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We talk about Big Data topics with Diversity and Inclusiveness in mind to Inspire, Connect, Engage & Grow. Together with our guests, discover what you can do with Big Data, how organizations and societies use it, and the potential of Big Data to create a better future for everyone.

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Listen and get insights about How To Tap into Your Potential in this talk with Joanna Bloor (CEO, Founder - The Amplify Lab).
We talk about: Inspiration for the Book 'Tales of Potential - The Cinderella Story You Haven't Heard'; Exploring the Concept of Now, Near, and Future Thinking; Cinderella's Story - A Tale of Ambition and Power; The Importance of Authenticity; Exercises and Tools for Unlocking Potential.

Guest Info

  • LinkedIn: Joanna Bloor
  • LinkedIn: The Amplify Lab

Resources

  • Book: Tales of Potential - The Cinderella Story You Haven't Heard (Joanna Bloor)
  • Book: Clever Lazy (Joan Bodger)
  • Website: Joanna Bloor

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Mentoring Program - Women in Big DataMentoring is essential to success at every stage of a women’s career, both as a mentee and mentor. The many WiBD mentoring programs are open to WiBD members and cover opportunities for junior, mid-career, and senior women in technology. Not yet a member? No worries. By joining a mentoring program, you automatically become a WiBD member. Both membership and mentoring are free of charge.

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Listen and get insights into Data Science & Presentation Skills in this talk with Margot Gerritsen, (Founder & Former Executive Director Women in Data Science (WiDS) Worldwide, and Professor [Emerita] Stanford University).
**We talk about: presentation framing and motivation; understanding your audience and the 2 - 3 messages you want them to remember; similarities between your presentation and writing a newspaper article; ending your presentation with a memorable takeaway; explaining where your data is coming from and how you look at the data; overcoming your fear of public speaking - you have nothing to lose, but you have something to gain; being honest about your data and the outcomes; practicing your presentation - the value of multiple dry runs; managing stage fright and anxiety; reducing presentation fears by inviting criticism early on - it will make you a better presenter.

Guest Info**

  • LinkedIn: Margot Gerritsen
  • LinkedIn: Women in Data Science

Resources

  • Book: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics (Michael Wheeler)
  • Website: Women in Data Science
  • YouTube: Women in Data Science

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Mentoring Program - Women in Big DataMentoring is essential to success at every stage of a women’s career, both as a mentee and mentor. The many WiBD mentoring programs are open to WiBD members and cover opportunities for junior, mid-career, and senior women in technology. Not yet a member? No worries. By joining a mentoring program, you automatically become a WiBD member. Both membership and mentoring are free of charge.

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**Listen and get insights into Tech Roles in GenAI Times in this talk with Nahia Orduña, Technical Leader Strategic Accounts at Amazon Web Services and co-author—together with Slavik Dimitrovich—of the book The Solutions Architects of the Future: Conversations about Tech Roles in GenAI times.

We talk about the relevance of Tech Roles in the age of Generative AI - especially the role of Solutions Architects; explore how Generative AI is helping Solution Architects; the importance of mentoring in the field of Solutions Architecture, and how trust plays a significant role in this; what the future of the Solutions Architect role might hold; and how Artificial Intelligence is impacting all areas of business to achieve greater efficiency and creativity simultaneously.

Guest Info**

  • LinkedIn: Nahia Orduña
  • LinkedIn: Amazon Web Services

Resources

  • Book: The Solutions Architects of the Future: Conversations about the Tech Roles in GenAI times
  • Website: PartyRock.aws - Everyone can build AI apps
  • YouTube: AWS Events

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Mentoring Program - Women in Big DataMentoring is essential to success at every stage of a women’s career, both as a mentee and mentor. The many WiBD mentoring programs are open to WiBD members and cover opportunities for junior, mid-career, and senior women in technology. Not yet a member? No worries. By joining a mentoring program, you automatically become a WiBD member. Both membership and mentoring are free of charge.

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**Listen and get insights into Trustworthy Generative AI in this talk with Veronique Van Vlasselaer and Bart Baesens. Veronique is the Analytics and AI Lead for South, West, & East Europe at SAS. She is a true data science enthusiast. Bart is a Professor of Data Science at KU Leuven in Belgium and a Lecturer at the University of Southampton. Bart co-authored more than 10 books and 250 scientific papers. Besides, he has an online learning platform called BlueCourses.

