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Community Organized Event this Friday: “Logging off Facebook. What comes next?”

This Friday, Micah Sifry and Kaliya Young (“Identity Woman”) are organizing a half-day, online event to discuss: “Logging off Facebook. What comes next?” Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/logging-off-facebook-what-comes-next-tickets-201128228947 Description: A half-day unconference for technologists who are making alternatives to Facebook; policy makers with ideas about how to fix, regulate and/or break-up Facebook; and organizers looking for answers that address… Continue reading Community Organized Event this Friday: “Logging off Facebook. What comes next?”

Community Organized Event: Invitation to UN World Data Forum webinar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSEk-yf68C4   Dear Colleagues, The United Nations World Data Forum (UNWDF) team is pleased to invite you to the upcoming webinar on “Reflections from the 2021 UN World Data Forum: the evolving data ecosystem and the role of National Statistical Offices” For more details and to register, click here. For a quick snapshot from the UN… Continue reading Community Organized Event: Invitation to UN World Data Forum webinar

Community Organized Event: Invitation to UN discussion on 3D Printing: Its Potential and Implications for International Security

Dear Colleagues, You are invited to a conversation with the Japanese Permanent Representative to the UN, UN Under-Secretary General Izumi Nakamitsu, on 3D Printing: Its Potential and Implications for International Security. The event will occur from 1000-1100 ET this Thursday, 02 December (0700-0800 Pacific). Like other emerging technologies, 3D printing offers the prospects of new possibilities… Continue reading Community Organized Event: Invitation to UN discussion on 3D Printing: Its Potential and Implications for International Security

Blue Note in Napa on Feb 4: Chico Pinheiro & Romero Lubambo Duo

BLUE NOTE NAPA is located on the 1st floor of the Historic Napa Valley Opera House. An intimate 188 person seated live music club and restaurant where you may enjoy performances of world renowned and local Bay Area artists alike. We offer a dinner menu with an elegant wine and cocktail list in all seating sections.… Continue reading Blue Note in Napa on Feb 4: Chico Pinheiro & Romero Lubambo Duo

A Chat with Mei Lin Fung: Chair, cofounder with Vint Cerf, People Centered Internet; Early pioneer of CRM; Chair, IEEE Society and Technology (SSIT) Technical committee on Sustainability; emeritus Chair of California Health Medical Reserve Corps; about the past and future of technology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTrWph2Uuvc This week, Stephen Ibaraki has an exclusive interview with Mei Lin Fung. Chair and cofounder with Vint Cerf of the People Centered Internet, gave the keynote on Decade of Digital Transformation at the World Bank IFC Global SME Financing Forum October 2020, she presented at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Digital Economics launch in 2017. Mei Lin is an… Continue reading A Chat with Mei Lin Fung: Chair, cofounder with Vint Cerf, People Centered Internet; Early pioneer of CRM; Chair, IEEE Society and Technology (SSIT) Technical committee on Sustainability; emeritus Chair of California Health Medical Reserve Corps; about the past and future of technology

A Chat with Tamara Singh: Expert, Financial Systems, Digital and Sustainability; about the financial ecosystem and sustainability initiatives enabling sustainable organisations to scale, while championing impactful change

https://youtu.be/53re01H_RXM This week, Stephen Ibaraki has an exclusive interview with Tamara Singh. Tamara Singh considers global systems and the nudges that may help to render them more sustainable, drawing on her expertise in Financial Systems, Digital and Sustainability. She enjoys a portfolio career that allows her to devote her energy to her profession and her… Continue reading A Chat with Tamara Singh: Expert, Financial Systems, Digital and Sustainability; about the financial ecosystem and sustainability initiatives enabling sustainable organisations to scale, while championing impactful change

European Union-African Union Summit, Science and Innovation side events, 14-18 February 2022

The AERAP Africa-Europe Science Collaboration Platform will organize side events at the AU-EU Summit on 14-18 February. The purpose of the meeting will be to promote awareness of the contribution of collaborative research and development as a critical aspect of EU-Africa relations and collaborations, in particular in addressing global challenges together. This is a free… Continue reading European Union-African Union Summit, Science and Innovation side events, 14-18 February 2022

How the Internet grew up outside the US, and lessons learned for the future

Abstract:  There is much written about how the Internet evolved in United States, but less is known about the history of the Internet’s deployment and evolution in other countries. In this panel, we will hear about how the Internet became introduced into Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America. The panelists will recount the history of these… Continue reading How the Internet grew up outside the US, and lessons learned for the future

STAR-TIDES Fireside Chat, Sustainable Resilience in a World of Interconnected Disruptions

The timing of the launch of the launch of the STAR-TIDES fireside chat series is to lay the foundation for the 15th Annual STAR-TIDES Capabilities Demonstration scheduled for April 18th-20th on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. The first fireside chat will be featuring Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center and was Executive Director of PCI to January 2020 – https://www.stimson.org/ppl/david-bray/, and Dr. Eric Rasmussen, Chief Executive Officer, Infinitum Humanitarian Systems – https://www.ihs-i.com/eric-rasmussen. This inaugural fireside chat will be moderated by Aaron Rose, CEO, Global Tactics – https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronrose/. Scan the QR code on below image for registration or use the website link.

(REF 181602) Digital Utilities for Translational Science and Community Living Labs

The AERAP Africa-Europe Science Collaboration Platform will organise side events at the AU-EU Summit on 14-18 February 2022. The purpose of the meeting will be to promote awareness of the contribution of collaborative research and development as a critical aspect of EU-Africa relations and collaborations, in particular in addressing global challenges together.