Program-2025 – Women in Data Science Belgium

Speakers

Founder and President, Women in Data Science Belgium

TBA

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

Valorisation Manager Precision Medicine Technologies Consortium at the University of Antwerp

Team Leader Market Intro and Big Data at TP Vision

Postdoctoral Researcher in NLP and ML at KU Leuven

Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Geneva

Professor CBIGR lab at Ghent University

Postdoctoral Researcher in MB and Cancer at KU Leuven

Data Consultant at Dataroots

PhD Researcher in data analytics at Ghent University and Flanders Make

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	Lieve Lanoye – TP Vision Applying AI to bring innovation: insights and pitfalls.
11:35–11:55	TBA –
11:55–12:15	Sophie de Waele – Data Roots Developing user focused BI-dashboards for business adoption.
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.
14:30–14:50	Liza Darrous – University of Geneva Unraveling the genetic web: Using data science to understand disease causality.
14:50–15:10	Stefania Tuveri – KU Leuven When the Data Speaks Twice: Interpreting Prenatal Genomics for Both Mother and Child.
15:10–15:30	TBA –
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