Afua Bruce, Cori Zarek, and B Cavello join an All Tech Is Human panel conversation Wed, March 23rd in Washington, DC!

All Tech Is Human will be hosting a panel (moderated by founder & director David Ryan Polgar) and Responsible Tech Mixer as part of a larger event called Our Connected Future presented by Digital Void.

All Tech Is Human is thrilled to announce its panel for the upcoming event, Our Connected Future, presented by Digital Void and taking place in Washington, DC on Wed, March 23rd at Union Stage. Doors open at 6pm for a Responsible Tech Mixer, followed by fireside chat at 7pm with Ryan Grim (The Intercept’s D.C. Bureau Chief, contributor to the Young Turks Network, author of We’ve Got People: From Jesse Jackson to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the End of Big Money and the Rise of a Movement), a live podcast taping of the critically-acclaimed There Are No Girls On the Internet by Bridget Todd w/ Jordan Uhl (host on The Young Turks, host of The Insurgents podcast), cristina lópez g. (senior analyst at Graphika), and Ellie Hall (senior reporter at Buzzfeed News). RESERVE YOUR SPOT.

Learn about our panel: Aligning Our Tech Future With Our Human Experience

Afua Bruce is a leading public interest technologist who has spent her career working at the intersection of technology, policy, and society. Her career has spanned the government, non-profit, private, and academic sectors, as she has held senior science and technology positions at DataKind, the White House, the FBI, and IBM. As an If/Then Ambassador, Afua engages in efforts to excite girls to consider STEM careers; she has partnered with GoldieBlox, has appeared on CBS's Mission Unstoppable TV show, and is featured in a number of museums around the country. Afua has a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, as well as an MBA. Her newest book, The Tech That Comes Next: How changemakers, technologists, and philanthropists can build an equitable world, describes how technology can advance equity.

Cori Zarek is a lawyer and public interest technologist. She is the Executive Director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University where she leads fellows, students, and staff who direct action-oriented research projects to use data, design, and technology for more equitable societal outcomes. Prior to joining Georgetown, Cori served as Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States where she led work to build a more digital, open, and collaborative government including helping to stand up and support the U.S. Digital Service, 18F and the Presidential Innovation Fellows. She was a Mozilla Foundation fellow in technology policy and earlier in her career practiced First Amendment law. In 2020, Cori co-founded U.S. Digital Response which matches pro-bono technologists to work with government and organizations responding to crisis and she currently leads that organization’s Advisory Council. In 2021, Cori co-founded Technologists for the Public Good, the first professional association for public interest technologists, and she serves on that organization’s board of directors. At Georgetown, Cori teaches a course called Data for Social Impact and she serves on the university's Tech & Society steering committee.

B Cavello is a technology and facilitation expert who is passionate about creating social change by empowering everyone to participate in technological and social governance. B is the Director of Emerging Technologies at the Aspen Institute.

Previously, B advised Senator Ron Wyden on issues of privacy, internet governance, and algorithmic accountability. Prior to Congress, they were a Research Program Lead at the Partnership on AI, Senior Engagement Lead for IBM Watson, and Director of both Product Development and Community at Exploding Kittens. B has been recognized as an LGBT+ 'Out Role Model,' Global Crowdfunding ‘All-Star,’ and 3DBotmaker King of the Mountain “Killer Bee.”

B received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Texas at Dallas and was selected as an MIT-Harvard Assembly Fellow for the 2019 Ethics and Governance in Artificial Intelligence Initiative cohort.

The panel will be moderated by David Ryan Polgar, founder & director of All Tech Is Human.