“All Tech Is Human Library” to feature 15 incredible humans over 3 days at Unfinished Live
Imagine being able to “check out” the brain of a leading changemaker working to build better digital spaces. The All Tech Is Human Library: Voices from the Responsible Tech Movement is a three-day interactive installation at Unfinished Live that allows both Unfinished Live attendees and the general public to actively engage with the inspiring leaders building a better tech future through a series of rapid-fire intimate huddle conversations with AI ethicists, public interest technologists, and integrity workers.
All Tech Is Human will be holding its “All Tech Is Human Library” from Thurs, Sept 22nd to Sat, Sept 24th each day from 1-4pm ET at Unfinished Live in NYC. This large gathering is being held at The Shed, with the “All Tech Is Human Library” taking place in McCourt. A broad range of 15 leaders in the Responsible Tech movement will be in conversation with David Ryan Polgar (founder & director of All Tech Is Human) during this interactive installation.
If you are interested in connecting with others who deeply care about co-creating a better tech future and would like to learn about additional ways to get involved in the ecosystem, stop by All Tech Is Human’s three-day activation!
All conversations are being taped for our podcast and will be available after Unfinished Live.
Check out the schedule below and read the bios (after the schedule):
SCHEDULE
Thurs, Sept 22
1:00 Amira Dhalla, Director of Impact Partnerships & Programs (privacy/security) at Consumer Reports
1:30 Diara J. Townes, building solutions for a healthier information ecosystem
2:00 Chris McClean, Responsible AI at Avanade
2:30 Douglas Rushkoff, noted media theorist and author of The Survival of the Richest, Team Human, Present Shock, and more.
3:00 book signing by Douglas Rushkoff
3:30 Tom Thorley, Director of Technology at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)
Friday, Sept 23
1:00 Jeffrey Edell, CEO of MeWe
1:30 Renee Cummings, Data activist in residence at the University of Virginia
2:00 Reid Blackman, author of Ethical Machines & CEO of VIRTUE
2:30 Sahar Massachi, co-founder of the Integrity Institute
3:00 Meredith Broussard, author of Artificial Unintelligence and the upcoming More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech
3:30 Vilas Dhar, president of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Saturday, Sept 24
1:00 Marshall Davis Jones, spoken word poet & artist, founder of MindBodySpeak
1:30 Dorothy R. Santos, Executive Director of the Processing Foundation
2:00 Erika Cheung, Executive Director of Ethics in Entrepreneurship
2:30 Gabo Arora, award-winning immersive artist
3:00 (open conversation)
BIOS FOR THE INTERVIEWEES
Day 1: Thursday, September 22
Amira Dhalla | 1pm
Title: Director of Impact Partnerships at Consumer Reports.
Bio: As the Director of Impact Partnerships at Consumer Reports, Amira Dhalla works with organizations on projects to improve the safety, security, and privacy of consumer products and tools, while also shining a spotlight on marketplace issues including discriminatory technologies, deceptive design, digital access and inclusion.
Diara J. Townes | 1:30pm
Title: Engagement Journalist, Research and Communications Associate at Tow Knight Center Internet Initiative.
Bio: Diara J. Townes is an engagement journalist with a background in environmental science and disinformation research who is focused on building solutions for underrepresented and underserved communities affected by the climate and information crises.
Chris McClean | 2pm
Title: Global Lead for Digital Ethics, Avanade.
Bio: As the global lead for digital ethics at Avanade, Chris McClean responsible for creating digital ethics fluency and change internally as well as for advising our clients on their digital ethics journey. This includes leading training exercises and workshops, conducting digital ethics assessments, and guiding digital ethics program design.
Douglas Rushkoff | 2:30pm
Title: Author, Survival of The Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, Professor of Media Studies at CUNY Queens College
Bio: Named one of the “world’s ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT, Douglas Rushkoff is an author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age. His twenty books include the upcoming Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, as well as the recent Team Human, based on his podcast, and the bestsellers Present Shock, Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus, Program or Be Programmed, Life Inc, and Media Virus.
Tom Thorley | 3:30pm
Title: Director of Technology at the Global Internet Forum
Bio: Tom Thorley is the Director of Technology at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) and delivers cross-platform technical solutions for GIFCT members.
Day 2: Friday, September 23
Jeffrey Edel | 1pm
Title: CEO of MeWe
Bio: Jeffrey Scott Edell is the Chairman and CEO of the global, privacy-first social network MeWe and an award-winning entrepreneur in the entertainment, media, and tech industries. Edell has a long track record of success having served as President & COO of WTG Enterprises, CEO and President of Soundelux Entertainment Group, Chairman of Intermix Media (former parent company of MySpace), CEO of Inferno Pictures, CFO of Cinedigm, President and COO of DIC Entertainment, and co-founder of IndieU and Ohana Chem Co. Under his leadership, Soundelux won five Academy Awards and fifty Emmys.
Reid Blackman | 2pm
Title: Author, Ethical Machines: Your Concise Guide to Totally Unbiased, Transparent, and Respectful AI & Founder/CEO of Virtue.
Bio: Reid Blackman, Ph.D., is the author of “Ethical Machines: Your Concise Guide to Totally Unbiased, Transparent, and Respectful AI (Harvard Business Review Press), Founder and CEO of Virtue, an AI ethical risk consultancy, and volunteer Chief Ethics Officer for the non-profit Government Blockchain Association.
Sahar Massachi | 2:30pm
Title: Co-founder, Integrity Institute.
Meredith Broussard | 3pm
Title: Associate professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University
Bio: Data journalist Meredith Broussard is an associate professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University, research director at the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology, and the author of several books, including “Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World” and “More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech.” Her academic research focuses on artificial intelligence in investigative reporting and ethical AI, with a particular interest in using data analysis for social good.
Vilas Dhar | 3:30pm
Title: President, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Bio: Vilas Dhar is President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, a 21st century philanthropy advancing artificial intelligence (AI) and data solutions to create a thriving, equitable, and sustainable future for all. Under his leadership, the Foundation bridges technological innovation and social impact with a commitment to justice and equity. These core values sustain his deep optimism that technological advances can ensure a more prosperous and sustainable future for all.
Day 3: Saturday, September 24
Marshall Davis Jones | 1pm
Title: Creator and Founder of MINDBODYSPEAK, speech writer, and voiceover artist.
Dorothy R. Santos | 1:30pm
Erika Cheung | 2pm
Title: Executive Director, Ethics in Entrepreneurship & Theranos whistleblower
Bio: Erika Cheung is the Executive Director of Ethics in Entrepreneurship, a non-profit organization with the mission to embed ethical questioning, culture, and systems in start-up ecosystems. She is famously known for being a key whistle-blower reporting the medical-diagnostic company Theranos to health regulators. This account is covered in the book Bad Blood by John Carreryrou, 60 Minutes, ABC Podcast: The Drop Out, and Alex Gibney’s documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley. She also advises and supports the development of biotechnology and healthcare initiatives across the APAC region.
Gabo Arora | 2:30pm
Title: Founder & CEO, LIGHTSHED
Bio: Gabo Arora is a world renowned multi-award winning immersive artist, professor, entrepreneur and former UN diplomat who works with the most cutting-edge emerging technologies, including virtual and augmented reality, to tell some of the most important stories of our time. His creative tech and production studio LIGHTSHED.IO is based in Brooklyn.