Innovative Resilience aims to spark economic development and support communities in Puerto Rico hit hard by Hurricane Maria through the development of resilience hubs. Their newest hub, located in Arroyo, provides technology and connectivity to a community severely lacking in resources as they attempt to build a more resilient future. ________________________ By Marti Grimminck and Rafael Read More
Category Archives: PCI News
People-Centered Internet Coalition Celebrates Doreen Bogdan-Martin’s Election to Head UN’s ITU Development Bureau
PALO ALTO, November 1, 2018 –– People Centered Internet celebrates the election of Doreen Bogdan-Martin to lead the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Bureau of Telecommunication Development (BDT) and looks forward to welcoming her to Silicon Valley on December 10. ITU’s Leadership elections occurred at the Plenipotentiary Conference in Dubai. With votes from 93 Read More
People Centered Supply Chain Requires New Skills
On October 26 2018, Mei Lin Fung addressed an audience of government and business leaders, attending the Crowdsourcing Week Global Conference in Washington D.C., on the opportunity to leverage crowdsourcing in the online Business to Business (B2B) arena which is already 2.5 times larger than online Business to Consumer (B2C). In order to anticipate the Read More
Tables and Tickets to the Dec 10 Event are Now on Sale
Each table is $10,000 and includes 10 seats to the Dec 10th event and evening gala. Confirmed speakers include Tim Berners Lee, Vint Cerf, Radia Perlman, Wendy Hall and more. See the full speaker list and more information about the event here. Interested in sponsoring the event or buying a table? Please email: [email protected] For individual attendance, register Read More
Project Coqui Summer Story
Relief efforts continue following on from the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Maria. In this article, Melvin Cordova details how his initiative, and others, have taken off. ________________________ By Melvin Cordova, Project Coqui Lead “Es un gran placer para mi el poder describir el progreso de nuestro Projecto Coqui”. We are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, and it Read More
People-Centered Internet Contributions to Community Resilience
By Dr. Linton Wells II, Executive Advisor to the Community Resilience Lab at George Mason University and President of Global Resilience Strategies The People-Centered Internet’s (PCI) aim is to “put humanity at the center of the Internet”, and a large part of this objective includes, “Providing support and expertise for projects that demonstrably improve people’s Read More
David Bray Visits Global Summit 2018 by Singularity University
Dr. David Bray, Executive Director of People-Centered Internet, and faculty member of Singularity University gave a talk at the institution’s Global Summit of 2018, on ‘Our People-Centered Digital Future and the Exponential Era Ahead’. Watch the video below. ________________________ If you liked this article, you can follow us on Twitter and Facebook for more updates.
How Our Exponentially Changing World is Challenging People and Organizations
Champion of positive #ChangeAgents, Dr. David Bray, addresses the impact of exponential technological change on private and public sector companies around the world, and explores how data transference via network devices is forever on the increase. ________________________ By Dr. David Bray In April 2016, I traveled to Dubai in a non-work capacity to meet with Read More
DisrupTV Featuring Marci Harris And Dr. David Bray
On September 21, 2018, Marci Harris, CEO and Co-founder at POPVOX, and Dr. David Bray, Executive Director at People-Centered Internet (PCI) coalition and faculty, delivered a keynote talk on ‘Impact & Disruption’ at Singularity University. They also spoke about the upcoming 10 December 2018 event, in collaboration with the DisrupTV hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. Watch Read More
Seeking Sponsors: Our People-Centered Digital Future Event in December
Ray Wang, CEO and Founder of Constellation Research, is seeking sponsors for the historic event scheduled for December 10, 2018. The draft agenda is available here and the search for sponsors is available at the end of this article. Below are details on the planned event. On December 10th, 2018, Constellation Research will host a Read More