UN Science Summit Digital Cooperation, Governance Regulation Sept 20-22

NEW YORK CITY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2023   Luminaries at UNGA Science Summit debate a more scientific and people-centered future for digital regulations New York City, September 15, 2023 – People Centered Internet (PCI) is pleased to announce the multi stakeholder event: “Key Challenges & Objectives for Digital Cooperation, Governance, and Regulation,” September 20-22, 2023, as Read More

People-Centered Internet Co-chair Official Announcement

PALO ALTO, AUGUST 30, 2023 Dear Members of the People-Centered Internet Community,Dear Members of the I4J Community,  PCI welcomes Jascha Stein, our new Executive Chair joining the leadership team of Mei Lin Fung, Co-chair and Founding Chair Vint Cerf. Jascha’s deep expertise in digital and social impact businesses led by participative and inclusive people centric Read More

People-Centered Internet Launches “Puerto Rico Prosperity Initiative”

WASHINGTON DC, JANUARY 13, 2023 – The People-Centered Internet (“PCI”) is launching “Puerto Rico Prosperity Initiative” (“PRPI”), an initiative designed to bring businesses, nonprofit organizations, and governmental agencies together with the people of Puerto Rico to provide increased digital access to key resources and services from the government for future prosperity.  PCI, who developed the Read More

UNGA77 Science Summit | Out of this world solutions: For on-world problems

Session as part of the 2022 United Nations General Assembly Science Summit

Dr. Sian Proctor (SpaceX Inspiration4 Astronaut), Mei Lin Fung (Mother of CRM, Co-Founder – People Centered Internet), Christina Korp (Astronaut Wrangler, Founder – Space for a Better World), Charlie Isaacs (Salesforce, Customer Connections CTO), and Scott Cunningham (Co-Founder, CEO – SDGuild)

Meanwhile, back in Mei Lin’s kitchen…

Twelve years ago, David Nordfors, Co-founder of i4j Innovation for Jobs, wrote about a potluck dinner in a cozy kitchen.  It might, he wrote, “be closer to the solution than banquet halls in world capitals”.  Multilateral meetings in formal venues could leverage the candour and collaboration of meetings in garages and kitchens to solve People’s greatest challenges.

Mei Lin on Community Climate Clubs at Planet Positive

Photo: Afternoon tea before Planet Positive (left to right): Stephen Ozoigbo, Benedikt Signer, Julia Pope, Tamara Singh, Navroop Sadhev, Mei Lin Fung, Ross Casley, and Usha Jagannathan. Mei Lin spoke at the first Planet Positive meeting at Stanford University on how the Community Climate Clubs can shape the future of humanity and the planet. For Read More

PCI and Think 7

“We will make the most of our G7 Presidency to ensure this group of states takes on a pioneering role – in the pursuit of climate neutrality and an equitable world,” Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the handover of the G7 Presidency. Seven Engagement Groups comment and provide stimuli for G7 topics: Business community (Business7) Non-governmental organizations Read More

Hasso Plattner Institute named Mei Lin Fung the latest HPI Fellow at the Clean-IT Summit

The Clean-IT Summit is an international platform for the exchange of ideas to make the digital world more sustainable. High-ranking policy and industry leaders engaged in a dialogue with academia and civil society to address the pressing issue of how digital technologies can support the fight against climate change and what needs to be done to reduce Read More

PCI’s Annual Round-Up | 2022

PCI’s Annual Round-Up | 2022 Hi everyone, this is a year-end update from the board of the People Centered Internet This will be a time that will be remembered for generations after us. We have reached the second of the Covid New Years that have upturned our lives. The ways we live, work and play Read More