[ONLINE] - Educating Future Data Workers about Ethics, Bias

The students and early career data professionals of today are the data curators and experts of tomorrow. It’s important that they have the right tools and knowledge so that their work -- and the associated data -- is as good and impactful as possible.

In this discussion our experts will talk about why it's important to bring the topics of data equity, ethics, and access into the educational process -- both in and out of school. We’ll cover:

• What that looks like in college and for early career employees
• Why it matters
• How to mentor tomorrow’s data experts
• Why a discussion and commitment to data and ethics makes data, analytics better all around.
• Why getting students and early career data workers to take public interest technology jobs is so important.

Speakers:

Meredith Broussard, @merbroussard
Data journalism professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University
Research director at the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology

Kathleen M. Cumiskey, @ProfKT
Professor in the Psychology Department, and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at CUNY Staten Island

Mihir Kshirsagar, @PrincetonCITP
Runs Princeton’s interdisciplinary technology policy clinic at its Center for Information Technology Policy

Mona Sloane, @mona_sloane
Adjunct professor at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering
Senior research scientist at the NYU Center for Responsible AI

Moderator:

Andreen Soley, @Andreen_S
Director, Public Interest Technology University Network

This event is a part of NYC Open Data Week 2021. Click here to find out more about the week's events.