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Chelsea Collier Jessica Sager Meme Styles Samantha Snabes Steve Wanta Allison Hannel Austin Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez Downtown Austin 5:45pm Doors Open 6:15pm Presentation, Q&A 7:30pm Reception Thanks to Austin Public Library for their partnership.
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Technology has the potential to positively impact our lives by improving access and connection. Simultaneously, our rapid, tech-fueled growth also creates challenges (affordability, mobility) that disproportionately disadvantage many in our community. Like any modern city, Austin must address issues of social equity and opportunity while ensuring the city benefits from the advantages technology brings.
Tech sector professionals who are enjoying the success and growth of Austin may not be fully aware of the depth of challenges faced by many Austinites, or what they can do to help. This event is designed to present tech-related topics that take a different approach to social good. Our goal is to get you to think differently and (ultimately) to get you to act differently. In this special event, you will learn from our presenters:
We welcome your participation! Please email us with your questions, answers and prognostications in advance.
Admission to the Austin Forum is always free. The Austin Forum accepts donations of used smart phones and tablets at all our events. All devices will have a factory reset and be set up as new by the team at Austin Pathways’ nationally-recognized “Unlocking the Connection” initiative, which will connect every public housing resident with a digital device, digital literacy, and a free or very low-cost internet connection. Your donated phone can change lives and help close Austin’s digital divide, thanks to Austin Pathways. |
speakers
Chelsea Collier
Digi.City |
Chelsea Collier works at the intersection of tech, policy, social impact, civic engagement and entrepreneurship. She is the Founder of Digi.City, Editor-At-Large at Smart City Connect, Co-Founder of Impact Hub Austin and Senior Advisor for Texans for Economic Progress. Chelsea is a Zhi-Xing Eisenhower Fellow (2016) focused on researching smart cities in the U.S. and China.
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Jessica Sager
Austin Forum on Technology & Society |
Jessica Sager is the Managing Director of the Austin Forum on Technology & Society. With a background as a small business and nonprofit strategist, she has worked to help grow the leaders and organizations that are committed to doing good. With a unique combination of communication, strategic thinking, and execution skills, she loves helping ideas take form and take flight. A local Austinite and an avid traveler, Jessica is passionate about making the world--and Austin--a smaller place through connecting people, ideas, and opportunities. She is excited to be a part of the Vizias team of experts who share her commitment to making an impact.
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Meme Styles
Measure |
Meme (mee-mee) Styles, is the President and Founder of the award winning nonprofit MEASURE, a public education & advocacy organization that empowers people to use data to tell their own story. Ms. Styles created MEASURE in 2015 to build trust and measurable progress between people and institutions that serve them. MEASURE is building an ecosystem whereby advocates can share social justice research and data. The organization is also responsible for mobilizing communities to address systemic disparities in health, economics, criminalization & education. She is a global thought leader for community engagement strategies and is responsible for the annual Big Data & Community Policing Conference + Workshop. This conference brings together activists, law enforcement, researchers and technology experts to explore community policing and evidence based policing. Ms. Styles holds a Bachelor's of Science in Communications, completing a Masters Of Public Administration at American Military University and is certified in Performance Measurement through George Washington University College of Professional Studies. Styles is also the creator of EarlyAware.com, a tech-solution that informs first responders about an individual communication barrier, cognitive issue or physical disability before and during an emergency.
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Samantha Snabes re:3D
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Samantha Snabes is a Co-Founder & Catalyst for re:3D a company built on a community of makers using gigabot to print human-scale objects using recycled materials. Their mission is to create more access to 3D printable solutions worldwide. The re:3D team consists of several former NASA engineers interested in driving social and economic change through open-source engineering-driven innovations. Additionally, re:3D and Samantha recently won the world wide 2018 WeWork Creator Award Million Dollar Prize and is a mentor with Puerto Rico’s startup community via Parellel18.
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Allison Hannel
AT&T |
Allison Hannel currently leads a team that works to get employees engaged in their communities through philanthropy and volunteering by creating a digital experience that is inspiring, easy to use and fueled by employee actions. Allison and her team have taken siloed programs and consolidated them into on consistent community engagement experience for employees by launching a new brand identity and digital platform called Together.
Allison has been with AT&T for 10 years and has spent time in several different organizations including Corporate Social Responsibility, Big Data and Global Marketing. She has a led a variety of initiatives such as Giving and Volunteer campaigns, launch of the Big Data for Social Good program and integrated marketing efforts for It Can Wait, AT&T’s movement to end distracted driving. |