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Empowering Diversity in Technology: Women in AI Dinner, Houston By Yazmin How on Nov 28, 2018

More and more, companies are recognising the potential of women to be equal to their male counterparts in all industries, including AI. This is partly thanks to the obstacles that women in top roles such as Daphne Koller, Fei Fei Li, Joelle Pineau have overcome to achieve these positions and destigmatise the roles, but more can be done to improve the gender disparity in management and leadership positions.

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Who Should Tackle the Workplace Gender Gap? By Yazmin How on Nov 16, 2018

Last week at Web Summit, Co-Founder and CEO Paddy Cosgrave announced that at this year’s edition of the event, 44% of attendees were women, vs. 24% 5 years ago. This meant that there were 31,000 female founders, engineers and tech workers who came to Lisbon from across the globe. It wasn’t only the organisers who were striving for diversity, and in the Women in Tech Lounge, Booking.com were spreading the word through their Technology Playmaker Awards, recognising and celebrating women making a difference in tech.

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30 Influential Women Advancing AI in Canada By Nikita Johnson on Oct 18, 2018

In just under a week RE•WORK will be heading to Toronto to host the Deep Learning Summit and AI For Government Summit. As a strong advocate for supporting female entrepreneurs and women working towards advancing technology and science we are also holding a Women in AI Dinner to champion the work they’ve been doing. In the build-up and excitement for the 23rd of October, we’ve done some research to learn about some of the most influential women working in AI from Canada, some of who you can hear from at our upcoming Toronto Summits.

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30 Influential Women Advancing AI in New York By Elizabeth Szymczak on Aug 10, 2018

This September the team at RE•WORK are excited to be heading back to New York for the AI in Finance Summit.On September the 4th we’ll also be bringing the Women in AI series to the city with the inaugural Women in AI Reception, providing the opportunity to hear from some of the leading female experts within the industry whilst networking amongst peers. In the lead up to these events, we have seized the opportunity to look into some of the most exciting work within AI taking place in New York, and wanted to share with you some of the most influential women behind these progressions.

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Diversity in AI: Why does it matter? By Elizabeth Szymczak on Jul 04, 2018

In a recent article, WIRED highlighted the extent in which white men are dominating the Computer Science classrooms, with the number of women studying subject falling, despite more women than men earning college degrees. With the ratio of men to women in technology continuing to be a hot topic, the team at RE•WORK have been reflecting on why diversity within the technology industry, particularly in Artificial Intelligence, is so important.

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Empowering Diversity in AI: Have You Heard About RE•WORK Women in AI Dinners? By Elizabeth Szymczak on Jun 05, 2018

Since 2016, RE•WORK have been organising Women in Artificial Intelligence Dinners, and we’re excited to continue the series with the next dinners coming up in San Francisco and London. Providing plenty of networking opportunities, key discussions and the chance to hear from leading female experts, these dinners are a great way to build connections, find mentors and consider the impact of this rapidly advancing technology.

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International Women's Day: Celebrating Leading Minds in AI By Yazmin How on Mar 08, 2018

Today is International Women’s Day, and we’re celebrating by highlighting some of the leading ladies in AI, machine learning and deep learning who have spoken at RE•WORK Summits and dinners over the past 12 months. Whilst the technology industry is seeing more and more women take on top roles, the gender imbalance is still clear. At RE•WORK, we’re passionate about encouraging young women and girls into STEM and are proud to host our series of dinners and our Podcast celebrating women in AI.

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Daphne Koller Fireside Chat: International Women & Girls in Science Day By Yazmin How on Feb 09, 2018

"We need to encourage and support girls and women achieve their full potential as scientific researchers and innovators." At RE•WORK, we are constantly supporting girls and women working in technology and bring together leading female minds in AI at our ‘Women in’ dinner series, and also as speakers at our summits.At the recent AI Assistant Summit in San Francisco, 50% of the expert speakers were women, which in a still male dominated industry really highlights the progress women are making to receive equal opportunities in top roles.

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How AI is disrupting healthcare and saving lives By Rebecca Summers on Nov 14, 2017

This month on November 22, the Women in AI in Healthcare Dinner returns to London for the second time. With increasing opportunities for AI in healthcare such as virtual assistants, personalised medicine and improved medical diagnosis we’re looking forward to welcoming both women and men from industry, academia and startups for an evening of discussion and networking. By 2021 the AI in healthcare industry is predicted to reach a value of $6.6 billion. With public institutions such as the NHS planning to invest more of its £120bn budget into AI we spoke to our leading ladies from Babylon, the University of Manchester and the Institute of Cancer Research on their current research and topic's they'll be covering at the dinner.

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Ada Lovelace Day: Meet Leading Women in ML By Rebecca Summers on Oct 11, 2017

Historically, technology and scientific research has been a vastly male dominated sector. In recent years, the rise of female CEOs in companies such as CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer and CEO of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki, has improved the gender balance, but encouraging young women into careers in artificial intelligence and computer science is still a struggle. Tonight, at the Women in Machine Intelligence Dinner in Montreal, we will hear from inspirational women working in AI and learn about not only their research progressions, but their place as women in the industry.

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Meet inspiring women in Machine Intelligence By Lydie Horgan on Oct 05, 2017

<p>On 11th October RE•WORK will be hosting the first <a target="_blank" href="https://www.re-work.co/events/women-in-machine-intelligence-dinner-montreal">Woman in Machine Intelligence Dinner</a> in Montreal. Join us ...

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IWD 2017: Interview with Accenture's Manager of AI By Pip Curtis on Mar 08, 2017

To mark International Women’s Day 2017, we’ve interviewed Rumman Chowdhury, Senior Manager at Accenture AI, to learn about how she joined her field, the challenges she's faced, and more.

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