Summary of D&I-Themed Events at SIGMOD 2021 (Wed, June 23 to Fri, June 25)
1) Plenary Session: D&I in DB Initiative (60min)
Time slot and date: 10.30am Wed US PT / 1.30pm Wed US ET / 7.30pm Wed CET / 11pm Wed India / 1.30am Thu China / 3.30am Thu Aus ET
Session Chair: Avrilia Floratou
Speakers: Sihem Amer-Yahia, Panos Chrysanthis, Victor Zakhary, Arun Kumar
2) Round Table: Students and Postdocs in DB (60min)
Time slot and date: 9.30am Thu US PT / 12.30pm Thu US ET / 6.30pm Thu CET / 10pm Thu India / 12.30am Fri China / 2.30am Fri Aus ET
Session Chair: Pinar Tozun
Panelists: Adel Ardalan, Andreas Kipf, Doris Xin, Sujaya Maiyya, Yuhao Zhang
3) Round Table: Women in DB (60min)
Time slot 1: 9.30am Wed US PT / 12.30pm Wed US ET / 6.30pm Wed CET / 10pm Wed India / 12.30am Thu China / 2.30am Thu Aus ET
Session Chair: Danica Porobic
Confirmed Attendees: Anastasia Ailamaki, Angela Bonifati, Georgia Koutrika, Nesime Tatbul, Olga Papaemmanouil, Pinar Tozun, Sihem Amer-Yahia, Susan Davidson, Vasiliki Kalavri, Wang-Chiew Tan
Time slot 2: 3.30pm Wed US PT / 6.30pm Wed US ET / 12.30am Thu CET / 4am Thu India / 6.30am Thu China / 8.30am Thu Aus ET
Session Chair: Renata Borovica-Gajic
Confirmed Attendees: Cong Yan, Fatma Ozcan, Juliana Freire, Magda Balazinska, Rachel Pottinger
4) Round Table: Coping with Failures and Impostor Syndrome (90min within a 3hr block after New Researcher Symposium)
Time slot 1: 1.30am Wed US PT / 4.30am Wed US ET / 10.30am Wed CET / 2pm Wed India / 4.30pm Wed China / 6.30pm Wed Aus ET
Session Chair: Avrilia Floratou
Panelists: Anastasia Ailamaki, Karthik Ramachandra, Renata Borovica-Gajic, Reynold Cheng
Time slot 2: 1.30pm Wed US PT / 4.30pm Wed US ET / 10.30pm Wed CET / 2am Thu India / 4.30am Thu China / 6.30am Thu Aus ET
Session Chair: Arun Kumar
Panelists: Andy Pavlo, Johannes Gehrke, Magda Balazinska, Shreya Shankar
