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SUMMARY:Text-to-Image AI in Design Research with Ashley Anderson
DESCRIPTION:For PCI Community member invitation only. \nTo be a member of our PCI community click here. \nGreetings People-Centered Internet Community: \nThis Sunday 21 May we welcome Ashley Anderson who will share work about Leveraging Text-to-Image AI in Design Research  \nJoin us at 11:30 AM ET in the PCI Zoom room. \nAshley Anderson is an advanced PhD candidate in the College of Design at North Carolina State University. “Leveraging Text-to-Image AI in Design Research” will cover insights from ongoing dissertation research\, which explores the use of text-to-image AI within imagery-based interventions. Situated within an education context\, this work centers on developing a novel stereotype threat intervention for Black students in the first year of engineering. The intervention uses AI systems like DALL-E 2 and Midjourney as tools for visualizing personally relevant visual metaphors with the goal of reducing the harmful effects of stereotype threat while cultivating a sense of belonging and identity. \nWe look forward to having you with us.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/text-to-image-ai-in-design-research-with-ashley-anderson/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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SUMMARY:Dr. Jose Morey on STEM/STEAM Education
DESCRIPTION:Jose Morey \n  \nCEO and Founder of Ad Astra Media LLC\, Jose and his team provides role models and educational STEAM content to encourage more diversity in STEAM related fields. He is the Chief Medical Officer for Ever Medical\, an Eisenhower Fellow with the 2020/2021 ZHI-XING Fellows Program and is a health and technology keynote speaker\, author and a consultant for NASA\, Forbes\, MIT and the White House Office of Science and Technology. He is considered a leader in exponential technology innovation and excels at leading multidisciplinary teams that sit at the epicenter of biotechnology\, AI\, and aerospace. \n  \nMore about Dr. Morey here: https://www.drjosemorey.com/about \n  \nWe look forward to having you with us.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/dr-jose-morey-on-stem-steam-education/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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SUMMARY:The Personal Data & Identity Meeting of The Waters: A New Path To Value
DESCRIPTION:For PCI Community member invitation only. \nTo be a member of our PCI community click here. \n———————————————————– \n  \nThis Sunday 16 April at 11:30 AM ET PCI welcomes Michael Becker\, CEO of Identity Praxis as our guest speaker. His topic:\n \nThe Personal Data & Identity Meeting of The Waters: A New Path To Value \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nPreview\nPersonal data and identity management are being reshaped by shifts in consumer opinion\, regulations\, and technology. These shifts demand that businesses see and approach personal data and identity in new and innovative ways. In this session\, Michael Becker\, a personal data and identity management leader\, will explain the convergence of traditional organizational-centric and people-centric approaches to personal data and identity management\, a phenomenon he calls the personal data and identity meeting of the waters. He will explain the five domains of the data\, the ever-changing landscape of personal data regulations\, the introduction of new technologies that empower people to protect and take control of their data\, and The Identity Nexus. Finally\, through the lens of the three-horizon framework\, Michael will explore new personal data and identity tactics and strategies that enterprises can embrace to increase revenues\, reduce costs\, enhance their customers’ experience throughout the customer journey\, mitigate cybercrime\, and comply with industry regulations. \nBackground\nMichael Becker is a strategic advisor\, author\, speaker\, and educator. Michael is the founder and CEO of Identity Praxis and is the Mobile Ecosystem Forum PD&I Working Group Chair. He is an adjunct professor for California State Polytechnic University\, Pomona\, National University\, and the Association of National Advertisers. Michael offers product development\, market development\, business development\, and marketing services to Fortune 500s\, startups\, and non-profits worldwide. He is the author of several books\, including the soon to be released—“The Personal Data and Identity Meeting of the Waters: When Two Approaches of Personal Data and Identity Management Converge” and the “5Cs of Knowledge Management: A Guide to Unleashing Your Creative Potential and Contribution.” He is the author and co-author of “Mobile Marketing Essentials\,” “Mobile Marketing for Dummies\,” “Web Marketing for Dummies\,” and several other books and journals. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/privacyshaman/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nWhen\n\n\n\n\nSunday Apr 16\, 2023 ⋅ 8:30am – 9:30am (Pacific Time – Los Angeles)
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/the-personal-data-identity-meeting-of-the-waters-a-new-path-to-value/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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SUMMARY:My Life as a Cyborg by Jerry Michaski
