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Sixth Annual WiDS @ Penn Conference

February 13-14, 2025 | University of Pennsylvania

The Wharton School and Penn Engineering are proud to host the sixth annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) @ Penn Conference on February 13-14, 2025, on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus. A celebrated interdisciplinary event, WiDS @ Penn welcomes academic, industry, and student speakers from across the data science landscape to celebrate its diversity, both in subject matter and personnel.

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Thank you for your interest in the Women in Data Science (WiDS) @ Penn Conference! We’re excited by the overwhelming response—tickets for this year’s event are now sold out.

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Keynote Speaker

Ritcha Ranjan

Ritcha Ranjan

Vice President
Microsoft Office Copilot Experiences

The Future of AI: Trends, Impact, and Opportunities in a Rapidly Evolving World

Bio

Ritcha is a technology leader, with over 20 years of experience growing products at scale and building revenue streams. Currently she is the VP of Microsoft Office Copilot Experiences, running a multi-disciplinary (engineering, data, design and product) team to build new AI productivity experiences. Prior to Microsoft, Ritcha held various leadership positions in Google Workspace, Ads and Payments. She has run ~20B in revenue and products with ~1B users. She has also held leadership positions at Yahoo and was a co-Founder and CEO of Five Pumpkins, a not for profit early childhood educational company. She has been recognized for her product work with a Google Founder’s award and holds several patents.

Having run P&L that relied on enterprise sales teams and product lead growth, she has a deep understanding of data informed product development and monetization strategies in the consumer, SMB and enterprise customers. She has a strong background in Data Strategy and Artificial Intelligence and understands how and where they can be integrated into a company’s overall strategy.

Ritcha has experience in corporate governance, having been a member of the BrightCove board, promotion and hiring oversight committees at Google, and Product Leadership Committee at Microsoft.

Ritcha earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelors in Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada.

Pricing

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$24

Current University of Pennsylvania Students/Faculty/Staff, and High School Students. Students with questions or concerns about pricing can contact Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative at ai-analytics@wharton.upenn.edu.

General Admission

$199

Industry Professionals, Academics, and University of Pennsylvania Alumni

Conference Co-Chairs

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Susan Davidson

Weiss Professor of Computer and Information Science, Penn Engineering

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Linda Zhao

Professor of Statistics and Data Science, The Wharton School

Hosted By

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Interested in Sponsorship Opportunities?

Contact Tania Rorke at rorket@wharton.upenn.edu.

About WiDS Worldwide

WiDS Philadelphia @ Penn is independently organized by the Wharton School and Penn Engineering to be part of the mission to increase participation of women in data science and to feature outstanding women doing outstanding work.