https://youtu.be/bqNfLp4Bi10 Mei Lin Fung is a technology pioneer working to ensure that technology works for humanity as the next 3.9 billion people come online. In 1989 she was part of the 2-person skunkworks team that developed “OASIS,” the first customer relationship management (CRM) system and working closely with Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce. She… Continue reading Unit Masters: Mei Lin Fung / Enabling Global Participation
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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
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
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
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.
March 30, 2022 The clean-IT Conference is an international platform for the exchange of ideas to make the digital world more sustainable. High-ranking policy and industry leaders engaged in a dialogue with academia and civil society to address the pressing issue of how digital technologies can support the fight against climate change and what needs… Continue reading clean-IT Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuX-N0pIeBY How can we work together to build, achieve and sustain trustworthy and accountable information sharing ecosystems in the AI era? Can we use AI and other technological and organizational capabilities to get rid of fake news and other misinformation? How can we ensure AI deployments are used for good? How can we increase trust… Continue reading AI4Good: Can AI get rid of fake news and other misinformation?
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.
