<p>R-Ladies East Lansing invites you to join us for the inaugural *2019 Women in Data Science East Lansing Symposium* at Michigan State University!</p> <p>____________________________________<br/>**Connect. Discover. Inspire.**<br/>____________________________________</p> <p>When: April 12, 2019 from 11:30a - 5:00p<br/>Where: Natural Sciences Building, Room 326<br/>Our webpage: <a href="https://github.com/rladies-eastlansing/WiDS2019/wiki" class="linkified">https://github.com/rladies-eastlansing/WiDS2019/wiki</a></p> <p>**REGISTER HERE** <a href="http://bit.ly/rlel-wids2019" class="linkified">http://bit.ly/rlel-wids2019</a><br/>to attend, present a poster and/or give a ⚡️Lightning Talk!<br/>* Lunch will be provided for registered attendees only.</p> <p>______________________________<br/>**What we are Planning**<br/>______________________________<br/>Agenda: //github.com/rladies-eastlansing/WiDS2019/wiki/Agenda<br/>Confirmed Speakers: //github.com/rladies-eastlansing/WiDS2019/wiki/Confirmed-Speakers</p> <p>*Keynote address*<br/>Robin Buell, PLB, MSU<br/>Jenny Bryan, virtually from University of British Columbia</p> <p>*Technical Vision Talks*<br/>Liz Munch (CMSE)<br/>Julie Winkler (Geography)+</p> <p>*Career Panel featuring*<br/>Sonja Fritzsche (German Studies)<br/>Yue Qi (CSE)<br/>Ashley Shade (MMG)<br/>Angela Wilson (Chemistry)+</p> <p>*Posters and Lightning Talks*<br/>You, if you register! <a href="http://bit.ly/rlel-wids2019" class="linkified">http://bit.ly/rlel-wids2019</a><br/>(see details below)<br/>_________________________<br/>**Who can present?**<br/>_________________________<br/>Poster/Lightning Talk: <a href="http://bit.ly/rlel-wids2019" class="linkified">http://bit.ly/rlel-wids2019</a><br/>In addition to attending, you have two other ways to participate via a lightning talk and/or poster presentation.<br/>We invite women and underrepresented gender minorities to apply for poster/lightning talk presentations. The gender criterion applies only to presenting authors, not other co-authors. Faculty/staff, postdocs, graduate and undergraduate researchers are especially invited to apply.</p> <p>See Poster/Lightning Talk guidelines here<br/><a href="https://github.com/rladies-eastlansing/WiDS2019/wiki/Poster-and-Lightning-Talk-Guidelines" class="linkified">https://github.com/rladies-eastlansing/WiDS2019/wiki/Poster-and-Lightning-Talk-Guidelines</a></p> <p>_____________________________<br/>**Who can participate?**<br/>_____________________________<br/>Everyone is invited to attend, make connections and contribute to the discussion, regardless of gender.<br/>The WiDS Conference aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and to support women in the field.<br/>This technical conference provides an opportunity to hear about the latest data science-related research and applications in a number of domains, and connect with others in the field.</p> <p>_______________________<br/>**Event Sponsors**<br/>_______________________<br/><a href="https://github.com/rladies-eastlansing/WiDS2019/wiki/Sponsors" class="linkified">https://github.com/rladies-eastlansing/WiDS2019/wiki/Sponsors</a><br/>College of Natural Sciences | BEACON Center | Microbiology and Molecular Genetics |<br/>CMSE | Digital Humanities | Social Science Data Analytics | Business Analytics</p> <p>_________________<br/>**Organizers**<br/>_______________________<br/><a href="https://github.com/rladies-eastlansing/WiDS2019/wiki/Organizers" class="linkified">https://github.com/rladies-eastlansing/WiDS2019/wiki/Organizers</a></p> <p>Janani Ravi &amp; Camille Archer<br/>On behalf of R-Ladies East Lansing<br/>Email: [masked] (for any questions, sponsorship interest)<br/>Website: //rladies-eastlansing.github.io | www.rladies.org<br/>Join us: //meetup.com/rladies-eastlansing | Tw: //twitter.com/RLadiesELansing | FB: //facebook.com/RLadiesEastLansing</p> <p>~ WiDS East Lansing @MSU (<a href="https://github.com/rladies-eastlansing/WiDS2019/wiki/" class="linkified">https://github.com/rladies-eastlansing/WiDS2019/wiki/</a>)</p>