DESCRIPTION:Greetings PCI Community: \n  \nOur featured guest this coming Sunday is Jerry Michaski | His topic: “My Life as a Cyborg” \nJerry Michalski is the former managing editor of Release 1.0\, a technology newsletter created by Esther Dyson. He is the founder of Sociate.com and ReX (Relationship Economy eXpedition). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Michalski | https://www.jerrymichalski.com/now He also been a great collaborative member of my ThinkPad industry advisory council\, and today is an advisory board member for Content Evolution. \nJerry has been accumulating information in the relational and visual database software thebrain for decades. The Brain company says “the world’s largest Brain created by a single person (that we know of) is Jerry Michalski’s\, which is now over 350\,000 Thoughts.” \nThis companion knowledgebase qualifies Jerry as something of a cyborg\, just as we gain keen interest in Generative AI and the data training sets behind them. He has been curating his own dataset based on his wide-ranging interests for decades. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/my-life-as-a-cyborg-by-jerry-michaski/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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SUMMARY:Unlocking the Power of Decentralized AI with Adonai Vera
DESCRIPTION:For PCI Community member invitation only. \nTo be a member of our PCI community click here. \n  \nHis topic: Unlocking the Power of Decentralized AI: Empowering the World \nAdonai Vera \nAdonaí Vera is a machine learning engineer and software developer\, AI developer\, AI Leader\, and has been CTO in different companies. Vera has five (5) years of experience in the creation of computer vision models\, and machine learning algorithms. By testing and deploying models in production using tools like TensorFlow\, Docker\, OpenCV\, Git\, and Kubernetes\, has given Vera a vision of creating AI products with a customer focus. \nVera is one of the 10 TensorFlow certified Developers for Google in Colombia\, author of courses such as “Curso Profesional de Redes neuronal con TensorFlow”\, and “Curso Profesional de computer vision con TensorFlow” in Platzi – and winner of the Hackathon Covid19 and Innovate2019 with Ecopetrol Colombia
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/unlocking-the-power-of-decentralized-ai-with-adonai-vera/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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SUMMARY:Human Sensor Networks & Distributed Decision Making
DESCRIPTION:Dave Snowden be with us discussing “Human Sensor Networks & Distributed Decision Making” tomorrow at this time\, Sunday 5 March at 11:30 AM ET. \n\nJoin us in the PCI Zoom Room: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86531139954?pwd=MFpWNDExeldma3NCczV2cGlWTkpGUT09 \n\nDave is the founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Cognitive Edge and is the founder and Director of the Centre for Applied Complexity at the University of Wales. \nHis work explores complex issues relating to strategy and organizational decision making. He is a visiting Professor at the University of Hull and has previously held similar positions at the universities of Bangor\, Hong Kong PolyU\, Warwick\, Pretoria and Stellenbosch.  He previously worked for IBM where he was a Director of the Institution for Knowledge Management and founded the Cynefin Centre for Organisational Complexity (Cynefin pronounced [kew-ne-vin]). Prior to that he worked in a range of strategic and management roles in the service sector. Cynefin exists to integrate academic thinking with practice in organizations throughout the world and operates on a network model working with Academics\, Government\, Commercial Organizations\, NGOs and Independent Consultants.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/human-sensor-networks-distributed-decision-making/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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SUMMARY:Generative AI after the release of ChatGPT
DESCRIPTION:Greetings People Centered Internet Community: \nReminder this Sunday 5 February starting at 11:30 AM ET we will have a panel discussion about… \n“Generative AI after the release of ChatGPT” \nWe will be joined by panelists Gary Bolles\, Doug Hohulin\, Kyle Shannon\, and I’ll moderate. \nAttention has grown exponentially for Generative AI systems and tools of all stripes after the early December release of ChatGPT. The AI and machine learning landscape is well populated and has been making steady progress in language\, audio\, and visual capabilities\, yet ChatGPT the more accessible cousin of GPT-3 from Open AI has triggered widespread interest and experimentation. It is now the fastest growing online platform in history overtaking Tik Tok and Instagram adoption curves. What are the implications of this technology and how it will augment and creatively destroy how and what we do today? Joining us for this PCI panel discussion will be Gary Bolles\, Doug Hohulin\, and Kyle Shannon. Gary is considering how this tech will change the future of work\, Doug is delivering perspectives on a people-centered generative AI with a focus on improving healthcare and education\, and Kyle has launched five information and community initiatives including “Everyday AI” – “The AI Artists Salon” – and “AI Learning Lab on Tik Tok” to understand and harness Generative AI for business and creativity. \n\nJoin us for this panel in the PCI Zoom Room at 11:30 AM ET this Sunday 5 February. \nBy the way\, when I asked ChatGPT: “What is the relevance of ChatGPT to the mission of the People Centered Internet?” \nChatGPT responded: “The People Centered Internet (PCI) is a nonprofit organization that aims to create a better and more equitable internet for all people. One of the ways in which ChatGPT is relevant to PCI’s mission is by enabling the creation and dissemination of high-quality\, accessible information. By providing a fast and accurate source of information through natural language processing\, ChatGPT can help people access the information they need to make informed decisions and participate in society more effectively. Additionally\, the technology behind ChatGPT can be used to develop other applications that further the PCI’s goals\, such as helping to combat misinformation and promote digital literacy.”
