The EuADS Symposium "Data, Social Media and Society", organised by the Luxembourg-based European Association for Data Science (EuADS) a.s.b.l., will take place virtually on Monday 19 July 2021 at 15:00.

Prof. Alexander Pentland from MIT Media Lab will deliver this year's Sabine-Krolak-Schwerdt-Lecture in memoriam of EuADS founding president.

Prof. Alex Pentland was co-creator of the MIT Media Lab, founder of the MIT Connection Science and Human Dynamics Labs, and leads the Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program. One of the most cited authors in the computational sciences and a member of the United States (US) National Academies, he is also influential in national policy and is currently advising the European Union (EU), China, the US and several developing countries, and is a member of the Board of the United Nations (UN) Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data.

The symposium is free, but registration is required. For further information, including registration details, visit: euads.org/euads-online-symposium.