WiML Social at ICLR 2025

​WiML is at ICLR! 🌟

​➡️ official Social on the ICLR.cc site

​Women in Machine Learning (WiML) is hosting its signature social at ICLR 2025 - grab lunch, meet fellow researchers, and hear perspectives on navigating academia vs. industry.
🍽️ Lunch provided!

​SCHEDULE:

​12:30 - 12:35 PM: Opening Remarks

• ​Melis Ilayda Bal (MPI-IS), Vasiliki Tassopoulou (U Penn)

​12:35 - 1:20 PM: Networking & Lunch

• ​Icebreaker game (12:35 – 12:55 PM)

• ​Lunch is served (up to capacity; ~1 PM)

• ​Roundtable discussions (12:55 – 1:20 PM)

​1:20 - 2:00 PM: Panel Discussion
"Papers, patents, or products? Making the right career call across academia & industry"

​The panel explores key career decisions in today's ML landscape: choosing between research publications and product development, weighing academic freedom against industry resources.

​Panelists:

• ​Reyhane Askari (FAIR)

• ​Katherine Driscoll (Graph Therapeutics)

• ​Nouha Dziri (AI2)

• ​Claire Vernade (University of Tübingen)

​Moderator: Erin Grant (WiML; UCL)