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MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: Oct. 5-9

Two full days of Tamr’s DataMasters Virtual Summit, a full-day Salesforce Industries Summit for media, and the SoCal Women’s Leadership Summit returns as a full-day virtual event

Those are just a few of the online events members of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) will be holding the week of Oct. 5-9, according to MESA’s global member e-calendar.

Here’s a look at what’s ahead:

Wednesday:

• Women in Technology Hollywood (WiTH) brings back its popular SoCal Women’s Leadership Summit on Oct 7, this time as an all-online event.

Running from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. PT, SoCal Women’s Leadership Summit 2020 will be designed to inform and inspire attendees on topics covering diversity, leadership and technology, with presentations and breakout sessions tackling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the social equality movement.

In addition to two keynote presentations — “A Technology-Informed Diversity Journey” delivered by Jeanne Holm, senior tech advisor and chief data officer for the City of Los Angeles, and “Driving Social Impact and Empowering Women of Colour in the Media and Tech Worlds,” presented by Jeanine Liburd, chief social impact and communications officer for BET Networks, attendees of the event can expect a wide range of presentations, four tracks of breakout sessions, and a featured panel with the WiTH Leadership Award winners.

To register, click here.

• Tamr will kick off the first of two day-long DataMasters Virtual Summit events, a free virtual event that brings together business leaders and technology experts, in order to celebrate and build community around those that who help their organisations leverage data as an asset.

Thursday:

• Zendesk will host the webinar “Go from CX Starter to Champion: How to Level Up Your Support,” to share the results of a 1,000-person CX study.

• Salesforce will host its full-day Industries Summit for media, with live experts sessions all day.