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/generative-ai-after-the-release-of-chatgpt/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230122T083000
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SUMMARY:Erich Joachimsthaler for PCI Community call
DESCRIPTION:For PCI Community member invitation only. \nTo be a member of our PCI community click here. \n  \nGreetings PCI Community: \nJanuary 22\, Sunday at 11:30 AM ET we will hear from Erich Joachimsthaler\, author of The Interaction Field.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/mei-lin-fung-this-sunday-for-pci-community-call/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221211T083000
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SUMMARY:PCI Community videocall with our own Sneider Alfonso
DESCRIPTION:Sneider Alfonso sharing the Young Challengers program (Muhamad Yunus)\, the Three Zeros initiative\, and the Community Climate Clubs
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/pci-community-videocall-with-our-own-sneider-alfonso/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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SUMMARY:PCI Community videocall with Ivan Vasquez
DESCRIPTION:Ivan Vasquez\, CEO and founder of 1200.aero\, a general aviation data company with a robust network safety and operations mission – and an over the horizon view about air taxis and drones about to occupy our shared airspace.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/pci-community-videocall-with-ivan-vasquez/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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SUMMARY:Invitation for Mass Customization with author Joe Pine
DESCRIPTION:For PCI Community member invitation only. \nTo be a member of our PCI community click here. \n  \nGreetings PCI Community: \nLater this month you are invited to a special Content Evolution nuWorld videocall on Tuesday 22 November at Noon ET: \nJoin us as we celebrate the 30th anniversary publication of the book Mass Customization and unpack its core ideas with author Joe Pine\, a founding member of the Content Evolution board of advisors\, and seminal leader in experience strategy. He is co-author of best-selling HBR book The Experience Economy. Joe continues to be ahead of his time in considering the benefits and implications of mass customization. The tech and supply chain to support it are just catching up with his expansive thinking. https://www.amazon.com/Mass-Customization-Frontier-Business-Competition/dp/0875843727 HBR article: https://hbr.org/1997/01/the-four-faces-of-mass-customization \nWe will gather in the Content Evolution Zoom room: \n– add to your calendar manually\, you will not receive a calendar notice for this session.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/invitation-for-mass-customization-with-author-joe-pine/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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SUMMARY:Vint Cerf on "Digital Synergy"
DESCRIPTION:For PCI Community member invitation only. \nTo be a member of our PCI community click here. \n  \nGreetings PCI Community: \nWe are very pleased to let you know PCI co-founder Vint Cerf will join us this Sunday 6 November for our PCI Community videocall. \nVint’s topic is “Digital Synergy” as published in Communications of the ACM\, June 2022\, Vol. 65 No. 6\, Page 9 \n  \nAn excerpt from the opening of Vint’s article: “This column is pure speculation on my part but inventing the imaginary ACRONYM Company helped me imagine how powerful it can be to have data available that permits fact-based analysis of business performance\, projections for future business operations\, and understanding of the marketplace the business serves.” \n  \nHere is a link to the Communications of the ACM abstract: https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/6/261159-digital-synergy/abstract
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/vint-cerf-on-digital-synergy/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221023T113000
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Alex Wong
DESCRIPTION:Alex is Senior Strategy Advisor and Lead\, Giga\, in the Telecommunication Development Bureau with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).  He is working on a number of issues that relate closely to PCI\, and can provide some reflections on opportunities for the ITU now that Doreen Bogdan-Martin is Sec Gen elect.  He is closely affiliated with the programs Partner to Connect (P2C)\, Giga (connecting every school to the Internet)\, and EQUALs (a global partnership to bridge the digital gender divide)  PCI can be a strong supporter and partner for the ITU going forward. \n\nPlease join us for what will be a most interesting conversation\, starting at 11:30 AM ET | GMT-5 in the PCI Zoom room.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/conversation-with-alex-wong/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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SUMMARY:Helen Armstrong - "Big Data\, Big Design"
DESCRIPTION:Greetings People Centered Internet community: \n\nThis coming Sunday 9 October Helen Armstrong will be our guest speaker on the PCI Community call. \nHelen is the author of Big Data\, Big Design: Why Designers Should Care About Artificial Intelligence and is a professor at North Carolina State University. \nJoin us starting at 11:30 AM ET | GMT-5 in the PCI Zoom room. \nThe book: https://www.amazon.com/Big-Data-Design-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1616899158 \nBio’: https://design.ncsu.edu/people/hsarmstr/ \n\nEver onward\, \nKevin \nChoiceflows | Chairman & CEO | a Content Evolution federation company\, 20 years new \n People Centered Internet | PCI Guests & Speakers Committee Chair
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/helen-armstrong-big-data-big-design/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220911T083000
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SUMMARY:Grant McCracken joins PCI this Sunday
