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.
Please join me for the next fireside chat on Monday Apr. 11th, 2022, from 4:00-4:50 pm EDT featuring John Francis, PhD, Zen and the Art of Environmental Protection: https://go.gmu.edu/FChat3.
Help young refugees from Ukraine to find new jobs FIND OUT MORE DONATE REGISTER HERE FOR THE UPCOMING LAUNCH EVENT! Youth IGF for Ukraine! #YouthigfActs April 11, 5:30 PM CET Opening… Continue reading From the Youth IGF: Ukrainian Youth urgency
Dear Colleagues, I wanted to share a quick update regarding a special CxOTalk live discussion organized by Michael Krigsman. Live on Tuesday, 12 April 2022 - he will host both Konstantin Vasyuk -… Continue reading Ukraine IT Update 2022: Resilience and Leadership
Agenda: 10:30 am Welcome – Dr. Nele Leosk, Chair Digital Cooperation and Diplomacy 10:35 am UNSG Digital Cooperation – Marco Obiso, Head, Cybersecurity Division, ITU-D 10:50 am G7/G20 Think7 Update (slides) – Mei Lin Fung, Chair, People Centered Internet… Continue reading Digital Cooperation & Diplomacy Network Meeting
Greetings to the PCI Community: This Sunday 24 April at our regular time, 8:30 AM PT / 11:30 AM ET, we invite you to join us for a PCI Community Open… Continue reading PCI Community Open Mic
Join Vint Cerf – WORLD AUTHORITY FIGURE IN TECHNOLOGY – as he explores the emerging technologies and the impacts they will have on business, culture, Climate Change and Global Warming.
As part of WSIS' work on gender mainstreaming, WSIS Gender Trendsetters have been appointed to act as trailblazers and take action in strengthening gender equality. Each Trendsetter has chosen a specific challenge or pledge to advance gender mainstreaming efforts in the field of ICTs.
This session will provide an opportunity to meet the inaugural cohort of WSIS Trendsetters and to hear more about their respective commitments and activities for the forthcoming year.
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.
Equal opportunities in the working world of the IT sector need a cultural change in companies. The Hasso Plattner Institute's first Women in Tech conference creates a stage for strong voices to speak up about biases and hurdles in corporate structures and become vocal about the challenges and the change needed.
"STAR-TIDES in a World of Interconnected Disruptions: A Fireside Chat with Linton Wells II, PhD" is scheduled for 4:00-4:50 pm EDT on Tuesday, May 17th, 2022. Here is the registration… Continue reading STAR-TIDES in a World of Interconnected Disruptions: A Fireside Chat with Linton Wells II, PhD
Dear Colleagues, I would like to invite you all to an event at the Stimson Center to launch "The Green Job Machine" focused on Catalyzing Collective Climate Action. You're welcome… Continue reading Virtual event: Catalyzing Private Sector Capital for Collective Climate Action
