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#MTHCON22 OPENING TALK: How Mediatech shapes society sustainably

ABOUT   MediaTech Hub Conference is the only B2B event in Germany focused on media technologies. These include all video and audio-related technologies and business in the digital sphere, and it’s clear that MediaTech is massively accelerating the changes to how we live and work.   At #mthcon we benchmark these changes, framing discussions around the advances made… Continue reading #MTHCON22 OPENING TALK: How Mediatech shapes society sustainably

Global Observance of World Habitat Day 2022

World Habitat Day is held on the first Monday of October and launches Urban October. The day centres around the global observance, which is held in a different country each year with keynote speakers and roundtable discussions focused on a specific theme. World Habitat Day was first celebrated in 1986 in Nairobi, Kenya, with the theme ‘Shelter is my right’.

On 3 October 2022, the Global Observance of World Habitat Day, under the theme Mind the Gap. Leave No One and No Place Behind, will look at the problem of growing inequality and challenges in cities and human settlements.

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Helen Armstrong – “Big Data, Big Design”

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”

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Conversation with Alex Wong

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

Digital Cooperation & Diplomacy Network Meeting

Agenda: 10:30 am Welcome, Mei Lin Fung, People Centered Internet 10:45 am UNDP update – Keyzom Ngodup Massally 10:55 am Partner2Connect and ITU Update, Alex Wong, ITU (Link to slides) 11:15 am Coolabilities Report – Cyndi Coon, People Centered Internet 11:30 am Hack for Public Good. – Hongyi LI, Director Open Government Products, Singapore 11:45 am Africa and the Internet – Josef Noll, Basic Internet Foundation, University of Oslo 12:00 pm Puerto… Continue reading Digital Cooperation & Diplomacy Network Meeting

Unpacking Gender Bias in Startup Investing: A Data-Driven Perspective

500 El Camino Real Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation SCDI 3301 Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation, Room Number: SCDI 3301, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Gender diverse teams make better decisions across a wide range of settings, including startups.  Nevertheless, investors make few investments in women, especially female CEOs.  This talk will share data-driven research findings that shed light on the nature and extent of gender bias in venture capital allocation.  Solutions for lasting change will be discussed.

The Marconi Society’s Symposium Will Be Virtual!

ABOUT THE EVENT The Decade of Digital Inclusion convenes leading visionaries in technology, business, policy, and digital inclusion to help build pathways to digital equity by 2030. Through timely panel discussions and keynotes featuring leading visionaries, this event seeks to generate concrete solutions to the complex issue of digital inequality. In addition to a lively virtual… Continue reading The Marconi Society’s Symposium Will Be Virtual!

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Decade & Digital Inclusion: How do we define broadband?

With nearly half the world unconnected and $42B in broadband infrastructure funding going out to states in the US right now, digital equity is center stage in the journey to bring opportunity to everyone. The Decade of Digital Inclusion brings together technologists, policymakers and digital inclusion advocates to create collaborations to bridge the digital divide.… Continue reading Decade & Digital Inclusion: How do we define broadband?

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Vint Cerf on “Digital Synergy”

For PCI Community member invitation only. To be a member of our PCI community click here.   Greetings PCI Community: We are very pleased to let you know PCI co-founder Vint Cerf will join us this Sunday 6 November for our PCI Community videocall. Vint’s topic is “Digital Synergy” as published in Communications of the ACM, June 2022, Vol.… Continue reading Vint Cerf on “Digital Synergy”