DESCRIPTION:For PCI Community member invitation only. \nTo be a member of our PCI community click here. \n  \nPeople Centered Internet community members: \nWe are pleased to announce Dr. Grant McCracken will be our featured guest speaker this coming Sunday 11 September. \nGrant is an independent cultural anthropologist with a focus on U.S. culture and is the author of the recently published book Return of the Artisan: How American Went from Industrial to Handmade. Here is a link to a recent longform Reason Podcast about the book with Grant: https://reason.com/podcast/2022/08/31/grant-mccracken-the-rise-of-artisanal-everything-and-cruelty-free-capitalism/ \n  \nHis topic for PCI this Sunday: “The Griff: A Cultural Observatory Enabled with Tech” \nGrant has been working for over a decade on The Griff’s signal detection system and today has hundreds of expert observations in a cultural trends database. Deep dives like Return of the Artisan are sparked by trends being tracked in The Griff. \nOver the past 25 years Grant has worked for many organizations including Timberland\, New York Historical Society\, IKEA\, Google\, Ford Foundation\, Kanye West\, Netflix\, Sony\, Coca Cola\, Sam Adams\, Boston Book Festival\, Delta\, Oprah\, Reddit\, PBS\, State Farm\, NBC\, Diageo\, IBM\, Nike\, and the Obama White House. Bio: https://cultureby.com/bio \nWe look forward to having you with us.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/grant-mccracken-joins-pci-this-sunday/
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SUMMARY:Ben Shneiderman - "Human-Centered AI"
DESCRIPTION:Greetings People Centered Internet (PCI) Community members: Our next PCI Community call will be Sunday 28th of August at 11:30 AM ET GMT-5 featuring \n  \nBen Shneiderman will be our guest speaker this Sunday 28 August. \nWe’re grateful to have Ben join us again and unpack highlights from his new book: Human-Centered AI (2022) – “The remarkable progress in algorithms for machine and deep learning have opened the doors to new opportunities\, and some dark possibilities. However\, a bright future awaits those who build on their working methods by including HCAI strategies of design and testing. As many technology companies and thought leaders have argued\, the goal is not to replace people\, but to empower them by making design choices that give humans control over technology.” \nBackground: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shneiderman | “Ben Shneiderman (born August 21\, 1947) is an American computer scientist\, a Distinguished University Professor in the University of Maryland Department of Computer Science\, which is part of the University of Maryland College of Computer\, Mathematical\, and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland\, College Park\, and the founding director (1983-2000) of the University of Maryland Human-Computer Interaction Lab. He conducted fundamental research in the field of human–computer interaction\, developing new ideas\, methods\, and tools such as the direct manipulation interface\, and his eight rules of design.”
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/ben-shneiderman-human-centered-ai/
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SUMMARY:David Smith "The Augmented Conversation"
DESCRIPTION:Greetings PCI Community – our guest speaker this Sunday 24 July is David Smith\, Founder and CTO of Croquet. \n  \nHis topic: “The Augmented Conversation” \n  \nDoug Engelbert expressed the idea of augmenting human intellect\, not just for individuals\, but as a collaborative experience. We have been working on Croquet\, with the goal of creating a foundation that would enable such an augmentation of our ability to create\, explore\, understand and solve problems collaboratively.  We define the augmented conversation as follows: \n  \n1) A discussion within a group of users that is extraordinarily enhanced with the kinds of tools and capabilities that are only available with a computer. \n2) A computer AI is a full participant in this conversation. It allows us to jointly discuss and explore complex systems\, data sets\, and simulations as naturally and easily as we engage today. \n3) There is a guarantee of shared truth. The simulation I see must be the exact same as what you see. Anything I do to affect the shared simulation must also be accurately shared. If this is not the case\, then there is no guarantee that what you see and understand is the same as for me\, so you are unable to trust that communication channel. \n  \nDavid believes in the very near future virtual objects will soon populate our world will be as responsive and alive as a physical object. There won’t be a physical reality and a virtual or augmented reality. Soon and in development now\, there will only be a seamless\, multi-user reality. \n  \nAbout David A. Smith | CEO/Founder Croquet Corporation \n\n\nDavid Alan Smith Smith is the CTO and Founder of Croquet Corporation\, developing the Croquet Web-based Operating System. \nSmith is a computer scientist and entrepreneur who has focused on interactive 3D and using 3D as a basis for new user environments and entertainment. He built his first human machine design (HMD) in 1986 to study telepresence control of a remote robot arm using a Dataglove. \nSmith was a Senior Fellow at Lockheed Martin\, where he focused on next generation human centric computing and collaboration platforms. Before that\, Smith was the chief architect of the Croquet Project\, an open-source virtual world collaboration platform where he worked with Alan Kay (Turing Award) and David P Reed (created UDP\, co-created TCP/IP) and Andreas Raab (Squeak Smalltalk co-developer). \nIn 1987\, Smith created The Colony\, the first real time 3D adventure game/shooter. Smith developed Virtus Walkthrough in 1990\, the first real-time 3D design application for personal computers. Smith also co-founded Red Storm Entertainment with author Tom Clancy and co-created the Rainbow Six game franchise. David gave the keynote address at IEEE VR 2017. \n\nYou will receive a meeting notice with connection information later today from PCI Guests & Speakers Committee member Kacey Komloski. \nPlease join us.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/david-smith-the-augmented-conversation/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220626T113000
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SUMMARY:Community Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:For PCI Community member invitation only. \nTo be a member of our PCI community click here. \n  \nHello\, PCI Community Members\, \n  \nOn behalf of the PCI Community Call Committee\, we would like to invite you to a Community Open Mic taking place this Sunday\, June 26\, 2022 (11:30 ET). \nWe had a very successful open mic in April and are excited to offer the PCI Community another opportunity to join and participate. \nWe hope you’ll be able to join and look forward to the conversation! \nThank you\,
