2021-12-22 16:14:36
"Using data science as a force for good" environmental modeling workshop
I'm developing a weekend workshop marketed to data scientists that want to work or volunteer for environmental causes. My goal is to help data scientists without a background in environmental science or conservation biology learn what databases are out there and, more importantly, how to build connections to find work with non-profits and academic scientists.
I'm a biologist that uses statistics pretty extensively in sustainability and conservation research. I've been impressed with what my friends who went into data science, data engineering, and machine learning can do. There are some "big questions" in the world of conservation and the environment. But many research groups simply do not have the skills available to come up with answers, but I'm convinced many data scientists do. Nobody gets rich doing this work, but I can attest its rewarding and fascinating.
I would love some tips on where to market such a workshop. As I said, my target audience is NOT other biologists - I know plenty of those. The workshop would be hybrid and hosted at the border of upstate New York and Connecticut, USA, approximately 1.5 hours from NYC.
I hope this doesn't break the mod rules! I am not doing this for profit, just to help an organization I work with.
Edit: Thanks for the positive feedback already! I will post an update after I have time to do more planning. Given the scope of the workshop's potential topics, it will be good to focus on a single set of related subjects in the domain of expertise of my guest speakers.
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