Upcoming livestreams, speaker announcements, and more
Plus we are gathering interviewees to help craft an upcoming Tech Leadership Curriculum
Welcome back to the latest All Tech Is Human newsletter, where we present numerous ways for you to participate in the Responsible Tech movement. Our organization brings together expertise, a sandbox for solution-making, and a structure for socialization and mobilization that is essential for tackling thorny tech & society issues. We’re glad you’re part of the community.
In today’s newsletter, you’ll read about our upcoming Safety by Design gathering in NYC, our gathering with the Finnish Consulate in New York around promoting multistakeholder collaboration in Responsible AI, and our London gathering focused on online safety. We also have an upcoming livestream on navigating your next career move in Responsible Tech, along with another livestream on ethical dilemmas related to chatbots. Lastly, we are putting out a call for tech leaders to help inform a new Tech Leadership Curriculum we are doing in partnership with APCO.
Now, onto the newsletter! 👇
Let’s strengthen multistakeholder collaboration in Responsible AI
We have lined up an incredible mix of speakers, including Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, Renée Cummings, Nabiha Syed, Miranda Bogen, Shahla Naimi, and Tatiana Rice. Two additional speakers to be announced shortly.
This is a gathering for 75 leaders in Responsible AI; we are nearing capacity with additional invitations to be completed by next week. We currently have participants from Amazon, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Center for Democracy & Technology, Cohere, Columbia University, Data & Society Research Institute, Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas (DDIA), Future of Privacy Forum, Georgetown University, Humane Intelligence, IBM, Integrity Institute, Intel, KPMG, Mastercard, Meta, Microsoft, Mozilla Foundation, Northeastern University, Pinterest, Princeton University, Salesforce, Schmidt Futures, TikTok, United Nations, YouTube, and more.
💡Did you know that we are currently collecting interest for Responsible AI Governance workshops and more? Here is our interest form.
👋Are you a tech leader? We’d love your insight into the challenges you are facing as we build out a Tech Leadership Curriculum.
All Tech Is Human has partnered with APCO, a global advisory firm, to create a Tech Leadership Curriculum. To help inform the development of this curriculum, we are currently seeking to interview individuals in tech leadership positions (director level and above). Interviews will be conducted over virtually.
Our upcoming Tech Leadership Curriculum is aimed at equipping senior technology leaders with the skills and insights needed to thrive in today's dynamic and rapidly evolving tech landscape. We would be grateful for your assistance!
💡Did you know that 20% of All Tech Is Human’s 50k+ network are C-Suite professional? Learn about our the background of our network here.
Join our webinar on April 10th about navigating your next career move
Our organization is designed to listen; we have heard from many individuals in the community (through our Slack, livestreams, in-person gatherings, etc) who are looking to either transition into a more values-aligned role or navigating a recent layoff.
All Tech Is Human’s Rebekah Tweed will be moderating a discussion on April 10 at 1pm ET featuring guests Talha Baig, Diane Chang, and Theodora Skeadas. We hope you can join.
We’re announcing our two panel topics for our upcoming gathering in London on July 16
Thank you for the overwhelming level of interest so far in our upcoming London gathering! We are just starting to send out the first round of invitations. Also, because of the overwhelming interest in Responsible AI and online safety, please be on the lookout for a potential side event on July 17.
Our panel topics are Safety by Design for the Next Generation: Navigating the Evolution of Child Safety Policy and Generative AI: Understanding Its Risks and Rewards in Online Spaces.
💡Did you know this will be our fourth recent gathering in London? We're grateful for the individuals who travel from across Europe and across the pond to attend.
Join us for a livestream to explore the rapidly evolving world of companion chatbots
Moderated by Rose E. Guingrich (Princeton GradFUTURES Social Impact Fellow with All Tech Is Human) a psychology researcher who specializes in human-AI interaction, this livestream brings together voices from industry, law and policy, and academia to discuss the opportunities, challenges, and ethical questions surrounding these technologies. From development and deployment to regulation, research, and public education, our panelists will share insights across sectors and address pressing questions.
📜All Tech Is Human is currently running an AI Companions initiative with future livestreams, gatherings, and an eventual resource. Get involved here.
👀 In Case You Missed It…
All Tech Is Human moves at the speed of tech…here are some recent happenings and projects for you to get involved with.
📆We have a gathering in NYC on April 23 called Safety by Design: Making Impact and Mobilizing Change and are near capacity. Learn more and apply, and watch this video.
🎊Our friends at Fast Forward launched a new tool to help nonprofits develop AI policies! Watch this conversation between Rebekah Tweed and Addie Achan (Director of AI Programs at Fast Forward) discussing their new Nonprofit AI Policy Builder.
🎙️All Tech Is Human’s Sandra Khalil was on BBC this past Sunday talking about Signalgate, its implications, and cybersecurity precautions. Listen here (Sandra’s part starts at 9:40).
🤝Founder David Ryan Polgar will be speaking this Thursday in Washington, DC about the future of cross-sector collaboration. You can freely register to attend.
🎤How do people enter Responsible Tech? Deb Donig, our Siegel Research Fellow, shared her journey from entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley to academia focusing on responsible, ethical and human-centric technology on this recent episode of Confessions of a CyberPsychologist podcast.
📺Did you miss our recent livestream with Adele Zeynep Walton? You can watch it here. Adele is the author of the upcoming book, Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World.
🤖Are you looking for a good discussion about agentic agents? Here is a write-up about our recent livestream with Margaret Mitchell.
📆You can put our annual Responsible Tech Summit on calendar. It will be held on the 11th of September in Manhattan at SVA Theater. We are currently collecting ideas and interest as this comes together.
🍁There was recently an ATIHx gathering in Toronto! Check out the pictures here. Curious about these independently organized gatherings leveraging All Tech Is Human’s wide reach? Learn more here.
🎞️On April 7th, All Tech Is Human’s David Ryan Polgar and Sandra Khalil attended the film premiere for Don’t Look Away, a documentary centered around whether the theory of products liability should be applied to platforms when foreseeable harms occur. David was interviewed for the main Bloomberg article by Olivia Carville that the film is based on.
🎓Are you a NYC-area university student looking to explore a social impact career? On April 5th there is an ATIHx gathering in collaboration with NYIT, being led by our Princeton GradFUTURES Social Impact Fellow Abby Fergus. Learn more here.
🏛️Do you know of a young leader (14-18) interest in policy or civic engagement? The Aspen Institute’s Center for Rising Generations is launching the Rising Generations Summit on June 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. This event will bring together 100+ young leaders from across the country to engage with mentors, sharpen their leadership skills, and drive meaningful change. Learn more here.
📖Our latest Responsible Tech Guide now has over 2.2k downloads! Have you read it yet?
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