How We’re Creating An Inclusive GTC

GTC is a forum for all communities to engage with the leading edge of AI and other groundbreaking technologies.

These technologies affect everyone, and NVIDIA believes that diverse voices of the world should be heard.

We’ve designed a program that seeks to inspire, influence, and impact developers from emerging countries as well as historically underrepresented students and professionals, with a wide range of opportunities.

GTC recognized in Forbes as a top conference for women to attend to further their careers.

Free Access

We’ve made GTC free this year, so everyone has access to more than 1,400 technical and business strategy talks.

Complimentary Training Sessions

We’re working with minority-serving institutions and organizations to open up training opportunities to underrepresented communities by providing free seats for daylong hands-on certification classes through NVIDIA’s Deep Learning Institute..

Partners include Norfolk State University, Howard University, North Carolina A&T University, San Jose State University, and Bowie State University, and organizations such as Black in AI, Black Tech Nation, Data Science Salon, LatinX in AI, Queer in AI, and Qwasar.

Networking Opportunities

GTC’s popular Dinner with Strangers series provides an opportunity to meet new people who share similar interests, building connections and fostering career growth. This year’s gatherings are hosted by several of NVIDIA’s employee resource communities.

Sessions Featuring Diverse Voices

GTC is showcasing an inspiring lineup of amazing women speakers, including some of the world’s foremost researchers and business leaders, and highlighting the work of AI developers in emerging markets, like Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

It also features a series of talks centered on the importance of inclusion in AI, including the need to expand access to AI and how women have continued to drive AI innovation during the pandemic.

Featured Sessions and Events

Inclusion In AI
AI In Emerging Markets
Networking Events

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14
10:00 - 11:30 CDT	Keeping Up with AI in the Midst of COVID - Presented By NVIDIA Women in Tech Murilo De Queiroze, Senior Hardware Engineer, NVIDIA Laura Montoya, Founder and Managing Partner, Accel Impact Organizations Jomar Silva, Head of Developer Relations, Zup Innovation Neto Marin, Customer Engineer, Google Vinicius Senger, Senior Development Advocate, Amazon Web Services
THURSDAY, April 15
13:00 - 13:50 CDT	Panel With Healthcare Giants: The State of Healthcare AI Startups Robin Braun, AE - Alliances, Dell Renee Yao, VP and GM, AI Healthcare, GE Karen Holzberger, Senior VP and GM, Nuance Yin He, Startup Business Development, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Amazon Web Services
On Demand
Available April 12, 10am PDT	Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader Who Knows AI? Lisa Abel-Palmieri, CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania Jim Gibbs, Meter Feeder Justin Shaifer, STEM Success Summit Maynard Okereke, STEM Success Summit Dr. Babak Mostaghimi, Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum, Instructional Support & Innovation, Gwinnett County Public Schools, Suwanee, Georgia
	Diversity Driving AI Innovation Brennon Marcano, CEO, The National GEM Consortium Nashlie Sephus, Applied Science Manager, Amazon Web Services Joy Johnson PhD, Sr Hardware Engineer & Technology Lead, Apple Rogelio E. Cardona-Rivera, Assistant Professor, The University of Utah

TUESDAY, APRIL 13
09:00 - 09:50 CDT	AI in Africa: Enabling the Next 1M AI Developers Karim Beguir, CEO and Co-Founder, InstaDeep Kate Kallot, Head of Emerging Areas, NVIDIA Alexander Tsado, Founder, Alliance4ai Celina Lee, CEO, Zindi Ciira Maina, Co-Founder, Data Science Africa
TUESDAY, APRIL 13
12:00 - 12:50 CDT	Unlocking the Power of AI in Latin America through Developer Communities Murilo De Queiroze, Senior Hardware Engineer, NVIDIA Laura Montoya, Founder and Managing Partner, Accel Impact Organizations Jomar Silva, Head of Developer Relations, Zup Innovation Neto Marin, Customer Engineer, Google Vinicius Senger, Senior Development Advocate, Amazon Web Services
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14
06:00 - 06:50 CDT	A New Africa and a New World: The State and Future of African Developer Ecosystems Marlene Mhangami, Software Engineer, NVIDIA Kennedy Wangari,Data Scientist and AI Community Lead, SafeBoda Ada Nduka Oyom, Founder, She Code Africa Shodipo Ayomide, Developer Relations Manager, Stack Overflow Sultan Akintunde, Founder, TalenQL, DevCareers Lebogang Madise, Azure Developer Marketing

TUESDAY, APRIL 13
19:00 - 20:00 CDT	Dinner with Strangers: NV Pride and Queer in AI Mixer
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14
19:00 - 20:00 CDT	Dinner with Strangers: Black NVIDIAN Network & Black in AI Mixer
THURSDAY, APRIL 15
19:00 - 20:00 CDT	Dinner with Strangers: NVIDIA Women in Tech
THURSDAY, APRIL 15
19:00 - 20:00 CDT	Dinner with Strangers: Hispanic Latino Network and LatinX in AI Mixer

Supporting Partners

We'll see you there

Our conference team is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion.

While our attendees come from over 50 countries each year, we know there’s more we can do to foster diversity, and will look for opportunities to make that happen.

If you have suggestions for how we can do this or if you work with a diversity-focused professional organization that could benefit from access to GTC content and deep learning training, please email GTC_registration@event.nvidia.com.

To learn more about NVIDIA's approach to diversity and inclusion, visit our Diversity & Inclusion page.