Registration and Networking Breakfast

Opening Remarks

Cathy Chute, Assistant Dean for Professional and External Programs, Harvard SEAS

Michelle Carmichael, Director of Administration and Finance, MIT IDSS

Plenary/Technical Talk: Are you sure? An introduction to the Bayesian Causal Framework

Danisha Baker, Data Scientist, Statistician, Microsoft

Lightning Talks (18 lightning talks of 1 minute)

Coffee Break

Panel - Data Science for Humanitarian Work in Conflict Zones

Rana Hussein, Research Associate at BU Center on Forced Displacement, Boston University

Daphne Joseph, Research Fellow at McKinsey and Company

Erica Nelson, Co-Director, Humanitarian Geoanalytics Research and Education Programs,

Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Moderator: Natalie Ayers, PhD Student in Government at Harvard University

Keynote Presentation: Using Data to Navigate Conflict Frontlines

Fotini Christia, Ford International Professor of the Social Sciences
Director, MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC), MIT

Lunch, Recruiting, Poster Session, Networking

Plenary/Technical Talk: Copilot: Generative AI and Large Language Models

Elizabeth Lingg, Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft

Coffee Break

​Panel - Responsible AI: Democratization of AI Tools & AI for Sustainability

Devon Chen, Associate Partner | McKinsey | QuantumBlack

Priya L. Donti, Assistant Professor and the Silverman (1968) Family Career Development Professor at MIT EECS and LIDS

Minsoo Thigpen, Senior Product Manager working on Responsible AI, Microsoft

Moderator: Nishtha Sardana, master’s student in Data Science at Harvard University

Recruiting, Poster Session, Networking, Closing Reception

Closing Remarks
End of Conference