Program
Due to the global pandemic, womENcourage 2020 will run as an online virtual event to ensure health and welfare of our attendees. Check out the times and virtual venues for our activities, such as keynote speeches, poster presentations, career fair, hackathon and more. Traditionally womENcourage program includes three components, which we grouped in two 2-day segments:
- Conference (Day 1-2) with keynote speeches and panel discussions, workshops and tutorials, as well as poster presentations from student researchers.
- Expo (Day 3-4) with Career Fair, where leading companies set up their booths and often arrange onsite hiring sessions, and Hackathon competition on one or more topics, usually inspired by industry.
The following draft program is subject to change closer to the event dates:
Day 1 / Thursday, 24 September
| Baku (UTC +4) | 24 September, Thursday | Duration | Virtual venue | Lisbon (UTC +1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:30 | Registration | 00:30 | Information Desk (Sessions) | 07:30 |
| 11:00 | womENcourage 2020 Opening | 00:30 | Large Auditorium (Stage) | 08:00 |
| 11:30 | The Big Promise of Big Data Analytics | 03:00 | ||
| 11:30 | Day 1 Keynote speeches – Data Science to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic: the Valencia Case – Health Diagnostics through Audio Signals Collection and Analysis – Democratizing Data Access through Intelligent Data Exploration Tools | 01:30 | Large Auditorium (Stage) | 08:30 |
| 13:00 | Day 1 Panel discussion | 01:30 | Large Auditorium (Stage) | 10:00 |
| 14:30 | Break | 00:30 | 11:30 | |
| 15:00 | Poster pitch presentations (12 x 5 minutes) | 01:00 | Large Auditorium (Stage) | 12:00 |
| 16:00 | How/Why to Start an ACM Chapter? | 01:00 | Large Auditorium (Stage) | 13:00 |
| 17:00 | Break | 01:00 | 14:00 | |
| 18:00 | Cultural program (Day 1 Tour) | 03:00 | Large Auditorium (Stage) | 15:00 |
Day 2 / Friday, 25 September
| Baku (UTC +4) | 25 September, Friday | Duration | Virtual venue | Lisbon (UTC +1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:30 | Registration | 00:30 | Information Desk (Sessions) | 07:30 |
| 11:00 | Poster pitch presentations (6 x 5 minutes) | 00:30 | Large Auditorium (Stage) | 08:00 |
| 11:30 | The Artificial Intelligence: from Algorithms to Ethics | 03:00 | ||
| 11:30 | Day 2 Keynote speeches – Teaching proficient human interaction to intelligent computer agents – Who Makes Wiser Decisions? Men, Women or Machines? (Cancelled) – Gender Fairness of Machine Learning Techniques | 01:30 | Large Auditorium (Stage) | 08:30 |
| 13:00 | Day 2 Panel discussion | 01:30 | Large Auditorium (Stage) | 10:00 |
| 14:30 | Break | 00:30 | 11:30 | |
| 15:00 | Poster pitch presentations (12 x 5 minutes) | 01:00 | Large Auditorium (Stage) | 12:00 |
| 16:00 | Introduction to Watson AI Services (Hackathon preparation session with IBM) | 01:30 | Large Auditorium (Stage) | 13:00 |
| 17:30 | Break | 00:30 | 14:30 | |
| 18:00 | Cultural program (Day 2 Tour) | 03:00 | Large Auditorium (Stage) | 15:00 |
Day 3 / Saturday, 26 September
| Baku (UTC +4) | 26 September, Saturday | Duration | Virtual venue | Lisbon (UTC +1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Registration | 00:30 | Information Desk (Sessions) | 07:00 |
| 10:30 | Career Fair | 02:30 | ||
| 10:30 | Career Fair Opening | 00:15 | Majlis Room (Stage) | 07:30 |
| 10:45 | Open sessions | 01:15 | Karvansara Rooms (Expo) | 07:45 |
| 12:00 | Individual interviews | 01:00 | Karvansara Rooms (Expo) | 09:00 |
| 13:00 | Workshops and Tutorials | 07:30 | ||
| 13:00 | Parallel sessions: – Social Networks Analysis: Theory and Practice (Part 1) – How Can Software Help Mathematicians to Test and Prove Their Theories? | 01:30 | Study Rooms (Sessions) | 10:00 |
| 14:30 | Break | 00:30 | 11:30 | |
| 15:00 | Parallel sessions: – Social Networks Analysis: Theory and Practice (Part 2) – Sustainable ICT Development in Bricks | 01:30 | Study Rooms (Sessions) | 12:00 |
| 16:30 | Break | 00:30 | 13:30 | |
| 17:00 | Parallel sessions: – From Software Engineering to Digital Product Development – Search Engine: Apache Solr’s Feature – Streaming Expressions | 01:30 | Study Rooms (Sessions) | 14:00 |
| 18:30 | Break | 0:30 | 15:30 | |
| 19:00 | Film sessions introduction | 0:10 | Majlis Room (Stage) | 16:00 |
| 19:10 | Cultural program (Parallel documentary film sessions) | 01:20 | Karvansara Rooms (Sessions) | 16:10 |
| 20:30 | Break | 00:30 | 17:30 | |
| 21:00 | Cultural program (Feature film session) | 02:00 | Majlis Room (Stage) | 18:00 |
Day 4 / Sunday, 27 September
| Baku (UTC +4) | 27 September, Sunday | Duration | Virtual venue | Lisbon (UTC +1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Registration | 00:30 | Information Desk (Sessions) | 07:00 |
| 10:30 | Hackathon | 09:00 | ||
| 10:30 | Hackathon Opening | 00:30 | Majlis Room (Stage) | 07:30 |
| 11:00 | Team meetings | 03:00 | Study Rooms (Sessions) | 08:00 |
| 14:00 | Lunch break (this is important) | 01:00 | 11:00 | |
| 15:00 | Presentation tips | 00:30 | Majlis Room (Stage) | 12:00 |
| 15:30 | Team meetings | 02:30 | Study Rooms (Sessions) | 12:30 |
| 18:00 | Team presentations (25 x 3 minutes) | 01:30 | Majlis Room (Stage) | 15:00 |
| 19:30 | Judging break | 00:30 | Green Room (Sessions) | 16:30 |
| 20:00 | Hackathon Awarding | 00:30 | Majlis Room (Stage) | 17:00 |
| 20:30 | Closing | 00:30 | Majlis Room (Stage) | 17:30 |
| 21:00 | Cultural program (Feature film session) | 02:00 | Majlis Room (Stage) | 18:00 |