La Universidad Rey Juan Carlos through the Master in Logistics Project Management SAP MPLSAP,will organize an online Seminar on April 16, 2021 from 16:20 p.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. in collaboration with Stanford University, within the initiative Women In Data Science (WIDS), whose objective is to inspire and give visibility to women who stand out for their exceptional work in the field of Data Science.

The conference will focus on the power of platforms to promote female careers in Data Management, and will be attended by directors of renowned companies such as Atos, Womenalia, everis and Eva Levy & Partners.

In the first part, we will be joined by Eva Levy, Managing Partner of Eva Levy & Partners, who will talk to us about the absence of women in STEAM careers, and María Teresa Ballestar de las Heras, Associate Director of Data Strategy at MSD, who will will explain the importance of including profiles of women in Data Science to create value. 

We will also have the presence of María Gómez del Pozuelo, Founding Partner and CEO of Womenalia, who will focus her speech on the usefulness of using platforms to help female entrepreneurship in Data Science.

After the break, Sandra Sans Estrada, Partner responsible for the global area of ​​infrastructure Services at Everis, and Mayte Hidalgo, Director of Strategy and AI at Everis, will talk about bias-proof Artificial Intelligence.

Finally, we will have a very interesting colloquium on the role of the University in the training and orientation of women towards careers focused on Data Science, moderated by the director of the Master in SAP Logistics Project Management of the Rey Juan Carlos University, Monica de Pablos Heir.

The event, free, and in which 0,2 ECTS will be awarded, will be a great opportunity to enter a professional sector on the rise, and that implies a change in the approach to teaching the younger generations.

You can sign up at the following link: urjc_wids2021

WIDS

The Women in Data Science (WiDS) initiative aims to inspire and educate data scientists around the world, regardless of gender, and support women in this field. 

WiDS began with a conference at Stanford in November 2015.

WiDS currently includes a global conference at Stanford University, with approximately 150+ regional events around the world, a datathon encouraging participants to hone their skills, and a podcast, with leaders in the field talking about their work. , his travels and the lessons learned.

Carmen and Mónica de Pablos Heredero, repeat as ambassadors of WIDS Madrid @ URJC

Within the WIDS initiative are the regional events, which will take place between January and April 2021 in more than 50 countries around the world.

In the case of Madrid, the sisters Monica and Carmen de Pablos Heir, repeat as ambassadors from WIDS Madrid @ URJC that aims to inspire and educate data scientists around the world, regardless of gender, and support women in this field.

wids madrid@ King Juan Carlos University 2020

Last year we signed the Pact for Gender Equality in Colombia, an agreement that symbolizes the co-responsibility of around XNUMX organizations with the implementation of actions that contribute to reducing inequalities. la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos with MPLSAP and with the support of the program SAP Next Gen., organized the Seminar Technologies applied to innovative projects led by women in Data Science, framed within the WIDS2020 initiative of Stanford University. 

To the regional event , which was focused on innovation led by women in data science, and was attended by directors of companies of recognized prestige as Indra, Naturgy or Grupo Secuoya, More than 3000 people attended and the reception was impressive, as reflected in the multitude of comments and questions that were received during the event and in the numerous emails that subsequently arrived congratulating the speakers for their professionalism and for covering a topic that seemed very interesting and much needed.