UNGIS Side Event
A side event organized by the United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is scheduled for July 7th, 2022. This session will focus on how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and WSIS Action Lines may accelerate Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and learn from COVID-19 in order to Read More
Meta VC Summit 2022
EVENT DETAILS On Friday, July 8th 2022, Meta will be holding our first major physical VC event of 2022, exclusive to VCs based in Southeast Asia only. We designed this annual event to assemble frontrunner VC partners and key Meta thought leaders from all over Southeast Asia to connect, exchange unique perspectives and shed light on the thriving Read More
David Smith “The Augmented Conversation”
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 Read More
Vint Cerf & Steve Crocker: A Conversation With Internet Pioneers
WeWork 655 15th Street NW 8th Floor, WashingtonJoin the Foundry and the TechPolicyGrind Podcast for a live and in-person conversation with Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Steve Crocker on the evolution of the Internet from its original inception, and its future in light of the innovation that has followed since. This event will be held on Thursday, August 18 at 4 p.m. Eastern in Washington D.C.
On Friday @DisrupTVShow interviews @meilinfung, Co-Founder and Chair @PCI_Initiative for a discussion focused on digital supply chain
Tune in at 11 AM PT! https://t.co/oi3APnvcVP @rwang0 & special co-host @lizkmiller #DisrupTV https://twitter.com/constellationr/status/1562122618630717441?s=27&t=d7JGX3wfsqwJ6AGmEJdgtQ
Ben Shneiderman – “Human-Centered AI”
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 Read More
People First Community Talks:Mauricio Miller and Steve Dobo
In this talk, Mauricio will share his thoughts on how to foster agency and leadership from within communities themselves, and the power of peer-driven change to further activate leadership from within. Please share this invitation with others in your organization and register here to join.
Grant McCracken joins PCI this Sunday
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 Read More
The Best AI for Good – Optimizing AI’s Impact on Humanity | Session Briefing – Global AI Summit 2022
Location: King Abdulaziz International Conference Center, RiyadhABOUT: The Global AI Summit is a two-way conversation that engages every attendee, speaker, and partner in a rich dialogue about how AI can solve complex problems, empower businesses, shape our future, and ultimately, transform society. From local and regional “visions” to the united economic framework, the Global AI Summit gathers the most prominent policymakers, Read More
Design Thinking ImpAct Conference
There are only a couple of weeks to go until the Design Thinking community gathers at the Design Thinking ImpAct Conference, which will take place on-site in Potsdam and online on September 15th and 16th, 2022. Join us to review the highlights of the last 15 years of Design Thinking activities at Hasso Plattner Institute and discuss how we can further shape Read More
Science Summit meeting on Sickle Cell
Introduction Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for health in many countries in Africa will include addressing sickle cell disease (SCD), a chronic non-communicable disorder (NCD) Africa is the epicenter of the disease burden: an estimated 80% of patients live in Africa and more than 300,000 new babies with SCD are born on the continent Read More
Report launch webinar | Financing mechanisms for locally-owned internet infrastructure
Watch the event on-demand. Read the report. Speakers: Jochai Ben-Avie (Connect Humanity) Ben Matranga (Connectivity Capital) Jane Coffin (Connect Humanity) Bruce Patterson (EntryPoint Networks) Carlos Rey-Moreno (Association for Progressive Communications) Shaun Pather (Zenzeleni) Anoop Nagendra (Connectivity Capital) Chris Conder MBE (B4RN) Juan Peirano (Internet Society We are pleased to invite you to the launch of Read More