[Inpycon] [THREAD] PyCon India 2020 Weekly Update - Week 20

[Sukanya Mandal]

Hello everyone,

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The updates from Diversity and Inclusion workgroup for this week -

The final schedule for Diversity and Inclusion Session has been confirmed.
The details are as follows -


*Day 1: 2nd October*

PyLadies Booth - Entire Day

Experience sharing sessions


   - 13:30 - 14:00 : Women leading successful communities within India -
   Lakshya Sivaramakrishnan
   - 14:00 - 14:30 : Women in Leadership Roles - Paramita Gupta
   - 14:30 - 15:15 : PyLadies Lunch
   Guest session by DEVI  A S L on "Being the only women attendee of PyCon
   India back in the days and how has women participation grown over time"
   - 18:00 - 18:30 : Women in Research - Prachi Singh
   - 18:30 - 19:00 : Student doing great - Muskan Kedia


Session:
18:00 - 19:00 : The importance of 'unconscious bias' awareness for
Diversity and Inclusion - Dr. Sandhya Rani



*Day 2: 3rd October*

PyLadies Booth - Entire Day

Experience sharing sessions


   - 13:30 - 14:00 : Women in Entrepreneurship - Swaathi Kakarla
   - 14:00 - 14:30 : Women who transitioned career from non-tech to tech
   field - Nainika Baliga
   - 15:20 - 15:50 : Women rejoining workforce after long career break -
   Neha Bagaria
   - 18:00 - 18:30 : Open Source contribution and opportunities - Manaswini
   Das
   - 18:30 - 19:00 : Tech conferences and grants - Niharika Krishnan


Session:
18:00 - 19:00 : The importance of Diversity and Inclusion for Algorithmic
Bias Considerations - Dr. Ansgar Koene



Regards,
Sukanya Mandal.
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