CBA has announced the launch of the Dean’s Technology Thought Leader Series, a new speaker series that invites prominent experts, innovators, and visionaries from the ever-evolving landscape of technology and business to campus, to delve into the most pressing and current topics today. 
The College welcomes Gavriella Schuster as its inaugural guest, a widely recognized as a DEI leader, TedX speaker, ATHENA Global Leadership award winner and co-founder of Women in Cloud and Women in Technology Network. Schuster will be speaking about the role of diversity in AI innovation.
Thursday, November 30, 2023
5:30pm-6:30pm
CPP campus, CBA 162-1001
Each free event includes an engaging Q&A, and networking reception with light refreshments immediately following.
RSVP: https://cbaleaderseries.eventbrite.com
“The Role of Diversity in AI Innovation”
The high-tech sector has a diversity gap which has been steadily growing over time. As AI becomes an ever-increasing driving force in technology services, the industry faces a crisis of innovation and accuracy if that gap is not addressed. Join Gavriella Schuster, a national expert on gender equity in the technology sector, in a discussion on the impact of diversity in the construction of AI technologies, data management and innovation.
About the Speaker:
Gavriella Schuster, DEI leader, ATHENA Global Leadership award winner and co-founder of Women in Cloud and Women in Technology Network.
A visionary and mission-focused exec on the leading edge of tech-enabled business innovation. A 25-year former Microsoft CVP, strategic business leader recognized for changing businesses and business models with extensive sales, marketing, and product development expertise helping companies transform through technology. Now a PE advisor and Member of the Board of Open Systems, Nerdio, Mimecast and Included. Former board director for Chinasoft International, a publicly traded company on the HKSE. As a fierce advocate for DEI, she is a founding sponsor of WIC, WIT Network and serves on the boards of several DEI non-profits. She is a TEDx speaker and author of an eBook and training on #ALLIES.