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/community-open-mic/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220605T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220605T093000
DTSTAMP:20260421T030306
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SUMMARY:PCI Community Call: Arthur Brock: Transitioning into Information Age Economies & Web3 Approaches that Actually Scale
DESCRIPTION:For PCI Community member invitation only. \nTo be a member of our PCI community click here. \n  \nHello\, PCI Community Members. \nWe’re pleased to announce our speaker for Sunday 5 May: Arthur Brock \nArt’s topic: Transitioning into Information Age Economies & Web3 Approaches that Actually Scale \nBackground\nArthur Brock builds targeted currencies which shape the social dynamics of our emerging post-industrial economy. He has created more than a hundred designs for multi-currency systems and his software company has built and deployed dozens of those systems.\nInitially\, Arthur put his experience in Artificial Intelligence to use at GM\, Chrysler & Hughes\, but shifted his focus to building intelligence into social architectures rather than to computers. He started student-run schools and award-winning\, employee-run businesses and discovered the engine that runs these types of organizations involve specific patterns of incentives and feedback. He began to unlock secrets of the Social DNA by which people operate and the critical role of currencies for programming these patterns.\nArthur’s designs include currency systems for: collaborative scientific research\, sustainable fishery management\, corporate compensation plans\, employee stock options\, community-based economic development\, business barter and exchange\, triple-bottom-line trade credits\, open source software development\, customer loyalty programs\, water rights\, recirculating gift certificates\, community service\, employee performance management\, arts & culture development\, efficient resource sharing & management\, and community & environmental impact assessment. \nYou might know Art from some of his projects and companies (past or present):\nAgile Learning Centers\nEmerging Leader Labs\nCeptr\nStreamscapes\nNew Currency Frontiers\nMetaCurrency Project\nFlowplace\nLocal Capital Summit\nLifeblood Design\nGeek Gene\nMile High Business Alliance\nTargeted Currencies Network\nDream Team Technologies\nArtful Solutions or Artful Internet Solutions\nThe Foundation for Inventive Learning\nThe Journal of Integral Living \nHere are some additional links to Art and his work: \nhttps://www.artbrock.com/ \nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/artbrock/ \nhttps://artbrock.medium.com/ \n  \nWe hope you are able to join us!
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/pci-community-call-arthur-brock-transitioning-into-information-age-economies-web3-approaches-that-actually-scale/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220522T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220522T093000
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SUMMARY:PCI Community Call: Bastian Zaini Fellowship Presentation
DESCRIPTION:For PCI Community member invitation only. \nTo be a member of our PCI community click here. \n  \nHello\, PCI Community Members. \nThe PCI Community Call Planning Committee is happy to feature the People Centered Internet’s Fellow for the Internet Inequality Index for Indonesia\, Bastian Zaini. We hope you are able to join us! \n  \nBastian Zaini \nBastian is an economist with 18 years of experience in various multilateral organizations focusing on decentralization\, regional development\, and public financial management. Able to undertake analytical work and research projects with minimal supervision and equipped with advanced knowledge of STATA and GIS applications. A team worker with experience in managing teams with different backgrounds and multiple priorities. Led the implementation of Public Expenditure Analysis and Capacity Harmonization (PEACH)\, a USD 9 million grant implemented by the World Bank to support subnational PFM improvements.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/pci-community-call-bastian-zaini-fellowship-presentation/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220508T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220508T093000
DTSTAMP:20260421T030306
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SUMMARY:PCI Community Call: Tiffany Brar Fellowship Update Presentation
DESCRIPTION:For PCI Community member invitation only. \nTo be a member of our PCI community click here. \n  \n  \nHello\, PCI Community Members. \n  \nThe PCI Community Call Planning Committee is happy to feature Tiffany Brar\, PCI Fellow and Ambassador to the Community of the Visually Impaired. \nTiffany Brar \nSpecial educator\, disability and gender activist\, accessibility evangelist\, motivational speaker Award-winning activist Brar is known for her organization\, the Jyothirgamaya Foundation\, which began as a mobile blind school in 2012\, and is actively involved in the empowerment of persons with visual impairments\, teaching life skills to people of all ages. Tiffany works with the PCI Community to broaden access to tools and services\, so more of the community of the visually impaired can acquire the digital skills to participate and contribute more fully to society. She received the “Nari Shakti Puraskar” Award\, which is the highest civilian honor for women in India\, presented by the President of India on March 8\, International Women’s Day.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/pci-community-call-tiffany-brar-fellowship-update-presentation/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220410T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220410T093000
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SUMMARY:PCI Community Call: Regenerative Thinking with Dave Witzel
