Agenda

The agenda for this year’s virtual ICDS Symposium is listed below.

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Time	Event	Details
9:30 am	Welcome and State of ICDS	Jenni Evans, Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, and Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
10:00 am	Keynote Speaker	Redefining Interpretability and Replication in Multi-Ancestry Genome-wide Association Studies Lorin Crawford, Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research
11:00 am	Break
11:15 am	Panel Session	Ethical challenges and considerations in the application of machine learning methods to clinical medicine
12:30 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Remarks & Introductions	Jenni Evans, Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
2:15 pm	Remarks	Provost Nick Jones
2:30 pm	Panel Session	Energy, Justice and Big Data
3:45 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Industry Information Session / Panel	Todd Price, ICDS Corporate Relations Director for Research Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
5:00 pm	Virtual Sessions End
6:00 pm	Social Event (in Person, outdoors)	Networking Mixer at the Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 6. The mixer will include hors d'oeuvres, a cash bar, and "elevator pitches" by a selection of this year's poster presenters.

Time	Event	Details
9:30 am	Welcome	Jenni Evans, Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
9:35 am	Remarks	Lora Weiss, Senior Vice President for Research
9:45 am	Fireside Chat - Keynote	A Fireside Chat About Data Science and Equity Kristin Johnson, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law, Emory University Charlton McIlwain, Vice Provost for Faculty Engagement and Development; Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU Moderated by Margaret Hu, Associate Dean for Non-JD Programs, Penn State Law; Professor of Law and International Affairs, and ICDS Co-Hire
10:45am	Break
11:00 am	Panel Session	Law, Policy, and Data
12:15pm	Closing Remarks	Jenni Evans, Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
12:30 pm	Session Ends