Fellows will present their projects in online webinars as part of the Aspen Tech Policy Hub Demo Days series
San Francisco, CA– The Aspen Institute’s Tech Policy Hub, a West Coast based policy incubator for distinguished entrepreneurs and technologists, will host a webinar event series this summer showcasing the technology policy projects of its Winter 2020 Cohort of Fellows. The interactive projects cover a range of topics, from helping individuals manage the digital estate of loved ones who have passed, to helping tech companies understand the impact of climate change. The products range from informational websites and interactive games to operational plans, videos, and policy briefs. While the Hub will be hosting the event virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we hope eventually also to host in-person Demo Days in Washington, DC and San Francisco.
Please see below for the series of webinars, including dates, times and speakers. This information is being regularly updated and is subject to change.
Online Demo Day Event Series
Protecting Your Digital Reality
When: June 24, 9-10am PT
Register for Event: Registration Page
Featuring: Olivia Erickson & Cecilia Donnelly Krum (Digital Afterlife Project); Matthew Schroeder and Matt Sievers (Big Security for Small Business) with Raj Shah, Chairman, Arceo.ai, as a keynote speaker
Needles in Haystacks: Using Tech For Good
When: July 8, 9-10am PT
Register for Event: Registration Page
Featuring: Anjana Rajan (Combating Domestic Terrorism); Fair Algorithmic Housing Loans (Samara Trilling) with Rediet Abebe, PhD, Incoming Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley EECS
Seeding Success: Equity, Technology & Policy
When: July 22, 9-10am PT
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Featuring: Nidhi Hebbar and Madison Jacobs (EdTech Equity); Mariah Lichtenstern (Closing the Tech Funding Gap); Amy Wilson (People Powered Policy), with Mutale Nkonde as a keynote speaker
Improving Democracy Through Technology
When: August 5, 9-10am PT
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Featuring: Elizabeth Allendorf & Matthew Volk (Shining Light on Dark Ads); Jessica Cole (Using Automated Advocates to Provide Legal Services at Scale) with Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Justice of the Supreme Court of California
Disaster Tech: Preparing for Unprecedented Crisis
When: August 19, 9-10am PT
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Featuring: Alexander ‘RoRo’ Romero (Helpful Alternative Link Protocol); Raylene Yung (Tech Companies Combating Climate Change)