DESCRIPTION:For PCI Community member invitation only. \nTo be a member of our PCI community click here. \n  \nHello\, People Centered Internet (PCI) Community members. \n  \nPlease join us Sunday 10 April at 11:30 AM ET.  We’re pleased to have Dave Witzel as the featured guest for our PCI Community call. He will be discussing Discovering Regeneration with Hints from the Internet. \nRegeneration is… a new buzz word? An accelerating movement? The savior of our future?  Somewhere in between?  David will use his journey towards understanding to start to unpack what “regeneration” means\, where it comes from\, why thinking regeneratively might matter\, and how it builds on what we’ve learned from the Internet.  We’ll visit some definitions\, look at some regenerative projects\, and discuss some characteristics that distinguish regenerative activities. \nDavid Witzel is a coordinator of the Global Regeneration CoLab\, a founder of the Regenerative Agriculture Sector Accelerator\, formerly with EDF (Environmental Defense Fund)\, and a  founder of web development firm Forum One Communications. He was infected by the Regeneration meme about 7 years ago and is committed to understanding and advancing it. He wrote Designing Open Projects: Lessons From Internet Pioneers.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/pci-community-call-regenerative-thinking-with-dave-witzel/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220327T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220327T093000
DTSTAMP:20260421T030306
CREATED:20220325T070702Z
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SUMMARY:PCI Community Call: Dr. Kathy Laskey
DESCRIPTION:For PCI Community member invitation only. \nTo be a member of our PCI community click here. \n  \nHello\, People Centered Internet (PCI) Community members. \nThis Sunday 27 March at 11:30 AM ET we’re pleased to have Dr. Kathy Laskey as the featured guest for our PCI Community call. Thanks to Lin Wells for inviting her to be with us.\n\nKathryn Blackmond Laskey is Professor in the Systems Engineering and Operations Research Department\, Director of the Center for Resilient and Sustainable Communities (C-RASC)\, and Associate Director of the C4I and Cyber Center at George Mason University. She teaches and performs research in information fusion\, decision theoretic knowledge representation and reasoning\, Bayesian data analytics\, decision support\, and uncertainty aware semantic technology. Dr. Laskey develops methods for transforming data from a variety of sources into information to answer our questions and improve our decisions. She has applied her research to diverse areas\, including crisis response planning\, analyzing susceptibility to phishing attacks\, detecting insider threats in information systems\, predicting innovations in science and technology\, and analyzing resilience of hospitals to cyber-attacks. With greater interconnectivity and reliance on technology comes the potential for disruption due to technology failures\, natural disasters\, or malicious human activity. With her colleagues at C-RASC\, Dr. Laskey performs research to foster sustainable community resilience in the face of disruptions. \nDr. Laskey will speak about George Mason’s Center for Resilient and  Sustainable Communities (C-RASC which  brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse\, sustainable backgrounds to address locally led resilience and sustainability initiatives supported by effective\, replicable models. Accelerating rates of technological\, social\, and climate change are placing unprecedented stresses on communities. These stresses demand an integrated approach to fostering resilience. As the world becomes ever more interconnected\, the information technology revolution has created disruptive change\, but also offers the opportunity for unprecedented good. Enhanced connectivity and digital opportunity are key elements of community resilience in today’s world. C-RASC’s community-focused approach to digital opportunity harmonizes with the People Centered Internet’s vision of an Internet that is a positive force for enhanced well-being of all people.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/pci-community-call-dr-kathy-laskey/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220315T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220315T165000
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SUMMARY:STAR-TIDES Fireside Chat Featuring Mei Lin Fung
DESCRIPTION:[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrp8NT4oX6I[/embedyt] \n\nEvent hosted by STAR-TIDES\nMarch 15\, 2022 – March 15\, 2022\nOnline event\n\n\n\n\n\nKeep up with STAR-TIDES FIRESIDE CHAT Featuring Mei Lin Fung of People-Centered Internet\nSee who else is going to STAR-TIDES FIRESIDE CHAT Featuring Mei Lin Fung of People-Centered Internet\, and keep up-to-date with conversations about the event. \nJoin the STAR-TIDES FIRESIDE CHAT Featuring Mei Lin Fung of People-Centered Internet experience \n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\nJoin the STAR-TIDES Fireside Chat on Tuesday\, Mar. 15th\, 2022\, from 4:00-4:50 pm EDT\, featuring Mei Lin Fung\, Chair and Co-Founder of People-Centered Internet (PCI)\, a nonprofit organization that works to make sure that the Internet is a positive force for good\, improving the lives and well-being of people around the world. \nThrough PCI’s global initiatives\, the organization promotes connectivity\, fight disinformation\, add to the discussion about technology ethics\, support the development of people-centered applications and initiatives\, advise policymakers\, and leverage technology to help communities be more resilient. \nAaron Rose\, CEO of Global Tactics and Chair of the STAR-TIDES Advisory Board\, will moderate the discussion with Ms. Fung. \nRegister your attendance at https://go.gmu.edu/FChat2. \nCoordinated through George Mason University’s Center for Resilient and Sustainable Communities (C-RASC)\, STAR-TIDES is a global knowledge-sharing network that focuses on building sustainable resilience\, promoting human security (freedom from want and freedom from fear)\, and creating life-changing social and economic opportunities. \nSTAR-TIDES’ programs like the Fireside Chat are made possible by the generous support of our donors. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation through C-RASC (and write “STAR-TIDES” under “Additional comments about your gift”): http://ow.ly/YL3h50HTIIT. Thank you \n\n\n\n\nYou may register here.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/star-tides-fireside-chat-featuring-mei-lin-fung/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220313T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220313T093000
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SUMMARY:PCI Community Call: Anir Chowdhury
