We encourage our community to meet in-person and connect virtually to discuss how we can collectively affect, inform, and improve the Responsible Tech ecosystem as it relates to Responsible AI, Trust & Safety, and Public Interest Technology.
For unofficial and non-sponsored in-person and virtual events, we accomplish this through our global, independently-organized initiative, ATIHx.
Since its introduction in 2025, ATIHx gatherings have surfaced in Toronto, Paris, Barcelona, Philadelphia, and Cambridge, bringing a wider lens to discussions on how we can collectively affect, inform, and improve the Responsible Tech ecosystem.
For any questions relating to hosting an ATIHx event, please email us at hello@alltechishuman.org.
Host an ATIHx Gathering in Your City
Toronto, Canada
Paris, France
Barcelona, Spain
Tips for Organizing an ATIHx Event
Here are a few tips from our community to help you get your ATIHx gathering off to a great start!
01 Pick a Theme: Responsible Tech tends to cover following areas: Responsible AI, Trust & Safety and Public Interest Technology. Within each of those areas, there are many subjects to tackle. Timely subjects garner the most excitement but it’s easy to cover too much all at once. Pick a theme that you and your community are passionate about and try to narrow the discussion to a topic within that theme (e.g. Responsible AI Governance; Trust & Safety Tools & Frameworks).
02 Choose the Type of Venue: Ideally, the venue should be a place that is convenient to travel to (i.e. close to public transportation, or have parking close by), and is open to having groups of people who may come and go at any time during scheduled event. Depending on the type of venue, you may also want to ask if the space is conducive to:
Presentations: Is there a large screen, or multiple ones? Can we plug in our own laptop?
Panels/Fireside Chats: Does it have a stage? Are there chairs? Do we need microphones (for larger gatherings)?
Workshops: Are there enough tables and chairs? Will we need to supply our own paper, pens, post-its?
Conversations: Can we have 1:1s or small group chats: Is it quiet or is there music?
03 Select a Day and Time: To maximize attendance, we recommend hosting your event near the end of the work hours, and on a day that would be considered “off-peak” for a venue (e.g. gathering takes place at bar on Monday at 6pm).
04 Compile Attendees List: Aim to have a wide representation of perspectives. The more multidisciplinary the audience, the more robust and rich the conversations will be!
05 Communicate: Bring the group together via a messaging app (e.g. Signal, Messages, What’s App, etc.) to foster dialog, poll attendees for ideas, and share updates.
06 Offer Food & Drinks: If possible, choose a venue that offers food and drinks for purchase (or free!). It’s also a good idea to check if they’re willing to split bills ahead of the event. Alternatively, if you’re choosing a more private venue, a potluck approach might work.
07 Take Photos: If you are intending on taking photos or videos, it’s important that you communicate that to your attendees. You can do this in the invitation, or via announcement at the start of the event. If you do take photos, please email them to All Tech Is Human for potential publication in our Newsletter, LinkedIn, or other ATIH promotional materials. Also, please tag us on social media on your own posts and include #alltechishuman #alltechishuman, #atihx, #atihx[City], #responsibletech
08 Invitations: Platforms like Luma for in-person gatherings, and Zoom for virtual gatherings are great for inviting and keeping track of responses. When creating the invitation, please remember to: (1) download an ATIHx logo, (2) name the event as ATIHx [Your City] (example: ATIHx Barcelona), and (3) refer to the ATIHx Guidelines for specific language to be included.
09 Confirmed Attendees: Send confirmed attendees calendar invites with information including the day, time, location, theme, and any special instructions related to the event (e.g. venue check-in instructions, transportation info, etc.).
10 Promoting the Event: When you’re ready to promote the gathering, persistence is key. Leverage your network on LinkedIn, All Tech Is Human’s Slack region-specific channel, and your own email lists. Encourage a few people to share the event on their social channels. We recommend posting at least 3 times with the following cadence: (1) when you first announce the gathering, (2) a week before it takes place, and (3) the day of the event.
11 Welcome Everyone: Whew, you made it! Depending on the size of the gathering, nametags can be hugely helpful to identify (and remember!) everyone’s name. Encourage everyone to introduce themselves to someone they don’t already know, and share what brought them to the gathering.
12 Have fun! Bringing together the community, no matter how big or small, is something to be proud of. Have a wonderful time and don’t forget to get feedback (either at the end of the event, or via email follow up) from people on what worked, didn’t work and recommendations for the next one.