Events

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