Erika Cheung, key whistleblower for Theranos, to be in conversation with All Tech Is Human at Unfinished Live in NYC on Sat, Sept 24 at 2pm

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 is thrilled to announce that Erika Cheung, a key whisteblower for Theranos and the Executive Director of Ethics in Entrepreneurship, will in conversation with David Ryan Polgar (founder & director of All Tech Is Human) during the organization’s interactive installation on Saturday, Sept 24th at 2pm at Unfinished Live (NYC, The Shed).

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.

Other interviewees at the All Tech Is Human Library, which takes place from Sept 22 to 24 (Thurs-Sat) at 1-4pm each day in McCourt, include Douglas Rushkoff, Meredith Broussard, Amira Dhalla, Vilas Dhar, and many other incredible individuals working to build a better tech future.

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)