WHAT: Third Annual Focus Forward: Beyond the Cloud hosted by the West Virginia Public Education Collaborative, High Technology Foundation, West Virginia University, Marshall University, Vantage Ventures and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.
WHEN: Wednesday, March 17, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Virtual webinar via Zoom.
WHO:
- Jim Estep, President and CEO, High Technology Foundation
- Zac Flamig, Tech Lead, Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative, AWS
- E. Gordon Gee, President, West Virginia University
- Jennifer Giovannitti, President, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
- Zach Goldstein, Chief Information Officer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Jonathan O’Neil, Director, Big Data Project, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño, Principal Scientist, Microsoft “AI for Earth”
- Donna Peduto, Executive Director, WVPEC
- Doug Perry, Deputy CIO, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Brad D. Smith, Executive Chairman, Intuit Board of Directors, Chairman, Nordstrom Board of Directors, Sitting Member, SurveyMonkey Board of Directors, Co-founder, The Wing 2 Wing Foundation
RSVP: Members of the media who are interested in attending the virtual event, please RSVP to Katie Farmer at 315-256-8509 or katie.farmer@mail.wvu.edu.
NOTES: Building on past years’ dynamic discussions that examined how artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data will impact future jobs and required skills, this is the first in a series of events to examine how West Virginia can become the epicenter of the nation’s expanding private weather industry.
Participants will discover the unique assets West Virginia holds to become a leader in this space and how to leverage unparalleled data sets and world-leading supercomputing resources through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at the I-79 Technology Park in Fairmont, West Virginia to ignite more entrepreneurial activity and economic growth.
Find and full agenda and read more about the event.
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CONTACT: Katie Farmer, WVU Office of the Provost
Katie.farmer@mail.wvu.edu; 315-256-8509
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