We talk about: the definition of trustworthy generative AI; 4 requirements to make AI, especially generative AI, trustworthy; advantages and disadvantages; how Bart and Veronique use generative AI professionally and personally; does generative AI improve humanity or destroy it?; generative AI education for students, employees and customers; the future of generative AI.**

Guest Info

  • LinkedIn: Bart Baesens
  • LinkedIn: Veronique Van Vlasselaer

Resources

  • Linkedin: KU Leuven
  • LinkedIn: SAS
  • Website: Assessment List for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (ALTAI) for self-assessment
  • Website: BlueCourses
  • Website: KU Leuven
  • Website: SAS (Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Data Management)

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Mentoring Program - Women in Big DataMentoring is essential to success at every stage of a women’s career, both as a mentee and mentor. The many WiBD mentoring programs are open to WiBD members and cover opportunities for junior, mid-career, and senior women in technology. Not yet a member? No worries. By joining a mentoring program, you automatically become a WiBD member. Both membership and mentoring are free of charge.

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**Listen, and get insights into Bias in the AI Lifecycle in this talk with Veronique Van Vlasselaer, Analytics & AI Lead South, West & East Europe at SAS.

We talk about: How to define Bias in AI and the different types of Bias in the AI Lifecycle (Data Bias, Algorithmic Bias, Decision Bias); The AI Incident 'Child Care Benefits' at the Dutch Tax Authority; The Algorithm Register of the Dutch Government; AI Developer Training; and the Assessment List for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (ALTAI) for Self-Assessment.**

Guest Info

  • LinkedIn: Veronique Van Vlasselaer

Resources

  • LinkedIn: SAS
  • Website: AI incident Database
  • Website: Assessment List for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (ALTAI) for self-assessment
  • Website: SAS (Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Data Management)
  • Website: The Algorithm Register of the Dutch Government

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Mentoring Program - Women in Big DataMentoring is essential to success at every stage of a women’s career, both as a mentee and mentor. The many WiBD mentoring programs are open to WiBD members and cover opportunities for junior, mid-career, and senior women in technology. Not yet a member? No worries. By joining a mentoring program, you automatically become a WiBD member. Both membership and mentoring are free of charge.

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Listen, and get insights into Women & Data Leadership in this talk with Theresa Kushner, Partner at **Business Data Leadership & Women in Big Data Board Member. We talk about: what is data leadership: the main challenges women face in this field; Theresa's data leadership experience; Dataleaders.org - Home of the Leader's Data Manifesto; the future of women in data leadership; data leadership & women in big data; recommendations for listeners who want to learn more about women & data leadership; and Theresa' company - Business Data Leadership.

Guest Info**

  • LinkedIn: Theresa Kushner

Resources

  • Dataleaders.org - Home of the Leader's Data Manifesto
  • Executing Data Quality Projects: Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information (Danette McGilvray)
  • Lead: How Women in Charge Claim Their Authority (Ellen M. Snee EdD)
  • Navigating the Labyrinth: An Executive Guide to Data Management (Laura Sebastian-Coleman)
  • Tales of Potential: The Cinderella Story You Haven't Heard (Joanna Bloor)

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Mentoring Program - Women in Big DataMentoring is essential to success at every stage of a women’s career, both as a mentee and mentor. The many WiBD mentoring programs are open to WiBD members and cover opportunities for junior, mid-career, and senior women in technology. Not yet a member? No worries. By joining a mentoring program, you automatically become a WiBD member. Both membership and mentoring are free of charge.

Website: Women in Big Data Podcast
LinkedIn: Follow - Women in Big Data
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Contact us: datawomen@protonmail.com

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Listen, and get insights into How to Sell the Way Your Customers Want to Buy in this talk with Kristin Zhivago, President & Founder at Zhivago Partners. We talk about **her bestseller book RoadMap to Revenue: How to Sell the Way Your Customers Want to Buy, named one of the Top 6 Marketing & Sales Books by Forbes. In this one-of-a-kind revenue-growth how-to book, Revenue Coach Kristin lays out the method that she has used to help hundreds of business owners and managers reverse-engineer their successful sales so they can manufacture new sales in quantity.

