The EMEA region of the Women in Big Data Forum is growing!

The kick off of the new chapter of Women in Big Data in Dublin was officially announced on October 26^th during Spark Summit Europe.

Jessica Mccarthy, Staff Research Scientist with Intel Labs (focused on the research and development of future internet of things technologies), opened the presentation of the new chapter with an overview of the Women in Big Data Forum. Click here to download Jessica’s presentation deck.

Following Jessica, Marina B. Alekseeva of Intel gave the keynote presentation about diversity. Marina is Vice President and Software and Services Group General Manager, Intel Russia Software and Services Group. Click here to download Marina’s presentation.

 

Both Jessica and Marina managed a Q&A session afterward.

This formal announcement at a large industry event is the  first step on the roadmap of local events the new WiBD chapter–watch for more news early in 2018. We are thrilled to welcome Dublin on the WiBD EMEA map, joining Russia and France. Next in the line are Germany and Poland. Stay tuned for more details!