Let's get together & get some writing done! This meetup event will bring us together to: brainstorm, write, get feedback, & edit in one day! We'll be splitting up into groups (led by awesome mentors) to write:

Blog posts

CFPs (Call for Proposals) for conferences, meetups, work presentations, & anything else in between

Free dinner will be provided, including vegetarian, vegan, & gluten-free options!

Schedule

6:30-7:00 - Welcome, introductions, & food

7:00-7:10 - Rachel Thomas: A Quick Intro to Deep Learning

7:10-7:15 - Breakout into Blogging + CFP groups around a topic or area (5 per group)

7:15-8:15 -Brainstorm: Brainstorm topic to write about with group

8:15-8:45 - Write #1: Write blog or conference proposal for 30 minutes

8:45-9:00 - Feedback: Swap entries + exchange contact info

9:00-9:30 - Write #2: Write + polish!

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Rachel Thomas has a math PhD from Duke & previously worked as a quant, a data scientist at Uber, & a full-stack software instructor at Hackbright. She has made the front page of Hacker News 4x for her posts, which include:If you think women in tech is just a pipeline issue, you havent been paying attention and Deep Learning: Not Just for Silicon Valley, & also writes an ask-a-data-scientist advice column. She co-founded fast.ai with the goal of making deep learning accessible to people from varied backgrounds outside of elite institutions, who are tackling problems in meaningful but low-resource areas, far from mainstream deep learning research. (twitter: @math_rachel, website: fast.ai)

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Thank you Indiegogo & Slack for sponsoring!!

This meetup is for women & non-binary folks.