As we ramp into 2019, we at the Austin Forum on Technology & Society are especially excited about the content and programming we have in store for you this year. As the founder and executive director, I wanted to take this opportunity to briefly recap 2018, give a preview of what will be an amazing 2019, and share some exciting news about our team.
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 January 2019
Here’s what Happened at the Austin Forum in January Thank you to everyone who attended our event at the Central Austin Library and to our terrific speakers, Jay WIlliams and our very own Jay Boisseau. And thank you to Houli for her leadership and expertise in the past year and a half as the managing director of the Austin Forum! We wish you good luck in your new endeavors!  December 2018
Here’s what Happened at the Austin Forum in December Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our event at the Central Austin Library and to our fantastic speakers, the Austin Forum’s own Jay Boisseau and smart cities expert Chelsea Collier with Digi.City.  November 2018
Here’s what Happened at the Austin Forum in November Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our event at the Central Austin Library and to moderator Karla Taylor, City of Austin Transportation Department and her panel of experts:
 October 31, 2018
The in-person monthly Austin Forum events are the foundation of our programming, and are how we foster relationships and connect our creative professionals in Austin. However, we have one of the most creative, innovative, energetic, passionate tech communities--and cities--in the world, so there are far more people in Austin with expertise, experience, and insights to share than we can fit into 12 in-person events. There are also many more fascinating topics to cover than months in year (and those topics change rapidly!). Additionally, we recognize that while in-person learning is optimal and in-person events enable networking and relationship-building, not everyone can make every event, some cannot make any,  October 31, 2018
The Austin Forum on Technology & Society has reached new levels of attendance, influence and impact in 2018. Our monthly events now average 200 attendees, and the majority of our attendees have attended previous events. People come--and return--to continue expanding their understanding and expertise, and to forge new relationship that can lead to collaborations. This year, the Austin Forum has covered many of the key technologies that are  October 2018
The Austin Forum on Technology & Society is Austin’s largest monthly tech education and networking event series. For more than a dozen years, the Austin Forum has offered monthly public presentations from technology experts — including multiple Nobel prize winners, CEOs and founders, thought leaders, technology professionals, government leaders, and more — on  October 2018
Here’s what Happened at the Austin Forum in October Thank you to everyone who attended our rescheduled event at the Central Austin Library and thanks to our terrific speaker, Karl Popham from Austin Energy!  September 2018
Here’s what Happened at the Austin Forum in September Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our rescheduled event at the Central Austin Library and to our terrific speaker, threat researcher Earl Carter from Cisco!  August 2018
Here’s what Happened at the Austin Forum in August Thank you to everyone who attended our event at the Central Austin Library and to our terrific speakers, Drs. Ilya Finkelstein and Sahotra Sarkar! Congrats to Jeff Zavala for the question that won him a SXSW Interactive 2019 badge: “How do we as a community hold gene editing accountable to the public good?”  It's goin down, Galvanize style. HOT TOPICS, COLD BEER.
Join Galvanize Austin for the SECOND in a series of events that will put our communities' experts on two sides of an issue facing the tech community in head to head debate-style showdown. This is the only live debate in town where the audience decides who wins. That's right... YOU decide who wins the gShowdown Belt at the end of the debate.
 June 2018
Here’s what Happened at the Austin Forum in June Thank you to everyone who attended our event at the Central Austin Library, to our main speaker, Rhonda Dirvin from Arm, and all of our special guests - Chris Blanding, Cisco; Guarav Chawla, Dell EMC; Xiaoping Chen, IBM Watson; and Dr. Ted Lehr, City of Austin.  May 2018
Here’s what Happened at the Austin Forum in May Thank you to everyone who attended our event at the Central Austin Library, and to our moderator Sherri Greenberg, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, and our terrific panel - Amy Atchley, Electric Vehicles &  April 2018
Here’s What Happened at Drones: Changing Business, Agriculture, Security, and More Thank you to everyone who attended our event at the Central Austin Library, to our speakers, speakers, Craig Nehrkorn, Drone Dynamics and Brandon N. Eickhoff, Director of Business Development – Drone Team, Intel.  During the seven years when serving as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at The University of Texas at Austin, I encouraged people across campus to continually learn about rapidly evolving
 March 2018
Here’s What Happened at Artificial Intelligence: How Machine Learning Will Transform (Almost) Everything Thank you to everyone who attended our event at the Central Austin Library, to our speakers, Dr. Jay Boisseau of Vizias and Dell EMC and Jeff Kirk of Dell EMC.  January 14, 2018
As those of you who attended our first event of January 2018 in the new Austin Central Library know, we had a great event to start 2018! I want to start by thanking… the venue. Well, I want to thank the wonderful  January 3, 2018
The Austin Forum on Technology & Society is eager to start the new year and share it with you! In the last 11 years, we have hosted more than 130 community events with Austin’s |
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