Guest Info**

  • LinkedIn: Kristin Zhivago

Resources

  • Roadmap to Revenue: How to Sell the Way Your Customers Want to Buy (Kristin Zhivago)
  • Zhivago Partners - Digital Marketing Management

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Mentoring Program - Women in Big DataMentoring is essential to success at every stage of a women’s career, both as a mentee and mentor. The many WiBD mentoring programs are open to WiBD members and cover opportunities for junior, mid-career, and senior women in technology. Not yet a member? No worries. By joining a mentoring program, you automatically become a WiBD member. Both membership and mentoring are free of charge.

Website: Women in Big Data Podcast
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Listen, and get insights into the Value of Data for Organizations in this talk with Lieve Lanoye, Team Leader Market Intro & Big Data Team, and Paola Masuzzo, Lead Data Scientist at TP Vision . We talk about **when and why TP Vision started with their data program; measuring data value; how data can help your organization move forward; the biggest threats to data value and how to handle those; and we give you some resource recommendations to learn more about the value of data.

Guest Info**

  • LinkedIn: Lieve Lanoye
  • LinkedIn: Paola Masuzzo

Resources

  • Big Data at Work: Dispelling the Myths, Uncovering the Opportunities (Thomas Davenport)
  • Newsletter: Data Products - Discussing Data Product Development, Semantic Layers, Data APIs, and Modern Data Modelling (Chad Sanderson)
  • Storytelling with Data (Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic)
  • The 6 most common types of bias when working with data (The Metabase Team)
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)

MentoringMentoring Program - Women in Big DataMentoring is essential to success at every stage of a women’s career, both as a mentee and mentor. The many WiBD mentoring programs are open to WiBD members and cover opportunities for junior, mid-career, and senior women in technology. Not yet a member? No worries. By joining a mentoring program, you automatically become a WiBD member. Both membership and mentoring are free of charge.

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Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals
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Listen, and get insights into Data, Humanitarian Aid & Migration in this talk with Tuba Bircan, Research Professor of Sociology at the VUB, Social Scientist at the Welcome Connecting Science and also at the Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public at Cambridge University. We talk about Tuba's interest in this episode's topic, the social initiative Needs Map, and the book Data Science for Migration and Mobility, co-authored by Tuba.

Podcast Partner

  • FARI - AI for the Common Good Institute

Guest Info

  • Website: www.tubabircan.com
  • LinkedIn: Tuba Bircan
  • Website: Tuba Bircan - Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Organizations

  • Website: needsmap.coop - A social cooperative that brings people in need together with individuals, institutions and organizations that want to support.
  • Website: Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public - Enabling global conversations on the ethical issues raised by cutting-edge science.

Book

  • Data Science for Migration and Mobility

MentoringMentoring Program - Women in Big DataMentoring is essential to success at every stage of a women’s career, both as a mentee and mentor. The many WiBD mentoring programs are open to WiBD members and cover opportunities for junior, mid-career, and senior women in technology. Not yet a member? No worries. By joining a mentoring program, you automatically become a WiBD member. Both membership and mentoring are free of charge.

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**Listen, and get insights into Robotics, Women & The Future in this talk with Greet Van de Perre, Postdoctoral Researcher at Brubotics - Human Robotics Research Centre at VUB, and Franziska Kirstein, Senior Scientific Domain Lead at Blue Ocean Robotics. We talk about how robotics helps to solve problems, Greet's and Franziska's journey into robotics, empowering more women to study and choose a career in this field, and the future of robotics.

Guests Info**

  • Dr. ir. Greet van de Perre (VUB)
  • Franziska Kirstein (Blue Ocean Robotics)

Organizations

  • Brubotics - Human Robotics Research Centre at VUB
  • Blue Ocean Robotics

Network

  • Women in Robotics

MentoringMentoring Program - Women in Big DataMentoring is essential to success at every stage of a women’s career, both as a mentee and mentor. The many WiBD mentoring programs are open to WiBD members and cover opportunities for junior, mid-career, and senior women in technology. Not yet a member? No worries. By joining a mentoring program, you automatically become a WiBD member. Both membership and mentoring are free of charge.

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**Listen, and get insights into Business Skills & Career Growth for Women in Technology in this talk with Erika Lunceford, Senior Vice President Consensus Solutions at PeerNova. We talk about decision-making, giving direction to your team, personal development, career opportunities, mentoring and developing your financial skills.

