Join 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.
Dr. 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.
David 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.
The PCI Community Call Planning Committee is happy to feature Tiffany Brar, PCI Fellow and Ambassador to the Community of the Visually Impaired.
Special 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.
Bastian 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.
For PCI Community member invitation only. To be a member of our PCI community click here. Hello, PCI Community Members. We’re pleased to announce our speaker for Sunday 5 May: Arthur Brock Art’s topic: Transitioning into Information Age Economies & Web3 Approaches that Actually Scale Background Arthur Brock builds targeted currencies which shape the social… Continue reading PCI Community Call: Arthur Brock: Transitioning into Information Age Economies & Web3 Approaches that Actually Scale
For PCI Community member invitation only. To be a member of our PCI community click here. Hello, PCI Community Members, On 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). We had a very successful open… Continue reading Community Open Mic
Greetings PCI Community – our guest speaker this Sunday 24 July is David Smith, Founder and CTO of Croquet. His topic: "The Augmented Conversation" Doug 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… Continue reading David Smith “The Augmented Conversation”
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 Ben Shneiderman will be our guest speaker this Sunday 28 August. We’re grateful to have Ben join us again and unpack highlights from his new book: Human-Centered AI (2022) - “The remarkable progress… Continue reading Ben Shneiderman – “Human-Centered AI”
For PCI Community member invitation only. To be a member of our PCI community click here. People Centered Internet community members: We are pleased to announce Dr. Grant McCracken will be our featured guest speaker this coming Sunday 11 September. Grant is an independent cultural anthropologist with a focus on U.S. culture and is the author of… Continue reading Grant McCracken joins PCI this Sunday
Greetings People Centered Internet community: This coming Sunday 9 October Helen Armstrong will be our guest speaker on the PCI Community call. Helen is the author of Big Data, Big Design: Why Designers Should Care About Artificial Intelligence and is a professor at North Carolina State University. Join us starting at 11:30 AM ET | GMT-5 in the PCI… Continue reading Helen Armstrong – “Big Data, Big Design”
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… Continue reading Conversation with Alex Wong