Conference 2023 Schedule Overview
TIME |
ACTIVITY |
LOCATION |
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
Breakfast & Registration |
The Ballroom |
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
Breakfast Keynote: Amanda Makulec |
The Ballroom |
10:10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
Breakout Sessions I |
Room 114, 119, 120 |
11:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions II |
Room 114, 119, 120 |
12:00 p.m. |
Lunch* Keynote: Kathy Kleiman |
The Ballroom |
*Vegetarian lunches will be served
Session Descriptions
ACTIVITY |
SESSION TITLES |
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS |
Conference Kick off and Breakfast Keynote 9 am – 10 am Ballroom |
Don't (Just) Bring Data to a Story Fight Amanda Makulec, Executive Director, Data Visualization Society Moderated by Terri Boyer, CLAS ’95, Founding Director of the Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women’s Leadership |
Data visualization has helped us navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to play a role in how we understand the world around us. Join public health data visualization expert Makulec, who has published pieces about information sharing during the pandemic in Fast Company and the New York Times. Hear how she considers the human elements when creating visualization and the role of charts in the world of rapid storytelling and (mis)information sharing. Learn how to be more mindful creators and consumers of data visualizations and inspire others to do the same. |
Breakout Sessions I 10:10 am – 11 am |
Recent Alumnae Panel Room 114 Sira Albarian, MSSE ’21, Senior Project Manager, Branding Brand Abigail Fossaceca, VSB ’20, Private Bank Associate, J.P. Morgan Private Bank Jordon Miller, EMBA ’21, Information Security - Supply Chain Cybersecurity (C-SCRM Program Specialist), The Boeing Company Moderated by Kristin Obermyer, MSCS ’06, Department of Computing Sciences, Villanova University VR Interracial Interactions: Collecting and Analyzing Data in Virtual Reality to Improve Race Relations in STEM Room 119 Valerie Jones Taylor, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Africana Studies, Lehigh University Power of Technology & the Governance and Sharing of Data Room 120 Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois (Virtual) Anjanette (Angie) Raymond, Director of Data Management and Information Governance Program, The Ostrom Workshop Ana Santos Rutschman, Professor of Law, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Moderated by Brett Frischmann, The Charles Widger Endowed University Professor in Law |
Be inspired by our alumnae panelists who will tell you how their education enabled their careers in tech. Hear their unique stories and learn how you can also make an impact with tech. Engage with the panelists live during the Q&A part of this perennially popular session. Below is our agenda with virtual links for each session. Taylor will discuss why engaging in repeated interracial contact in virtual reality (VR) has the potential to improve real-world race relations in STEM contexts and beyond. Taylor will also talk about the rich data that can be extracted from VR and how it can be used to better understand what makes for good and bad cross-race encounters to improve diversity and inclusion efforts in STEM. The power of technology to make the world more sustainable and just depends on the governance and sharing of data. This panel of leading experts will explore the complex challenges of data governance in our digitally networked world. They will discuss an emerging field of interdisciplinary research that examines community governance of data, information systems, and smart technologies. Ongoing research impacting smart cities, everyday misinformation dilemmas, and environmental concerns will be discussed. |
Breakout Sessions II 11:10 am – 12 noon |
Idea to Action and Beyond Room 114 Angela Kelly, Director of Product Management, FIMC Alina Rubin, CLAS ’24, Junior Public Relations Student, Villanova University Megha Kulshreshtha, CEO & Head of Product at Food Connect Moderated by Erin Arvedlund, Enterprise Editor, Pension & Investments Healthcare By Design Room 119 Sunny Hallowell, Associate Professor, Villanova University Moderated by Anna Staiger, NUR ’24, Senior Nursing Student, M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing Underrepresentation: Quantifying the Patent Gender Gap Room 120 Jordana (Jordi) Goodman, Lecturer, Boston University School of Law & Innovator in Residence, MIT Moderated by Holly Slay Ferraro, Faculty Directory for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Teaching and Research, Villanova School of Business |
Learn how tech can help you take your ideas to the next level. Be inspired by the personal success stories from this group of creative entrepreneurial leaders. Hear how each panelist identified & evaluated their concept, then created & executed a plan for turning their idea into reality. By the end of this session, you will be motivated to put your ideas into action. Scientific and technological expertise of nurses is an untapped wellspring of ingenuity and innovation poised to solve healthcare’s most pressing problems. Recently, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) Future of Nursing 2020–2030 report called for “competencies in human-centered design and the development of an innovation mindset within nursing education”. In this session, we will discuss examples of the next big tech ideas in healthcare designed by nurses and showcase three projects by Dr. Sunny G. Hallowell from the Fitzpatrick College of Nursing: The Blue Blanket, a remote monitoring system for infant jaundice, a virtual reality solution to address the real problem of medication errors, and ICARE-VGS a virtual gaming simulation platform designed to improve our ability to communicate with the diverse communities we serve. Goodman will delve into the issue of underrepresentation in the field of patenting. By analyzing data on patents filed by university inventors, she will quantify the extent of the gender gap and discuss potential explanations and concerns for the disparities. Goodman will also explore potential solutions to address the gap. Don’t know much about patents? Don’t worry. We will cover the general information you need to know about patents and protecting your ideas. |
Lunch Keynote & Conference Closing 12 p.m. Ballroom |
Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer Kathy Kleiman, Founder, ENIAC Programmers Project Ballroom |
Since Kleiman’s discovery of the involvement of six pioneering women in programming the first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer known as ENIAC, she has spent decades uncovering and documenting their roles and contributions. Kleiman’s inspiring work brings the stories of these groundbreaking women back to life and alters how we view the world of technology and the role that women have in it. |
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Book Signing with Kathy Kleiman, author of
Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer “Proving Ground is a book so deeply inspiring that it has the power to completely alter how we see the technology field and the role of women within it.” ―Nathalia Holt, New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls Book signing is only available to in-person attendees |
