WiDS Tucson 2025
WiDS Tucson presents:
Living in the ever changing landscape of data
with Keynote by Catherine D’Ignazio,
Except for where noted, this conference can be attended either in person or virtually via Zoom (link shared upon registration)
| Time | Event | Speaker |
| ~8:45am - 9:00am | Arrival + Welcome | Coffee + Pastries provided |
| 9:00am - 9:45am: | Keynote | Catherine D’Ignazio |
| 10:00am - 11:00am: | Invited Speakers | |
| 11:00am - 11:30am: | Data Blitz | Sign up to give a talk! |
| 1:30am - 12:30pm: | Panel | Gen AI and Automation |
| 12:30pm - 1:00pm | Lunch | Break Lunch provided at ENR2 |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Panel | Professional Skills + Tips for Breaking into the ever-changing field of Data Science |
| 2:00pm - 3:00 pm | Invited Speakers | |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Data Blitz | Sign up to give a talk! |
| 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Social |
Bring your own cash for drinks and snacks! |
*Blue text denotes in-person only sessions
Catherine D’Ignazio is an Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. She is also Director of the Data + Feminism Lab which uses data and computational methods to work towards gender and racial justice. D’Ignazio is a scholar, artist/designer and hacker mama who focuses on feminist technology, data literacy and civic engagement. Her 2020 book from MIT Press, Data Feminism, co-authored with Lauren Klein, charts a course for more ethical and empowering data science practices. Since 2019, she has co-organized Data Against Feminicide, a participatory action-research-design project, with Isadora Cruxên, Silvana Fumega and Helena Suárez Val, which includes co-designed AI tools for human rights data activists. Her 2024 book, Counting Feminicide: Data Feminism in Action (MIT Press) is an extended case study about grassroots data activism to end gender-related violence. D’Ignazio’s research at the intersection of technology, design & social justice has been published in the Big Data & Society, the Journal of Community Informatics, and the proceedings of ACM SIGCHI and ACM FAccT. Her art and design projects have won awards from the Tanne Foundation, Turbulence.org and the Knight Foundation and exhibited at the Venice Biennial and the ICA Boston.
Salena Torres Ashton
Jung Mee Park
Laura Falk
Xuan Lu
Dianne Patterson
Desiree Andersen
… more speakers and schedule coming soon!
GenAI and Automation (AM)
Professional Skills + Tips for Breaking into the ever-changing field of Data Science (PM)