Mentoring**Mentoring Program - Women in Big DataMentoring is essential to success at every stage of a women’s career, both as a mentee and mentor. The many WiBD mentoring programs are open to WiBD members and cover opportunities for junior, mid-career, and senior women in technology. Not yet a member? No worries. By joining a mentoring program, you automatically become a WiBD member. Both membership and mentoring are free of charge.

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**Listen, and get insights into The Past, Present & Future of Bias in AI in this talk with Karen De Sousa Pesse, Senior Executive at Salesforce & Anita Prinzie, Product & Marketing Manager at Omina Technologies.

MentoringMentoring Program - Women in Big Data Books**Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias In A World Designed For Men(Caroline Criado-Perez)

Wij Robots (In Dutch by Lode Lauwaert)

Podcast
Visible Women (Caroline Criado-Perez)

Partnership
We are thankful to Digital Wallonia & Agence du Numérique for their partnership.
LinkedIn: Digital Wallonia
LinkedIn: Agence du Numérique

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**Listen, and get insights into Career Advancements for Women in Technology in this talk with Deborah Sgro, Director Global Mentoring at Women In Big Data.

Books**Brave Not Perfect (Reshma Saujan)

Lead - How Women Can Claim Their Authority (Ellen M. Snee)

Mindset (Carol S. Dweck)

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office ( Lois P. Frankel)

Roadmap to Revenue: How to Sell the Way Your Customers Want to Buy (Kristin Zhivago)

The First 90 Days (Michael Watkins)

The Manager's Path (Camille Fournier)

The Reality-Based Rules Of The Workplace (Cy Wakeman)

Your Next Move (Michael Watkins)

Report
Women in the Workplace (Since 2015, LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Company do launch a yearly report to give companies insights and tools to advance gender diversity in the workplace)

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Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers (A NICE GIRLS Book)
Lead: How Women in Charge Claim Their Authority
Roadmap to Revenue: How to Sell the Way Your Customers Want to Buy

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**Listen, and get insights into Big Data, Data4Good & Data Governance with experts Frederik Pivetta, Managing Partner & Co-Founder at Dalberg Data Insights, as well as AI4Belgium Co-Lead for Data Governance & AI4Good, and Valerie Zapico, Managing Partner at Valkuren. Your podcast host is Desiree Timmermans, Director at Data Innovation Talk.

1. Topics**Big Data, Data4Good & Data Governance

  • What is the connection between big data, data4good, and data governance?

Diversity & Inclusion

  • Do diversity and inclusion play a vital role in big data, data4good, and data governance?

Lessons Learned

  • How do Frederik Pivetta and Valerie Zapico experience their big data, data4good, and data governance journey?

The Future of Big Data, Data4Good & Data Governance

  • What can we expect of big data, data4good, and data governance in the future?

2. Links

  • Twitter: @DalbergTweet
  • Twitter: @val_zapico (Valerie Zapico)
  • Twitter: @DPJTimmermans (Desiree Timmermans)
  • LinkedIn: Frederik Pivetta
  • LinkedIn: Valerie Zapico
  • LinkedIn: Desiree Timmermans

3. Partners

  • Valkuren - Unlock The Power Of Data
  • Data Innovation Talk - Grow your Data Innovation Knowledge & Experience

4. Women in Big Data Brussels - links

  • Follow us on LinkedIn
  • Partner up and become a podcast guest: datawomen@protonmail.com

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Deep-dive, together with our experts, into the Relationship between Big Data, Digital Skills, & Jobs, the Role of Diversity and Inclusion, what our guests learned along the way, and the Future of Skills & Jobs. Our guests are Saskia Van Uffelen and Valerie Zapico. Saskia is the Belgian National Coalition Lead Digital Skills & Jobs, 'Be the Change 'Program Manager' at Agoria, and Belgian Digital Champion focusing on growing the digital economy and advising the European Commission about Digital Policy. Valerie is the Managing Partner at Valkuren. Your podcast host is Desiree Timmermans, Director at the Virtual Data Innovation Summit.

1. **Topics

  • Big Data, Digital Skills, and Jobs**

  • What is the Relationship between Big Data, Digital Skills, and Jobs?

