November, 26 2017 Kimberly F. Sellers, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgetown University The 2017 Women in Statistics and Data Science (WSDS) conference occurred on October 19-21, 2017 in La Jolla, California, bringing together women statisticians from industry, academia, and government. WSDS is a unique, three-day conference that features plenary talks from leaders in their respective fields, as well as short courses and concurrent sessions addressing a variety of issues ranging from technical topics and cutting-edge research