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Location
Online Zoom (register for event to receive link) |
Agenda
7:15 - 8:30 p.m. | Discussion |
Event Summary
For our May online book discussion, Austin Forum Executive Director Jay Boisseau will lead us in a conversation about the book “The Spatial Web: How Web 3.0 will connect humans, machines and AI to transform the world. Authors Dan Mapes and Gabriel René dive into the world wide web’s past, present, and future in this illuminating and optimistic global call to action. Understanding the web’s development and the Internet’s dark sides that have sprouted with these developments, provides society the opportunity to anticipate what is in the future and prepare for it. While there are potential risks to AI, AR and VR, robotics, IoT, and more, Mapes and René explore how the convergence of these technologies with human cognition will foster the Spatial Web, an iteration of the web that holds the Internet and its players accountable in a way it hasn’t before. The authors are optimistic that this is an inevitable evolution of the Internet, but recognize and demand the cooperation of companies, governments, and individuals in ethical practices, social codes, and protocols. Web 3.0 offers exciting possibilities that promise a connected and sustainable future if we make the right decisions about the Spatial Web now. Join us as we discuss these possibilities and the steps of how we get there.
Registration and Attendance Instructions
Once you register for a virtual ticket via Eventbrite, you will receive an email from both the Austin Forum Zoom and Eventbrite. The email from Zoom will contain the direct Zoom Meeting link and a calendar invite. Please save this link and/or add the calendar invite to your calendar to ensure you have easy access to the Zoom link at the start of the event.
By registering you will also gain access to the Eventbrite Online Event Page, which will be accessible on this page at any time for anyone who is registered. Once registered, you will see an "Access link" button underneath the Location. You must be logged in to Eventbrite to access this button. You can click the "Access link" button and join the Zoom Meeting through the Online Event Page at the event start time.
You must join the Zoom meeting using the first and last name and email you used to register for your Eventbrite ticket. If your Zoom screen name does not match the name you used to register for your Eventbrite ticket, you will be removed from the Zoom meeting. You can rename yourself in Zoom, if for any reason, your username does not match your Eventbrite ticket when first joining.
We will not admit anyone into the Zoom meeting who attempts to join 15 minutes past the start time.
For our May online book discussion, Austin Forum Executive Director Jay Boisseau will lead us in a conversation about the book “The Spatial Web: How Web 3.0 will connect humans, machines and AI to transform the world. Authors Dan Mapes and Gabriel René dive into the world wide web’s past, present, and future in this illuminating and optimistic global call to action. Understanding the web’s development and the Internet’s dark sides that have sprouted with these developments, provides society the opportunity to anticipate what is in the future and prepare for it. While there are potential risks to AI, AR and VR, robotics, IoT, and more, Mapes and René explore how the convergence of these technologies with human cognition will foster the Spatial Web, an iteration of the web that holds the Internet and its players accountable in a way it hasn’t before. The authors are optimistic that this is an inevitable evolution of the Internet, but recognize and demand the cooperation of companies, governments, and individuals in ethical practices, social codes, and protocols. Web 3.0 offers exciting possibilities that promise a connected and sustainable future if we make the right decisions about the Spatial Web now. Join us as we discuss these possibilities and the steps of how we get there.
Registration and Attendance Instructions
Once you register for a virtual ticket via Eventbrite, you will receive an email from both the Austin Forum Zoom and Eventbrite. The email from Zoom will contain the direct Zoom Meeting link and a calendar invite. Please save this link and/or add the calendar invite to your calendar to ensure you have easy access to the Zoom link at the start of the event.
By registering you will also gain access to the Eventbrite Online Event Page, which will be accessible on this page at any time for anyone who is registered. Once registered, you will see an "Access link" button underneath the Location. You must be logged in to Eventbrite to access this button. You can click the "Access link" button and join the Zoom Meeting through the Online Event Page at the event start time.
You must join the Zoom meeting using the first and last name and email you used to register for your Eventbrite ticket. If your Zoom screen name does not match the name you used to register for your Eventbrite ticket, you will be removed from the Zoom meeting. You can rename yourself in Zoom, if for any reason, your username does not match your Eventbrite ticket when first joining.
We will not admit anyone into the Zoom meeting who attempts to join 15 minutes past the start time.
About the Moderator
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Jay is the executive director and founder of The Austin Forum on Technology & Society, which he started in 2006 and is now the leading monthly technology outreach and engagement event in Austin--and starting to attract national and even international attendees online. The Austin Forum is one of the pillars of the Austin tech scene, providing connections to information, ideas, collaborations, and community overall. Through Vizias, Jay also founded the Austin Smart City Alliance (July 2015, formerly Austin CityUP Consortium) and currently serves as the Executive Director, with a vision of creating an integrated smart city fabric throughout Austin—leveraging mobile devices and IoT data collectors, as well as supercomputers and AI for predictive analytics and scenario simulation—in the years ahead to address city issues, empower city planning, and improve city life in general.
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