* Diversity & Inclusion

  • Why are Diversity and Inclusion Essential during the Digital Transformation of organizations and society?

* Digital Transformation: Lessons Learned

  • Digital Transformation is a step-by-step process; what did you learn along the way?

* The Future of Big Data, Digital Skills & Jobs?

  • How do you think the Digital Future of Skills & Jobs will look like?

2. Book

  • Dare for Tomorrow: Leading, Working, Learning and Living in a Digital World (Saskia Van Uffelen)

3. Links

  • Twitter: @VUSaskia (Saskia Van Uffelen)
  • Twitter: @val_zapico (Valerie Zapico)
  • Twitter: @DPJTimmermans (Desiree Timmermans)
  • LinkedIn: Saskia Van Uffelen
  • LinkedIn: Valerie Zapico
  • LinkedIn: Desiree Timmermans

4. Co-Organizing Partners

  • Valkuren - Unlock The Power Of Data
  • Virtual Data Innovation Summit - Grow your Data Innovation Knowledge & Experience

5. Women in Big Data Brussels - links

  • Follow us on LinkedIn
  • Partner up and become a podcast guest: datawomen@protonmail.com

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Listen to how you can Become A Data-Minded Organization, including, e.g., what our Experts Learn Along The Way: Tina Rosario, Chief Data Officer, Europe at SAP plus Executive Board Member & European Regional Director at Women in Big Data, and Valerie Zapico, Managing Partner at Valkuren. Your podcast host is Desiree Timmermans, Director at the Virtual Data Innovation Summit.

1. **Topics

  • The Role of Big Data**

  • What is the Role of Big Data in Becoming A Data-Minded Organization?

* Becoming Data-Minded - Diversity & Inclusion

  • How do Diversity and Inclusion contribute to Becoming A Data-Minded Organization?

  • Becoming Data-Minded: The Learnings of our Guests

  • Becoming a Data-Minded Organization is a Step-By-Step Process: What did Tina and Valerie learn?

* The Future of Data-Minded Organizations

  • What will the Future of Data-Minded Organizations look like?

2. Links

  • LinkedIn: Tina Rosario
  • LinkedIn: Valerie Zapico
  • LinkedIn: Desiree Timmermans
  • Twitter: @val_zapico (Valerie Zapico)
  • Twitter: @DPJTimmermans (Desiree Timmermans)

3. Co-Organizing Partners

  • Valkuren - Unlock The Power Of Data
  • Virtual Data Innovation Summit - Grow your Data Innovation Knowledge & Experience

4. Women in Big Data Brussels - links

  • Follow us on LinkedIn
  • Partner up and become a podcast guest: datawomen@protonmail.com

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Listen how you can Develop and Use Responsible AI, e.g., including the role of Diversity & Inclusion, discussed by Experts Virginia Dignum, Professor Responsible Artificial Intelligence, and Valerie Zapico, Managing Partner at Valkuren. Your podcast host is Desiree Timmermans, Director at the Virtual Data Innovation Summit.

1. **Topics

  • Responsible AI**

  • What is the Responsible AI and Why is it Important?

* Responsible AI - Diversity & Inclusion

  • What is the role of Diversity and Inclusion in Achieving Responsible AI?

  • Responsible AI : Human- and Environmental Well-Being

  • What can We do to Ensure the Positive Use of AI, meaning Contributing to Human- and Environmental Well-Being?

* The Future of Responsible AI: Where are We Going?

  • How do you think the Future of Responsible AI will look like: Where are We Going?

2. References

  • Assessment List for Trustworthy AI (ALTAI) for Self Assessment
  • Responsible Artificial Intelligence (Virginia Dignum)

3. Links

  • Twitter: @vdignum (Virginia Dignum)
  • Twitter: @val_zapico (Valerie Zapico)
  • Twitter: @DPJTimmermans (Desiree Timmermans)
  • LinkedIn: Virginia Dignum
  • LinkedIn: Valerie Zapico
  • LinkedIn: Desiree Timmermans

4. Co-Organizing Partners

  • Valkuren - Unlock The Power Of Data
  • Virtual Data Innovation Summit - Grow your Data Innovation Knowledge & Experience

5. Women in Big Data Brussels - links

  • Follow us on LinkedIn
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