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Last Chance to Register: A BETTER TECH Conference and Career Fair (and Comprehensive Data Governance Webinar)
A BETTER TECH: Public Interest Technology (PIT) Convention & Career Fair, hosted virtually by NYU, and funded by New America’s Public Interest Technology University Network. This event takes place Oct. 14-15 and registration is free.
A BETTER TECH is a virtual event for professionals, researchers and students interested in creating a better world through technology. It is the first convening of its kind in the US, bringing together the country’s most talented students and leading researchers with organizations and companies that are at the forefront of creating responsible and accountable tech that serves the public interest.
Students can find more information and register at the links below:
- Full schedule and more information
- Individual session registrations (for workshop and dialogue sessions)
- Hackathon registration
- Career fair registration
The following keynote sessions will stream on our website:
Tech and Philanthropy
Michelle Shevin (Ford Foundation), Jenny Toomey (Ford Foundation), Tom Kalil (Schmidt Futures), Kumar Garg (Schmidt Futures), Travis Moore (TechCongress)
Public Interest Technology Book Panel
Sylvanna Falcón (UCSC), Hana Schank (New America), Tara McGuinness (New America), Cyd Harrell (UX researcher), Beth Noveck (Northeastern)
Big Data Book Panel
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger (University of Oxford), Ari Waldman (Northeastern), Thomas Ramge (writer & journalist), Beth Noveck (Northeastern)
Tech Journalism
Vivian Schiller (Aspen Institute), Karen Hao (MIT Tech Review), Damon Beres (Unfinished), and Khari Johnson (WIRED)
Public Interest Tech and Venture Capital
Freada Kapor Klein, PhD (Kapor Center), Allison Scott, PhD (Kapor Center), Irma Olguin Jr. (Bitwise Industries)
AI and Humanity
Dr. Rumman Chowdhury (Twitter)
Webinar: What is Comprehensive Data Governance and Why Should You Care? An Introduction to the first Metric of Comprehensive Data Governance
When the webinar take place?
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
From 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Human beings have been collecting, producing, and governing various types of data for centuries. However, with the advent of the Internet and data analysis methods such as artificial intelligence, digital data has become essential. Meanwhile, the volume, variety, and speed of transmission of data have increased dramatically, making data governance more complex and challenging. Yet we don’t know what comprehensive data governance looks like.
The Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub has produced the first metric to assess what countries are doing to govern data at the national and international levels. The hub has examined visions and strategies, laws and regulations, human rights and ethical commitments, structural changes, public participation, and international actions to govern data. Join the webinar to learn the metric and describe how researchers can use it.
Speakers
Discussant
Professor James Foster, Vice Dean and Oliver T. Carr, Jr. Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
Adam Zable
Koch Associates Program Fellow, Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub
Moderator
Research Professor Susan Aaronson, Director of the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, GWU
Thomas Struett
Research Director, Digital Trade & Data Governance Hub
This event is co-sponsored by the The Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, GW-CIBER, the Internet Society, the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy, the Center for International Governance Innovation, and the Institute for International Economic Policy.