of people and organisation for Sony Pictures Entertainment, Talia Robinson, SVP of human resources for ViacomCBS, and Dolores Tersigni, founder and president of Ellavate, in the panel discussion “Tackling Bias (AI and Human) in the Recruitment Process.” AI is proving promising for eliminating bias in hiring, by eliminating unconscious human bias, and by assessing the entire pipeline of available candidates, rather than forcing humans to implement biased processes. The speakers will highlight the evolving toolsets being used to tackle the new normal.
• “Research and Insights: Managing the Human and Business Impact of COVID-19” will have Tania Massad, research and insights lead for consumer products at Warner Bros., and Nicol Turner Lee, director of The Centre for Technology Innovation (CTI), and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, share new behaviours and insights from consumers during the last year, covering digital consumption, what they’re buying during the pandemic, and more.
• The discussion “Leveraging Neuroscience for Unbiased Leadership” will look at how neuroscience can be used to understand and tackle bias, and help us all understand how we all have reacted to the constant stress of the pandemic, and why.
For regular programme updates, visit the event website here.
To register, click here.
To sponsor SoCal Women’s Leadership Summit 2020, contact Evie Silvers at [email protected], or Garrett Finley at [email protected].
