(REF S720) SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy - ITER and Fusion Energy

20 September 2021 - King Abdulaziz International Conference Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Digital Humanism Lecture Series

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Speaker: Antonio Casilli (School of telecommunications engineering | Polytechnic Institute of Paris) Moderator: Enrico Nardelli (University of Roma ‘Tor Vergata’, Italy) (Sociologist, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Casilli): What is a 'Truly Ethical' Artificial Intelligence? An end-to-end approach to responsible and humane technological systems   About the Series Digital humanism deals with the complex relationship between man and machine. It acknowledges the potential of Informatics… Continue reading Digital Humanism Lecture Series

Quantifying Quality Of Life: Quality of Life Lab

Virtual Meeting

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. Quantifying Quality Of Life: Quality of Life Lab The QoL Lab interests revolve around the fundamental and algorithmic problems, as well as human-centric challenges of the personal technologies… Continue reading Quantifying Quality Of Life: Quality of Life Lab

Clean-IT openXchange: As the World Digitizes, We Must Avoid the Plastics Problem

Virtual Meeting

https://player.vimeo.com/video/680500797 Speaking: PCI Board Chair Mei Lin Fung Zoom Link: https://uni-potsdam.zoom.us/j/69668443297 (Meeting ID: 696 6844 3297 Passcode: 24778554) Description: Clean IT Initiative Clean-IT openXchange: The clean-IT openXchange is a series of live talks and events on sustainable digitization. Once every month, experts present a topic on which participants can then directly ask questions and discuss. The topics… Continue reading Clean-IT openXchange: As the World Digitizes, We Must Avoid the Plastics Problem

Blue Note in Napa on Feb 4: Chico Pinheiro & Romero Lubambo Duo

BLUE NOTE NAPA is located on the 1st floor of the Historic Napa Valley Opera House. An intimate 188 person seated live music club and restaurant where you may enjoy performances of world renowned and local Bay Area artists alike. We offer a dinner menu with an elegant wine and cocktail list in all seating sections.… Continue reading Blue Note in Napa on Feb 4: Chico Pinheiro & Romero Lubambo Duo

Open Forum #65 Strengthening Global Digital Capacity Development

The Young Youth IGF leaders will comment on session WS #77 at 15:05 CET on the role of national authorities and Internet platforms themselves in regulating the rapidly-growing digital market. Together with the Swiss Federal Dpt of Foreign Affairs. Check what will be happening today.
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Digital Humanism Lecture Series

Virtual Meeting

About the Series Digital humanism deals with the complex relationship between man and machine. It acknowledges the potential of Informatics and IT. At the same time, it points to related apparent threats such as privacy violations, ethical concerns with AI, automation, and loss of jobs, and the ongoing monopolization on the Web. The Corona crisis… Continue reading Digital Humanism Lecture Series

A Chat with Mei Lin Fung: Chair, cofounder with Vint Cerf, People Centered Internet; Early pioneer of CRM; Chair, IEEE Society and Technology (SSIT) Technical committee on Sustainability; emeritus Chair of California Health Medical Reserve Corps; about the past and future of technology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTrWph2Uuvc This week, Stephen Ibaraki has an exclusive interview with Mei Lin Fung. Chair and cofounder with Vint Cerf of the People Centered Internet, gave the keynote on Decade of Digital Transformation at the World Bank IFC Global SME Financing Forum October 2020, she presented at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Digital Economics launch in 2017. Mei Lin is an… Continue reading A Chat with Mei Lin Fung: Chair, cofounder with Vint Cerf, People Centered Internet; Early pioneer of CRM; Chair, IEEE Society and Technology (SSIT) Technical committee on Sustainability; emeritus Chair of California Health Medical Reserve Corps; about the past and future of technology

A Chat with Tamara Singh: Expert, Financial Systems, Digital and Sustainability; about the financial ecosystem and sustainability initiatives enabling sustainable organisations to scale, while championing impactful change

https://youtu.be/53re01H_RXM This week, Stephen Ibaraki has an exclusive interview with Tamara Singh. Tamara Singh considers global systems and the nudges that may help to render them more sustainable, drawing on her expertise in Financial Systems, Digital and Sustainability. She enjoys a portfolio career that allows her to devote her energy to her profession and her… Continue reading A Chat with Tamara Singh: Expert, Financial Systems, Digital and Sustainability; about the financial ecosystem and sustainability initiatives enabling sustainable organisations to scale, while championing impactful change

Doug Hohulin, “People-Centered Metaverse”

Greetings People Centered Internet (PCI) Community members: Our 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:   “Creating a People-Centered Metaverse of Abundance and Opportunity for All”   Doug will provide a short overview of what is the… Continue reading Doug Hohulin, “People-Centered Metaverse”

European Union-African Union Summit, Science and Innovation side events, 14-18 February 2022

The AERAP Africa-Europe Science Collaboration Platform will organize side events at the AU-EU Summit on 14-18 February. The purpose of the meeting will be to promote awareness of the contribution of collaborative research and development as a critical aspect of EU-Africa relations and collaborations, in particular in addressing global challenges together. This is a free… Continue reading European Union-African Union Summit, Science and Innovation side events, 14-18 February 2022

Digital Cooperation & Diplomacy Network Meeting

Agenda: 10:00 am Welcome – Vint Cerf, Chairman Digital Cooperation and Diplomacy informal network 10:05 am G7 Presidency – Hinrich Thoelken, Climate & Digital Envoy, German Foreign Office 10:20 am Global Digital Compact and Digital Cooperation Roadmap Update – Yu Ping Chan, Office of the Tech Envoy, UN 10:35 am DPGA Update (slide) – Siddharth Shetty, Fellow, iSPIRT 11:05 am EQUALS Update (slides) – Alex Wong and Carla Licciardello, ITU… Continue reading Digital Cooperation & Diplomacy Network Meeting

How the Internet grew up outside the US, and lessons learned for the future

Abstract:  There is much written about how the Internet evolved in United States, but less is known about the history of the Internet’s deployment and evolution in other countries. In this panel, we will hear about how the Internet became introduced into Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America. The panelists will recount the history of these… Continue reading How the Internet grew up outside the US, and lessons learned for the future