New America and Arizona State University are pleased to invite you to the 2022 Future Security Forum, which will be held online September 13, 2022. The Forum is the premier annual event of New America and Arizona State University’s Future Security project—a research, education, and policy partnership that develops new paradigms for understanding and addressing […]
System Error exposes the root of our current predicament: how big tech’s relentless focus on optimization is driving a future that reinforces discrimination, erodes privacy, displaces workers, and pollutes the information we get. This optimization mindset substitutes what companies care about for the values that we as a democratic society might choose to prioritize. Well-intentioned […]
Black people have shaped and curated what we have come to know as American culture. From music to fashion, academia, politics and pop culture it all begins and ends with Black people leading the way. The same can be said about what we know of Internet culture today. Join us for a special screening of […]
Technology is causing real harm for people in the form of public benefits cuts, denials, and terminations. The new Benefits Tech Advocacy Hub offers practical tools to support immediate fights against harmful benefits tech and is building a community to collectively strategize and change the way that benefits tech is implemented. Join us for a […]
During our first two conferences, we brought together people to envision a world where data was no longer a weapon but a powerful tool to promote self-determination, build generational wealth, develop resilience and resistance to environmental catastrophe, and anchor a future where Black lives truly do matter. This year, through panel discussions, workshops, live performances […]
This workshop will explore the role libraries play in patron health journeys, which includes the layout of our physical spaces, the way we handle sensitive documents, which resources we share, and more. Privacy advocate Tess Wilson will discuss practical approaches to patron support and ways we might teach patrons about their health data safety. This […]
*This Is Not A Drill* Exhibition on Technology, Equity, and the Climate Emergency OPENING RECEPTION: September 28, 2022, 5-7pm ET EXHIBITION DATES: September 28, 2022 - December 4, 2022 LOCATION: Bobst Library, New York University, 70 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012 The opening reception for the *This Is Not A Drill* exhibition will celebrate the artworks of the nine […]
The Black Women in Data (BWD) Summit 2022 is the two-day forum for Black women leaders to plan their next career move in the data industry by hearing from data expert speakers, expanding their data skills, leveling up in their data career path and more.
Pioneer Works is ecstatic to present the 7th annual Software for Artists Day (S4AD), featuring an exciting lineup of artists, writers, and technologists bringing much needed context and form to a new and shifting technological landscape.
LIVESTREAM We are excited to announce the plenary speakers will be live-streamed. Be mindful, the presentations and rich panel discussions between leading academics from all over the world will be in-person only. Those who cannot fully attend in person will be able to view a portion of the conference by live-streaming the speakers. Register here for the […]
CDT's Tech Prom has been around for more than 15 years, and brings together over 1,000 leaders and innovators in tech policy — from government, industry, civil society, and academia. A night of networking, idea sharing, and learning about emerging issues, Tech Prom celebrates our annual progress within the tech policy landscape.
In 2017, the FDA approved Abilify MyCite, a psychotropic medication that tracks whether a person has actually taken their pills and can send that data to their doctor. Policymakers routinely advocate for expanding and increasing surveillance over and institutionalisation of people with mental health disabilities. The growing use of predictive policing tools and other surveillance […]