Bloomington
Apr. 8, 2016 (2:30pm), University of Indiana
Digital Technology’s Law of Amplification
Los Angeles
May 2, 2016, Milken Institute Global Conference 2016
Panel: Friend or Foe? Technology’s Transformative Role in Developing Regions
New York City
June 8-9, 2016, Personal Democracy Forum 2016
What Technology’s Law of Amplification Means for Democracy
Vancouver, BC
July 13, 2016 (11am), Society for College and University Planning Annual Conference 51
Keynote: Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology
Snowbird
July 18, 2016 (6:30pm), CRA Conference at Snowbird
Computing Alone Doesn’t Solve Social Problems. So, What Next?
Old Events
Ann Arbor
Oct. 28, 2015 (4:30pm), University of Michigan (open to public)
Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology
Boston
Nov. 2, 2015 (6:30pm), Harvard Club of Boston, WorldBoston (World Affairs Council)
Book talk
Nov. 3, 2015 (4:30pm), Bartos Theater at MIT, Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values (open to public)
What’s Essential in an Age of Advanced Technology
Miami
Nov. 21-22, 2015 , Miami Book Fair International
Book talk
Singapore
May 15, 2015 (3:30pm), ICTD2015 at Nanyang Technological University
Open Session 4 – Debating Geek Heresy, panel with Mike Best, Richa Kumar, and Araba Sey
May 15, 2015 (5:15pm), ICTD2015 at Nanyang Technological University
Reception and book launch
Book Release
May 26, 2015
General book release (Kindle, too!)
Washington DC
June 2, 2015 (10:30-11:30am), USAID (talk and book signing; open to public with RSVP)
Tech Tuesday: How (and How Not) to Apply Technology in International Development, with Ann Mei Chang
June 4, 2015 (12:15-1:45pm), New America Foundation (talk and book signing; open to public with RSVP)
Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology
June 4, 2015 (4-5pm), Oxfam America (internal talk)
ICT and Rights-Based Approaches to Development
June 5, 2015 (12:30-2pm), World Bank (internal talk G 5-130)
Machines as Amplifiers: How a Simple Theory Explains Technology’s Role in Global Development
New York
June 17, 2015 (noon-12:40pm), WNYC (radio 93.9 FM)
The Leonard Lopate Show
June 18, 2015 (1-2:30pm), United Nations (mostly internal event, RSVP)
Geek Heresy: Is Technology Bad for Development?
June 18, 2015 (6:30-8pm), New America NYC – Civic Hall (open to public with RSVP)
Machines Will Not Save Us
Seattle
June 22, 2015 (7:30-9pm), Seattle Town Hall (discussion and book signing; open to public with ticket purchase)
Invest in People (Not Technology) to Change the World, Q&A with Wier Harman, followed by discussion with Tom Paulson
June 23, 2015 (1:30-3pm), Microsoft (internal talk)
Geek Heresy for Technologists
June 23, 2015 (evening), Asha Seattle (internal event)
Open-ended discussion
June 24, 2015 (9-10am), Jolkona (internal event)
Open-ended discussion
June 24, 2015 (noon-1pm), Global Washington (member event)
Executive Director roundtable
June 24, 2015 (7-8:30pm), University Book Store (open to public)
Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology
June 25, 2015 (2:30-4pm), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (internal event)
Town Hall discussion
Aspen
July 2, 2015 (1:15-2:45pm) Aspen Ideas Festival
Deep Dive: Is The Internet Taking Us Where We Want to Go?
July 2, 2015 (3:00-4:00pm) Aspen Ideas Festival
How Can Technology Address Neglected Societal Problems?
San Francisco Bay Area
July 6, 2015, Authors at Google (talk and book signing; internal event)
Geek Heresy: How a Simple Theory Explains What Digital Technology Can and Can’t Do in Social Change
July 7, 2015, Singularity University (panel; internal event)
Panel with Merrick Shaeffer
July 8, 2015, Electronic Frontier Foundation (talk and book signing; open to public)
Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology
Prizren, Kosovo
Aug. 8, 2015 (8:30pm), DOKU:TECH
Book talk at Albanian League of Prizren
San Diego
Sept. 30, 2015 (4pm), UC San Diego Design Lab
What If Good Design Isn’t Enough?
Washington, DC
Oct. 5, 2015 (10:30am), Inter-American Development Bank
Keynote: Technology and International Development
Princeton
Oct. 8, 2015 (4:30pm), Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies
Technology’s Law of Amplification
GEEK HERESY 