Speakers


Welcome & opening remarks

Setareh Tasdighian

Founder and President, Women in Data Science Belgium

TBA

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Keynotes

Joana Pereira

Group Leader at VIB Center for AI and Computational Biology, Leuven, Belgium

Julia Gauglitz

Valorisation Manager Precision Medicine Technologies Consortium at the University of Antwerp

TBA

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Short Talks

Liesbeth Allein

Postdoctoral Researcher in NLP and ML at KU Leuven

Liza Darrous

Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Geneva

Lieve Lanoye

Team Leader Market Intro and Big Data at TP Vision

Stefania Tuveri

Postdoctoral Researcher in MB and Cancer at KU Leuven

Sophie De Waele

Data Consultant at Dataroots

TBA

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Program Women in Data Science 2025



Time Session
8:30–9:30 Welcome and registration
9:30–9:45 Introduction to WiDS by Setareh Tasdighian
9:45–10:00 Opening talk TBA
10:00–10:45 Keynote 1 by Joana Pereira
AI-Guided Discovery of Novel Families and Functions Across theProtein Universe
10:45–11:15 Coffee break
Short talks (15 min + 5 min Q&A)
11:15–11:35 Short talk 1 by Sophie De Waele
Developing user focused BI-dashboards for business adoption
11:35–11:55 Short talk 2 by Liesbeth Allein
Decoding Climate Change Polarization Through Causal Reasoning
11:55–12:15 Short talk 3 TBA
12:15–13:45 Lunch break & mentorship sessions
13:45–14:30 Keynote 2 by Julia Gauglitz
Cultivating Awareness: From Knowledge Transfer to the Food on Our Plate
14:30–15:30 Session of lightning talks
15:30–16:15 Coffee break and Poster session
16:15–17:00 Keynote 3 TBA
17:00–17:15 Closing word
17:15–18:30 Networking & Reception