Tag: conference
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Speaking at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference
In two weeks’ time, I’ll be moderating a workshop at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference, on a topic dear to my heart: Visual content and human rights – Content has changed our world, how do we manage its impact on society, governance, and privacy? Panelists: Sam Gregory, Program Director, WITNESS Thor Halvorssen, Founder, Oslo Freedom…
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Speaking at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference
In two weeks’ time, I’ll be moderating a workshop at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference, on a topic dear to my heart: Visual content and human rights – Visual content has changed our world – how do we manage its impact on society, governance, and privacy? Panelists: Sam Gregory, Program Director, WITNESS Thor Halvorssen,…
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My talk at ‘The Power of Information’ conference last week
I’ve posted my slides and talk from last week’s conference at King’s Place, London on the Power of Information. It’s a talk largely aimed at donor organisations and philanthropists, but it’s got some relevance to NGOs and activists they fund too. Go take a look.
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My post hoc pre-interview for Guardian Activate 2010
Matt McAlister and Robin Hough of The Guardian were kind enough to ask me to speak at their Activate conference last Thursday, on which, more in due course, but I was also invited to give a pre-interview for their site. I didn’t have time to contribute it before the day of the conference itself, but…
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Ada Lovelace Day: (Sh)ETech 2009
Panels tend to be pretty man-heavy, in my experience. I’ve spoken on quite a few human rights, tech, media development and journalism panels in the 3 years since I joined WITNESS in New York, and, although these sectors are often driven by the work and ideas of women, and many of the conference organisers are…
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