Speakers
Rapidly developing technologies can be an unprecedented force for good, but too often codify and amplify existing forms of racial inequality, discrimination, and bias. This free, online conference brings together researchers, policymakers, technologists, and advocates to address technology’s new threats to racial equity and new tools for a more just future.
The virtual conference will conclude with the 16th Annual Anne & Loren Kieve Distinguished Lecture by Ruha Benjamin, Professor of African American studies at Princeton University, founding director of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab and author of Race After Technology.
The conference is sponsored by the Stanford Center for Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity (CCSRE), Digital Civil Society Lab (DCSL) at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, and Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI).
Keynote | Ruha Benjamin
Professor of African American studies at Princeton University, founding director of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab and author of Race After Technology
Elizabeth Adams
Technology integrator, member of the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, and CCSRE/DCSL/HAI Practitioner Fellow
Renata Ávila
International human rights lawyer, co-founder A+ Alliance, and CCSRE/DCSL/HAI Practitioner Fellow
Laia Bonet
Deputy Mayor of Barcelona for the 2030 Agenda, the Digital Transition and International Relations
Nina Da Hora
Computer Scientist and educator (Brazil)
Samir Doshi
Food and Land Sovereignty organizer, former Senior Scientist and Deputy Division Chief for USAID's Global Development Lab, and CCSRE/DCSL/HAI Practitioner Fellow
Michele Elam
William Robertson Coe Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University, associate director of Stanford HAI, CCSRE Faculty Affiliate
Jaime Garcia
Registered Nurse and Organizer at Stop LAPD Spying Coalition
Sucheta Ghoshal
Assistant Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington
Andrea Ixchíu Hernández
Maya K'iche' journalist, land protector, human rights activist, and self-professed geek at #hackeocultual
Bill Maurer
Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Professor of anthropology; criminology, law and society; and law at the University of California, Irvine
Erik Nicholson
Founding Partner of Pandion Strategies, former National Vice President for United Farm Workers
David Selassie Opoku
Farmer and technologist from Ghana working at the intersection of food systems, technology, and education, co-founder and director of technology at Growing Gold Farms, and CCSRE/DCSL Practitioner Fellow
Juan Ortiz
Researcher at JustLabs and Affiliate at Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard
Shakeer Rahman
Lawyer and community organizer with the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition and CCSRE/DCSL Practitioner Fellow
Elizabeth Renieris
Human Rights Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and CCSRE/DCSL Practitioner Fellow
Sarah Rotz
Assistant Professor of Environmental and Urban Change, York University
Nina Dewi Toft Djanegara
Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology and CCSRE Tech and Racial Equity Fellow at Stanford
Kortney Ziegler
Entrepreneur, founder of Appolition and Green Kandle Academy, and CCSRE/DCSL Practitioner Fellow