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Rumman Chowdhury
Director, META team at Twitter
Freada Kapor Klein
Entrepreneur and Activist; Co-Chair, The Kapor Center
Allison Scott
Chief Executive Officer, Kapor Center
Irma Olguin, Jr.
Co-Founder and CEO, Bitwise Industries
Karen Hao
Senior AI Editor, MIT Technology Review
Vivian Schiller
Executive Director, Aspen Institute
Khari Johnson
Senior Writer, Wired
Damon Beres
Editor-in-Chief, Unfinished Media
 
 Day 1    Day 2
The event will take place across two days (October 14 + 15) and is fully virtual. All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time.
DAY 1
  Keynotes
THURSDAY OCTOBER 14, 2021
  9:00am-10:00am
 STREAMING

Welcome! Mona Sloane and Matt Statler


Opening Keynote

* Keynote Speaker TBA


[ 10:00am-10:15am: Break ]

10:15am-10:30am
 SYNCHRONOUS
Hackathon Kickoff

10:30am-11:10am Dialogues
 SYNCHRONOUS
  • Paving the Way: Entry-Level Careers in Public Interest Tech Opportunities | Ariana Soto, Joey Headley, Flora Wang, Eric Richards
  • Equitable Access to Broadband | Alisa Valentin, Dominique Harrison, Daiquiri Ryan
  • NYPL's Digital Reading Product | Kathleen Riegelhaupt, Luke Swarthout, Jessica Want, Tony Ageh, Garvita Kapur

10:30am-11:50am Workshops
 SYNCHRONOUS
  • Responsible AI | Julia Stoyanovich
  • Foundations of Humane Technology  | David Jay

11:15am-11:55am Dialogues
 SYNCHRONOUS
  • Cross-Sector Collaborations in PIT | Maria Luque, Johanna Okerlund, Shlomi Hod
  • The Open and Decentralized Web |  Sal Kimmich, Drake Talley, Derek Slater, Lila Bailey
  • Sourcing Novel Data Science Questions from the Public | Alissa Talley-Pixley, Kelly Kowatch

[ 11:55pm-12:00pm: Break ]

  12:00pm-12:30pm
 STREAMING
Keynote: Philanthropy Panel

 Michelle Shevin     Jenny Toomey    Tom Kalil    Kumar Garg  


1:00pm-1:40pm Dialogues
 SYNCHRONOUS
  • Technology Opportunities in Government Roles | Stephanie Rodriguez
  • Decolonizing AI |  Ahmed Ansari
  • Developing Data Ethics Skills for PIT Careers | Natalia Domagala

1:00pm-2:20pm Workshops
 SYNCHRONOUS
  • Using Tech for Local Civic Engagement | Christopher Jackson
  • Social Justice Informatics for Public Interest Technology | Kenneth Fleischmann, Amanda Masino, Angela Smith

1:45pm-2:25pm Dialogues
 SYNCHRONOUS


2:30pm-3:10pm Dialogues
 SYNCHRONOUS

  • Technology and the Administrative Burden | Emily Tavoulareas, Don Moynihan, Dan Hon
  • Mainstreaming the Embodied Knowledge and Lived Experiences of BIPOC PIT Practitioners | Maria Yuan, Tayo Fabusuyi, Dwayne Barnes

2:30pm-3:50pm Workshops
 SYNCHRONOUS

  • Applying Data Equity + AI Ethics | Rachel Whaley, Eva Sachar
  • How Journalists Hold AI Accountable |  Hilke Schellmann, Emma Cillekens

  4:00pm-4:30pm
 STREAMING

Keynote: Journalism Panel

 Vivian Schiller    Karen Hao   Damon Bares    Khari Johnson  
DAY 2
  Keynotes
FRIDAY OCTOBER 15, 2021
  9:00am-10:00am
 STREAMING

Keynote: Public Interest Tech and Venture Capital

 Freada Kapor Klein    Allison Scott   Irma Olguin, Jr.

10:00am-3:00pm
 STREAMING
Ideas

10:00am-3:00pm
 SYNCHRONOUS
Career Fair

3:15pm-4:00pm
 SYNCHRONOUS
Hackathon Presentation

  4:00pm-4:30pm
 STREAMING

Keynote: AI and Humanity

 Rumman Chowdhury