Hasso Plattner Institute named Mei Lin Fung the latest HPI Fellow at the Clean-IT Summit
The Clean-IT Summit 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 to be done to reduce
Tiffany Brar awarded Highest Woman Award by the President of India
We are proud to offer our highest congratulations to Tiffany Brar, PCI Fellow and Ambassador to the Community of the Visually Impaired. Tiffany 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. Award-winning activist Brar is
The Rehumanize Institute Releases “Ethics at Work: Dilemmas of the Near Future and How Your Organization Can Solve Them” and announces the launch of the Responsible Business Podcast
Two of our People Centered Internet community members contributed to the brand new anthology Ethics at Work: Dilemmas of the Near Future and How Your Organization Can Solve Them. This series of essays is compiled and edited by Kris Ostergaard. Mei Lin Fung, chair of the People Centered Internet, wrote back to back chapters with Divya Chander, MD PhD.and Faculty Chair for Neuroscience at Singularity University. Mei Lin’s chapter was on Human Relationships: The Ethical Heart of Resilient Organizations and Communities and Divya Chander wrote Neural Sovereignty and Neural Rights.
Digital Finance in Africa
Digital finance in Africa cannot be told without the mention of m-pesa and mobile money in Kenya. The story is told of a post-independence Africa that was pursuing its quest for industrialization and urbanization. This resulted in increased rural to urban migration, often leading to family members, pursuing job opportunities in the urban areas with
PCI’s Annual Round-Up | 2022
PCI’s Annual Round-Up | 2022 Hi everyone, this is a year-end update from the board of the People Centered Internet This will be a time that will be remembered for generations after us. We have reached the second of the Covid New Years that have upturned our lives. The ways we live, work and play
Gender Evasion, by Tamara Singh
In 2019, an American business magazine published a list of America’s Most Innovative Leaders. Featuring 102 beacons of success (two organisations had co-founders), the ranking drew attention not just for its examination of the innovation ecosystem in America, but also for the fact that only one of the featured leaders was a woman. The ensuing
Justin Bryant in conversation with Todd Hoskins – Global Help Desk developments in 2021
Justin: Hi, Todd. You are the People-Centered Internet’s Senior Fellow for the Global Help Desk, help us understand . . . What is the Global Help Desk? Todd: Hi, Justin. We have been evolving over the last year. Our mission is to help build resilience in communities, by facilitating digital opportunities which are “Of the People,
PCI’s Global Help Desk and the Vaccination Equity Consortium
Article by Todd Hoskins, Senior Fellow for the Global Help Desk Last month, Microsoft publicly announced its commitment to the Vaccination Equity Initiative. In the last four weeks a new consortium has formed – the Vaccination Equity Consortium (VEC) – with Microsoft, Amazon, Dell, Moderna, GSK, Pfizer, Quest Diagnostics, Easterseals, United Way, Kaiser Permanente, the CDC Foundation,
Digital Humanism for Life in the Cloud
In a summary of a chapter in the forthcoming book, “Society X.O in the Rise of a New Epoch – The Human Factor in Social, Economic and Relational Ecosystems”, Mei Lin Fung and Leng Lim explore what we really mean by “home on the cloud”, and consider the future of our digital lives. While the
Dr. Craig Cornelius recognized with Cherokee National Holiday Award
The Samuel Worcester Awards start at this point: https://youtu.be/HwZ7BySYsLc. Three people were given this award in 2021. In this video, watch as the Cherokee Nation honors tribal citizens and organizations that have made significant contributions in statesmanship, patriotism, community leadership, and devotion to the Cherokee Nation. For their work in preserving and promoting Cherokee art, language,
Africa-Europe Science and Innovation Summit: 14-18 June 2021
African-European Radio Astronomy Platform (AERAP) and People-Centered Internet (PCI) A unique, august group of leaders from government, industry, and academia are gathering to discuss research and policy priorities in the service of beneficial outcomes for European and African citizens. Distinguished speakers from a broad array of fields will share practical examples of how science can
The Tribal Resource Center: Digital Opportunities Through Tribal Broadband
People-Centered Internet is excited to announce the formation of a new Tribal Resource Center (TRC) to support digital opportunities enabled by broadband connectivity to provide high-speed Internet connections on Tribal lands! This initiative is supported by a grant from the Internet Society Foundation and partners like George Mason University and the Althea company. Too