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”
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
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
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
The timing of the launch of the launch of the STAR-TIDES fireside chat series is to lay the foundation for the 15th Annual STAR-TIDES Capabilities Demonstration scheduled for April 18th-20th on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. The first fireside chat will be featuring Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center and was Executive Director of PCI to January 2020 – https://www.stimson.org/ppl/david-bray/, and Dr. Eric Rasmussen, Chief Executive Officer, Infinitum Humanitarian Systems – https://www.ihs-i.com/eric-rasmussen. This inaugural fireside chat will be moderated by Aaron Rose, CEO, Global Tactics – https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronrose/. Scan the QR code on below image for registration or use the website link.
The AERAP Africa-Europe Science Collaboration Platform will organise side events at the AU-EU Summit on 14-18 February 2022. 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 Sunday 27 February at 11:30 AM ET we’re pleased to have Marc Ferlet and William Arthey with UNBOX as featured guests for our PCI Community call. Thanks to Lin Wells for inviting them to be with us.
UNBOX the Universe:
How closed-loop systems can increase efficiency and transparency in funding distribution
Digital Humanism aims to ensure that the development of digital technologies focuses on human needs and interests. Following the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism, this workshop will take the initiative one step further towards realizing the vision. While many of the challenges of our digital age have become evident, the solutions to overcoming them are not.… Continue reading 4th Workshop on Digital Humanism – Towards a Research and Innovation Roadmap
Speakers announced! Join industry experts for the first 2022 MFWW Webinar to honor International Women's Day. #BreakTheBias How to Engage Men in Finance to Increase Gender-Diverse Leadership Date: Thursday, March 3, 2022 Time: 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM ET Register Speakers & Panelists include Sarah Kleiner Buitoni Director of Leadership & Diversity Programs Women's World Banking Uzoma Dozie… Continue reading The first 2022 Making Finance Work for Women Webinar
Speaker: Anir Chowdhury -Policy Advisor, Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme, Cabinet Division/Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Division/UN Development Programme (UNDP) Bangladesh
Content: This event is for members of the PCI Community and by invitation only. To request membership, please follow this link.
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.
Agenda: 10:30 am Welcome – Dr. Nele Leosk, Chair Digital Cooperation and Diplomacy 10:35 am Digital Citizenship Test (DCT) – Yuhyun Park, Founder, Digital Intelligence Quotient 10:50 am National Research & Educational Networks (NRENs): Current and Future Roles (slides) – Yousef Torman, Managing Director, ASREN 11:20 am G7 Digital Public Goods for Health Update (brief) – Sarah Fischer (GIZ), Skye Gilbert (PATH) 11:35 am “Charter for Digital Public Goods”… Continue reading Digital Cooperation & Diplomacy Network Meeting
