BHEF Member Meeting (Summer 2015)

Monday, June 22, 2015 to Tuesday, June 23, 2015

W Hotel
515 15th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004

June 22, 2015

5:30 pm        Chair’s Opening Reception

6:00 pm        Dinner

June 23, 2015

7:30 am        Breakfast

8:00 am        Briefing: Learning from BHEF Projects
BHEF staff will update members on their work in:

  • Cybersecurity, including an analysis of cybersecurity job postings in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia
  • Media, particularly the new media engineering minor developed with NBCUniversal in New York City
  • Undergraduate STEM Interventions with Industry (USI2) Consortium, NSF-funded project to design business and higher-ed partnerships advancing STEM education

9:00 am        Welcome: Roger Ferguson, Chair, BHEF

9:05 am        Discussion: Imagining the Future of Data Science (TED-style talks)
Invited experts talk about their vision for the future of data science and analytics. What will data science look like five years from now? Ten years from now? What impacts will this have on individuals, society, private institutions, and government?

  • Susan Etlinger, industry analyst, Altimeter
  • DJ Patil, U.S. chief data scientist, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
  • Others individuals to be announced  

9:45 am        Discussion: Data Science as an Unstoppable Driver of Organizational Change
Discussion Topics:

  • The Impact of Data Science on Organizational Leadership and Structure
    Facilitator: Steve Miller, chief operating officer, nfrastructure
  • Advancing Data Science Competencies in the Incumbent Workforce
    Facilitator: Mona Mourshed, director, Global Education Practice, McKinsey
  • The Skills Shortage in Data Science between New Graduates and Entry-Level Positions
    Facilitator: Earnestine Easter, program director, Division of Graduate Education, National Science Foundation
  • Creating a National Movement in Data Science

12:00 pm        Concluding Remarks: Roger Ferguson, Chair, BHEF