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Anir Chowdhury –Policy Advisor\, Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme\, Cabinet Division/Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Division/UN Development Programme (UNDP) Bangladesh \nContent: This event is for members of the PCI Community and by invitation only. To request membership\, please follow this link. \nAnir Chowdhury is the Policy Advisor of the a2i Programmme of the ICT Division and the Cabinet Division of the Government of Bangladesh supported by the UNDP. In this capacity\, he leads the formation of a whole-of-society innovation ecosystem in Bangladesh through massive technology deployment\, extensive capacity development\, integrated policy formulation\, whole-of-government institutional reform\, and an Innovation Fund. His work on innovation in public service has developed interesting and replicable models of service delivery decentralization\, public-private partnerships\, and transformation of a traditional bureaucracy into a forward-looking\, citizen-centric service provider. He is a regular speaker in international conferences on public service innovation and reform\, digital financial inclusion\, civil registration and digital identity management\, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)\, youth and community empowerment\, educational transformation\, public-private partnerships\, and South-South Cooperation. \nHe is a member of the Prime Minister’s National Digital Task Force\, Education Minister’s National ICT in Education Task Force\, UN Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) Regional Steering Group for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS)\, Co-Founder and Board Member of South-South Network for Public Service Innovation (SSN4PSI) and Co-Founder of South-Asia Civil Registration Network (CR8). He co-founded several software and service companies and non-profit organizations in the US and Bangladesh. Anir graduated magna cum laude in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from Brown University and did post-graduate work on management\, marketing\, and education reform in Harvard\, Columbia\, and Boston Universities.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/pci-community-call-anir-chowdhury/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220227T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220227T093000
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SUMMARY:How closed-loop systems increase efficiency and transparency in funding distribution
DESCRIPTION:[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5puEM12MaQ[/embedyt]This event is for members of the PCI Community and by invitation only. \nTo request membership\, please follow this link. \n  \nGreetings PCI Community members: \nThis Sunday 27 February at 11:30 AM ET we’re pleased to have Marc Ferlet and William Arthey with UNBOX as featured guests for our PCI Community call. Thanks to Lin Wells for inviting them to be with us. \nUNBOX the Universe: \nHow closed-loop systems can increase efficiency and transparency in funding distribution \n  \nMarc Ferlet is a Co-Founder of UNBOX & CMO: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-ferlet-118804127/?originalSubdomain=be \nWilliam Arthey is UNBOX Product Management: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-arthey-b33aa9133/?originalSubdomain=uk \nLearn more about UNBOX: https://www.unboxuniverse.com/
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/marc-ferlet-how-closed-loop-systems-increase-efficiency-and-transparency-in-funding-distribution/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220213T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220213T213000
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SUMMARY:Doug Hohulin\, "People-Centered Metaverse"
DESCRIPTION:Greetings People Centered Internet (PCI) Community members: \nOur next PCI Community call will be Sunday 13 February at 11:30 AM ET GMT-5 featuring Doug Hohulin\, a regular participant on our calls. He will share: \n  \n“Creating a People-Centered Metaverse of Abundance and Opportunity for All” \n  \nDoug will provide a short overview of what is the Metaverse and how to prepare for the changes in our world that are about to take place – and insight on how to create a positive people-centered metaverse for all. The Metaverse/XR/Spatial Web 3/Web 3D is going to be as disruptive to our world in the late 2020s as smartphones were in the 2010s and cell phones & PCs in the 2000s. \n  \nToday businesses and educators are struggling with Teams & Zoom meetings and XR is difficult to use.  But in the next three to five years\, metaverse technology could be as easy to use as a smartphone.  In 10 years\, smartglasses will replace the smartphone for a fully immersive experience that is indistinguishable from the physical world.   \nRather than a world of Hyper-Reality\, Doug is working to create a world of Consonance-Reality\, a world of calmness when needed yet a world of learning\, connecting\, information\, entertainment\, excitement\, and joy when desired (preview: youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs). \n  \nDoug is a Metaverse – XR – Web 3D Technology & Innovation Advisor focusing on healthcare\, education\, AV/transportation and 5G/6G projects. He worked at Nokia/Motorola for 33 years connecting people to the people\, information and things they value.  Doug worked as a Government Technology & Innovation Advisor to Aspen Institute fellow to create a policy memo for the Chief Innovation Officer at the Department of Labor that addresses XR in industry and is focusing on how the Metaverse will impact the future of work.  From 1G to 5G and even 6G\, XR/Metaverse\, AV\, AI\, Telepresence\, Distance Learning\, Telemedicine\, Smart City & Digital Health projects\, Doug focuses on strategy and business development for a more abundant and sustainable world for all.  Doug is working to connect the unconnected\, the elimination of the 1.35M road traffic deaths and to increase the digital economy & reduce the physical economy to minimize humanity’s carbon footprint.  He is part of the KC Health Innovation Team kcdigitaldrive.org/project/health-innovation-team/\, KC & TxDOT AV Task Forces\, Kansas University Cybersecurity Board\, University of Central Missouri (UCM) Gigabit Lab Advisory Board and a High School VR Hackathon Mentor and girlsteaminstitute.org/  Mentor.  He co-leads the KU school of Nursing AR/AR Animating Medical Manikin Team project that won 1st Prize in the AR/VR Hackathon to use XR to lower the cost of existing $30K-$200K Manikins Solutions. This team is building a coalition of Nursing schools in the KC metro areas to deploy 5G/XR technology for medical simulation and other applications. \nDoug has spoken on 5G\, 6G\, Metaverse/XR\, AI\, AV\, future of work & Cybersecurity to K-12\, University Students\, Customers\, Partners\, Government\, IEEE and other groups. One Presentation: 6G – Bridging the Physical-Digital-Biological World: When will there be 1 Billion 5G and VR Users. linkedin.com/pulse/21st-century-billions-doug-hohulin/ \nDoug Hohulin on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/doughohulin/ \n  \nFor PCI Community member invitation only. \nTo be a member of our PCI community click here.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/doug-hohulin-people-centered-metaverse/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220130T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220130T093000
