In line with this year's UK Black History Month theme, the UCL Computer Science Race Equality Working Group will be hosting its third Black History Month celebration with an evening celebrating Black women in computer science discussing the future of AI and emerging technologies.

The in-person evening will include a fun ice breaker, a talk from Professor Dorothy Monekosso (Professor of Computer Science at Durham University and Chief Technical Officer at More Life UK Ltd) and panel discussion with Black women in computer science. The following panel members will be joining the event:

• Sophie Martin, UCL PhD Student, Centre for Medical Image Computing

• Morenike Magbagbeola, Robotics Engineer at Global Logic

• Natasha Musonda, Senior Analyst at Avanade

• Dr Rashada Harry, Amazon Web Services Enterprise Account Director

• Favour Borokini – PhD student at Nottingham University (African AI and tech ethics researcher)

Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and network after the talks during the social with delicious Caribbean food.

Online event: The keynote speaker talk and panel discussion will be streamed online - please choose the appropriate ticket when registering for this event.

Target audience:

This event is open to all UCL staff and students - please register for your free place now. This event will be streamed online, please select an online ticket when registering and a meeting link will be shared with you.

Accessibility and food allergies:

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible or comfortable for you, please let us know by emailing Kiran Ahmed (kiran.ahmed@ucl.ac.uk)

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