Women of Color STEM Conference welcomes 2014 Technologist of the Year Alicia Boler Davis, Amazon Corporate, and Amazon Web Services as Official Sponsors of the 25th Annual Women of Color STEM Conference
Career Communications Group, Inc. has announced Amazon, the leading technology company focused on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence, as a Partner of its 25th annual Women of Color in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Conference, which will be held virtually October 8-10.
"Throughout her trailblazing career, Alicia Boler-Davis has been a supporter of women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)," said Tyrone Taborn, chairman of Career Communications Group, Inc., the publisher of Women of Color magazine and producer of the annual Women of Color in STEM Conference.
"In her new role as Vice President of Global Customer Fulfillment at Amazon, with responsibility for the worldwide network of over 175 Fulfillment Centers across 16 countries, it is critical that the Women of Color STEM Conference connects Amazon and AWS with our audience of talented STEM professionals, computer science and engineering students at minority institutions, educators, and K-12 students, to help us engineer a better tomorrow," he said.
Alicia Boler Davis is scheduled to give remarks at the Women of Color STEM Awards Gala, which will be held virtually on Saturday, October 10, 2020.
Thousands of students and professionals are expected to take part in the 2020 Women of Color in STEM Conference virtually when the two-day event kicks off on October 8.
The Women of Color STEM Conference Career Fair provides an opportunity for students to meet with employers like Amazon and AWS trying to fill STEM jobs. In addition to Amazon serving as the Official Sponsor, Consumers Energy will co-host the 2020 Women of Color in STEM Conference, and General Motors is among the list of platinum, gold, silver, and bronze sponsors, as well as event sponsors.
Register for the 2020 Women of Color STEM Conference scheduled for October 8-10.