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The 2021 Data on Purpose (DoP) conference features data scientists, researchers, policy makers, leaders of nonprofits and foundations, private industry professionals, and other experts who will share the latest research- and practice-based insights into digital technologies that can strengthen our democracy and civil society.
To help DoP attendees make the most of the event, SSIR’s editors have assembled a list of articles exploring topics related to each session.
For the Good of Society: Is Regulating the Internet the Answer?
February 17 at 9 a.m. PST
Speakers: Marietje Schaake of Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center and Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and Kelly Born of the Cyber Policy Center
Making and Breaking Video: Digital Media Manipulation and Society
February 17 at 9:55 a.m. PST
Speaker: Maneesh Agrawala of Stanford University
Disinformation, Misinformation, and Our Digital Information Ecosystem
February 17 at 10:25 a.m. PST
Speakers: Katherine Maher of the Wikimedia Foundation, Jesse Lehrich of Accountable Tech, Nick Pickles of Twitter, and Samantha Bradshaw of the Internet Observatory and Digital Civil Society Lab of Stanford University
Case Study: Political and Social Movements in the Context of 2020
February 17 at 11:40 a.m. PST
Speakers: Jennifer Edwards of Color of Change, Jess Morales Rocketto of National Domestic Workers Alliance, and Jane Booth-Tobin of Johns Hopkins University
Case Study: Using Digital Tools to Build Worker Power
February 17 at 12:35 p.m. PST
Speakers: Beth Gutelius of the Center for Urban Economic Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Aquilina Soriano of the Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California, Nidhi Mirani of Carina, Brian Young of Action Network, and Drew Ambrogi of Coworker.org
More Than a Movement: How Young Leaders and Activists Are Creating Real Change
February 17 at 1:30 p.m. PST
Speakers: Geoff Corey of Advocates for Youth; LaKia Williams of SisterSong, Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective; Nour Abdelwahab of Muslim Youth Council and Advocates for Youth; Đinh Thị Lan Anh of the Gender Relations Center at the University of Notre Dame; and Alex Cueto of Charlotte for Choice
Democracy and Digital Technology
February 18 at 9 a.m. PST
Speakers: Nate Persilly and Francis Fukuyama, two of the principal investigators of the Program on Democracy and the Internet (PDI) at Stanford University
The Digital Divide: Why It Still Exists and How We Can Close the Gap
February 18 at 9:55 a.m. PST
Speakers: Larry Irving, head of the National Telecommunications Infrastructure Administration in the Clinton Administration; Olatunde Sobomehin, CEO of StreetCode Academy; Ron Littlefield, former mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Tom Wheeler, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in the Obama Administration
AI Will Change the World. Who Will Change AI?
February 18 at 10:50 a.m. PST
Speaker: Tess Posner of AI4ALL
Data Analytics: Bringing Justice and Equity to the Process
February 18 at 12:05 a.m. PST
Speakers: Nithya Ramanathan of Nexleaf, Andrew Warren of Recidiviz, and Yeshimabeit Milner of Data for Black Lives.
Software and Data Are the Future of Social Action
February 18 at 1 p.m. PST
Speaker: Jim Fruchterman of Tech Matters
