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WiDS Stanford @ Lane Medical Library is independently organized by Lane Medical Library to be part of the mission to increase the participation of women in data science and to feature outstanding women doing outstanding work.

WiDS @ Lane aims to inspire, engage, and support data scientists and women in the field. Join us for this half-day virtual conference on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, our eight annual event. This year's theme: 
Ready, FAIR, Go! Making Clinical and Biomedical Data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable. Speakers will share insights on challenges, successes, and emerging trends, and offer inspiration and practical strategies for advancing the field of data science. 

The event will be recorded via Zoom. Registration is free and open to the public. All genders are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Conference Agenda:

9:00 - 9:10 Welcome & Opening Remarks

9:10 - 10:00 Opening Keynote by Marina Sirota, PhD, Professor at UCSF, Acting Director, Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute

10:00 - 11:05 Panel Discussion and Q & A with:

• Teresa Zayas Cabán, PhD, Assistant Director for Policy Development, National Library of Medicine
• Ashley Griffin, PhD, MSPH, Instructor, Stanford University Division of Computational Medicine,  Investigator, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Center for Innovation to Implementation
• Daniella Meeker, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics & Data Science, Yale School of Medicine

11:05 - 11:10 Break

11:10 - 12:05 Closing Keynote by Ericka Johnson, PhD, MPhil, Professor, Linköping University, WASP-HS graduate school director, Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society

12:05 - 12:10 Wrap-up