ML4ALL

Schedule Overview

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SUN 5/27

Bike Ride

2:00pm @ Bossanova Ballroom

Join your fellow attendees for a leisurely ride around Portland.

Welcome Reception

8:00pm @ Bossanova Ballroom

Get your badge and mingle. Open bar, live entertainment, and more!

MON 5/28

Conf Day 1

Bossanova Ballroom
Doors @ 8:30am

Talks from 9:00am-5:00pm

Lunch @ Noon

Also.. Unconference, ML Lab and more!

Day 1 Talks End @ 5:00pm

Official Party

7:00pm-11:00pm

NOTE: Minors are welcome, but only until 9pm!

TUE 5/29

Conf Day 2

Bossanova Ballroom
Doors @ 8:30am

Talks from 9:00am-5:00pm

Hiring Speed Networking @ 10:15am

Lunch @ Noon

Day 2 Talks End @ 5:00pm

Women & Nonbinary Reception

5:30pm–7:30pm @ Cooper's Hall

The Microsoft Azure Advocacy team is holding a women and non binary community get-together to close out the conference.

→ RSVP HERE ←

#relaxml

The conference has ended, but we're all still here. Find some friendly faces and invite them to dinner or #relaxml brunch before you leave the venue!

Find your tribe on Slack, or on Twitter using the hashtag #ml4all.

Full Schedule

Sunday 5/27

2:00pm
Bike Ride Starts - @ Bossanova Ballroom

Join your fellow attendees for a leisurely ride around Portland.

Meet in the Bossanova Ballroom parking lot. Click here for more info...

4:00pm
Bike Ride Ends
8:00pm
Welcome Reception Doors Open @ Bossanova Ballroom

Get your badge and mingle. Open bar, live entertainment, and more! Minors are allowed the entire evening, so feel free to bring your kids and +1s (or +2s, we've got room).

In the upstairs lounge at the Bossanova Ballroom.

11:00pm
Welcome Reception Doors Close. See you tomorrow!

Monday 5/28

8:00am
Doors Open, Coffee/Breakfast - @ Bossanova Ballroom

Come grab a light breakfast snack, handmade coffee or chai. Bling out your badge, mingle with other attendees, and find your perfect spot to camp out in for the day.

NOTE: While we know that "the early bird catches the worm", please DO NOT arrive early. We will be setting up in the morning, and will not be able to allow access to the building until 8:00am. If you get there early, you'll be waiting around on the sidewalk out front...

9:00am
Suz Hinton - Machine Learning for Accessibility
9:45am
Ricky Hennessy - Using Machine Learning to Increase Health Insurance Coverage
10:15am
Morning Break

Grab a pastry, and discuss Suz and Ricky's talks with one another. Meet someone new! Look out for the designated Introducer if you need help saying hello for the first time.

10:45am
Kaleo Ha'o - Jump or Not to Jump: Solving Flappy Bird with Deep Reinforcement Learning
11:30am
Clair J. Sullivan - A Machine Learning Win at GitHub ...and So Can You!
12:00pm
Lunch Break

Lunch will be provided. Monday's menu will be in-theme for a traditional Memorial Day BBQ, and will include burgers, hot dogs, and chips. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten free options included in the standard menu.

1:00pm
Lightning Talks - A series of short 5min talks. Sign-up at the registration desk!
1:45pm
Paige Bailey - Kill (Deep) Math!
2:30pm
Igor Dziuba - Teach Machine To Teach: Personal Tutor For Language Learners
3:00pm
Afternoon Break

Grab a snack, and discuss Paige and Igor's talks with one another. Meet someone new! Look out for the designated Introducer if you need help saying hello for the first time.

3:30pm
Jon Oropeza - ML Spends A Year In Burgundy
4:00pm
Manuel Muro - Barriers To Accelerating The Training Of Artificial Neural Networks - A Systemic Perspective
4:45pm
Poul Petersen - From Zero to Machine Learning for Everyone
5:15pm
ML4ALL Family Photo
7:00pm
Official Party @ Pips & Bounce

Come join us at Pips & Bounce, to play ping pong, enjoy snacks and an open bar.

Minors are welcome until 9pm.

11:00pm
Official Party Ends - Bar tab closes, but you're welcome to stay! See you tomorrow morning!

Tuesday 5/29

8:00am
Doors Open, Coffee/Breakfast - @ Bossanova Ballroom

Come grab a light breakfast snack, handmade coffee or chai. Bling out your badge, mingle with other attendees, and find your perfect spot to camp out in for the day.

9:00am
Amy Cheng - Machine Learning, Art and JavaScript
9:45am
Robert Dodier - Getting from Machine Learning Outputs to Decisions
10:15am
Hiring Speed Dating / Morning Break

Looking for a job? Looking to hire someone? Head up to the upstairs lounge and take part in Hiring Speed Dating! This event pairs potential employeers with job seekers for quick 1min chat. Everyone gets to talk to everyone! :)

Of course, if you're not interested in any of that, you can always grab a pastry, and discuss Amy and Robert's talks with one another. Meet someone new! Look out for the designated Introducer if you need help saying hello for the first time.

10:45am
Kirsten Westeinde - Using Your Data to Give Your Customers Superpowers
11:30am
Anna Widiger - Your First NLP Machine Learning Project: Peaks and Pitfalls of Unstructured Data
12:00pm
Lunch Break

Lunch will be provided. Tuesday's menu will be a taco buffet. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten free options included in the standard menu.

1:00pm
Lightning Talks - A series of short 5min talks. Sign-up at the registration desk!
1:45pm
Carol E. Reiley - When bias in product design means life or death
2:30pm
Mary Ann Brennan - Eliminating Machine Bias
3:00pm
Afternoon Break

Grab a snack, and discuss Carol and Mary Ann's talks with one another. Meet someone new! Look out for the designated Introducer if you need help saying hello for the first time.

3:30pm
Hamel Husain - How to Create Magical Data Products Using Sequence to Sequence Models
4:00pm
Ashutosh Sanzgiri - Conducting a Data Science Contest in Your Organization
4:45pm
Rich Jolly - Breaking the Barriers to ML in Your Organization
5:15pm
Mingle, Organize Dinner and #relaxml Brunch Plans

The conference has ended, but we're all still here. Find some friendly faces and invite them to dinner before you leave the venue!

Find your tribe on Slack, or on Twitter using the hashtag #ml4all.

#relaxml Brunch: Around Wednesday? Organize #relaxml brunch plans with other attendees for Wed morning. It's a great way to decompress before heading back home. Post photos and invites until the #relaxml hashtag!

5:30pm

Women & Nonbinary Reception

5:30pm–7:30pm @ Cooper's Hall

The Microsoft Azure Advocacy team is holding a women and non binary community get-together to close out the conference.

→ RSVP HERE ←

6:00pm
Main Event: Doors Close - See you next year! <3 <3 <3 <3

P.S. Don't forget to join us in Slack to keep the conversations going until the next conference!

MAIN VENUE

Bossanova Ballroom, on Portland's East Side!



The Bossanova Ballroom is ADA accessible, with some restrictions.

For more info, contact the venue at (503) 206-7630


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