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SUMMARY:Quantifying Quality Of Life: Quality of Life Lab
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce that Katarzyna Wac will join us on Sunday\, January 30th\, 2022 to discuss the work of the Quality of Life technologies Lab. \nQuantifying Quality Of Life: Quality of Life Lab \nThe QoL Lab interests revolve around the fundamental and algorithmic problems\, as well as human-centric challenges of the personal technologies enabling an assessment and improvement of human behaviour\, health\, and quality of life in the long term. The Lab closely follows the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) definition of QoL (WHOQOL) with its four domains (physical\, psychological\, social\, and environmental) and 26 contributing facets. I present state-of-the-art in the domain and draw future scenarios for these technologies. I want to sparkle a discussion on what Quality of Life domain/facet you care for and how we can measure it longitudinally? \nKatarzyna Wac Bio \nProf. Katarzyna Wac is the leader of the Quality of Life (QoL) technologies research area affiliated with the Geneva School of Economics (GSEM)\, Center for Informatics at University of Geneva (CUI\, Switzerland)\, and\, since 2015 – also with the Department of Computer Science (DIKU) of University of Copenhagen (Denmark). In 2013-2020 she was also affiliated with Stanford University School of Medicine (MED). She holds a BSc and MSc degree in Computer Science (2003) from Wroclaw University of Technology (WUT\, Poland)\, an MSc in Telematics (2004) from the University of Twente (UT\, the Netherlands)\, as well as a Ph.D. in Information Systems (2009) from University of Geneva (UNIGE\, Switzerland). \nProf. Wac’s research interests revolve around the fundamental and algorithmic problems\, as well as human-centric challenges of the systems enabling an assessment and improvement of human behaviour\, health\, and quality of life in the long term. \nSee Prof. Wac’s Google Scholar\, LinkedIN\, and Avis d’Experts profiles or physical activity profile via FitBit.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/pci-community-call-quantifying-quality-of-life-quality-of-life-lab/
LOCATION:Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220116T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220116T123000
DTSTAMP:20260421T030306
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SUMMARY:PCI Community Call - PCI Update: 2021 Review & 2022 Preview
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Mei Lin Fung\, Chair People-Centered Internet\nContent: This event is for members of the PCI Community and by invitation only. To request membership\, please follow this link.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/pci-community-call-pci-update-2021-review-2022-preview/
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220111T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220111T110000
DTSTAMP:20260421T030306
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SUMMARY:IEEE Sustainability Webinar : Engage with PCI to volunteer for Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:To Register: https://engagestandards.ieee.org/Advancing-Sustainability-LP-Registration.html \n  \nThe topic: \nAdvancing Sustainability -IEEE Thought Leadership & New Initiatives on Sustainable Development\nThis session will provide an overview of IEEE initiatives and leadership in sustainable development. IEEE has a wide breadth of programs ranging from global perspectives to local level projects and communities working towards a more sustainable world. Recently\, IEEE has embarked on amplifying its visibility in sustainability through cross-organizational efforts\, as well as external engagement in key global alliances on renewable energy. As IEEE communities of interest continue to grow and accelerate\, this session will highlight key programs and opportunities for greater participant engagement in support of sustainability. \n  \nThe speaker: Maike Luiken\, PhD\, SMIEEE\, IEEE-HKN\, 2021 IEEE Vice President – Member & Geographic Activities. She served as President of IEEE Canada in 2018 – 2019 and\, in 2018\, as Chair\, Policy Track\, IEEE Internet Initiative. Currently Adjunct Research Professor at Western University\, she was the founding Director of the Bluewater Technology Access Centre (now Lambton Manufacturing Innovation Centre) following eight years as Dean at Lambton College with a number of portfolios: School of Technology and Applied Sciences\, Business Development\, Sustainable Development and Applied Research. Her strategic leadership in the development of the applied research & innovation capacity and portfolio led to Lambton College becoming one of the three top Research Colleges in Canada.\nHer areas of interest and expertise span diverse technical areas from ICT\, energy and water to advanced manufacturing and nanotechnologies as well as technology design principles\, ethics in design and policy associated with their implementation. She has particular interest in how progress in one area\, e.g.\, in ICT\, enables advances in other disciplines and in how deployment of various technologies contributes – or not – to achieving sustainable development.Maike Luiken has experience in the public and private sectors in Canada and has worked in the USA and Germany. She owns a small technology consulting practice and is a co-owner and managing director at a start-up company.
URL:https://peoplecentered.net/event/ieee-sustainability-webinar-engage-with-pci-to-volunteer-for-sustainability/
LOCATION:Virtual Meeting
CATEGORIES:PCI Community Call
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