Data 4 Good is an organization that was launched in 2019 with the promise of using data to help deal with social issues. Since it launched, it has attracted a public – private consortium of industry leaders as part of the advisory board. It has also launched four pods – Data Portal, Data Literacy, Clean Air and Project Proof(targeting racial inequality). This panel invites the leaders of all four pods to give their perspectives on what it takes to design and execute on diverse projects using data to tackle social relevant issues, while collectively building a nonprofit as the scaffolding for their work.

While 2020 has been a challenge to billions of people around the world, the pandemic and shift to the virtual world has hit People with Disabilities in a unique way. Where technology is accessible, it might potentially be a net positive. But for people who have spent years finding accommodation in the physical world to shift to what is often an inaccessible world, there are particular challenges.

The panel discussed multi-generational solutions on how data influences society for people of color. We will examine strategies on how for profit and nonprofits are addressing these challenges.

This panel will discuss about the latest data science-related research in a number of domains, to learn how leading-edge companies are leveraging data science for success, and to connect with potential mentors, collaborators, and others in the field.

This panel will focus on exciting conversations around various book-authoring topics.

This panel will discuss how they are using open data to promote government transparency and accountability to solve important issues facing the public.

Diversity In Data Organizations: Building A Representative Workforce And Why It Matters

Many start-up faced a hard time in raising capital, many found new opportunities and pivoted. The opportunities ahead for anything data form analysis to tools and models and from AI to IoT are vast. Startups will looking at some interesting time ahead. The panel will focus on the post Covid dynamics of money, planning, execution and exit.