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Data, Privacy, and Ethics Debate
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 | AUSTIN CENTRAL LIBRARY | 6:15pm Download the speakers' 'Additional Resources Slides'
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Moderated by
Sherri Greenberg Speakers Becky Taylor The Ethics Project - UT Brett Hurt data.world Byron Reese Gigaom Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez Downtown Austin 5:15pm - Check-in starts, bar open 6:00pm - Seating begins 6:15pm - Presentation, Q&A 7:45pm - Reception 
Thanks to Austin Public Library for their partnership.
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Our world is increasingly digital and connected, and data is being produced at extraordinary, exponentially increasing rates. As a result, data analytics and artificial intelligence are enabling improvements in everything from product design to business operations, from customer experiences to civic engagement. And new societal transformations powered by data and analytics on the horizon, including autonomous vehicles, and smart and safe buildings and cities. However, with growing concerns around personal privacy, data security, and the power of influence that data and artificial intelligence provide, many are wondering what the future holds for our society. Can our governance structures—laws, ordinances, policies, procedures, and even cultural norms—evolve rapidly enough? What is the balance between social good and potential risks and dangers? Join us as we address these concerns by hosting a debate with technology and policy leaders with wide-ranging perspectives to talk about the implications of data, personal privacy, and ethics of new technologies that will shape our future.
We welcome your participation! Please email us with your questions, answers and prognostications in advance.
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Moderator
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Sherri Greenberg is a Clinical Professor and Fellow of the Max Sherman Chair in State and Local Government at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. She is a Vice- Chairperson of the Board of Managers of Central Health, a Member of the City of Austin Regional Affordability Committee, and a Member of the UT Opportunity Forum Steering Committee. Also, she serves on the Texas.Gov Steering Committee, the Austin CityUP Board of Directors, the Austin Forum on Technology & Society Advisory Board, and the City of Austin General Obligation Housing Bond Review Committee. Additionally, she has served as a Senior Advisor to Austin Mayor Steve Adler. Greenberg was a Texas State Representative from 1991 to 2001, and she chaired the House Pensions and Investments Committee and the Select Committee on Teacher Health Insurance. She also served on the House Appropriations,Economic Development, Elections, and Science and Technology Committees. Previously, Greenberg was the City of Austin Capital Finance Manager, and a Public Finance Officer at Standard & Poor’s. Greenberg holds an MSc in Public Administration and Policy from the London School of Economics. Her teaching and research interests include: technology and innovation, urban and state issues, public engagement, housing, transportation, healthcare, public finance, and campaigns and elections. Her recent publications are: Congress and Social Media: Beyond Facebook & Twitter, Using Innovation and Technology to Improve City Services, Austin Anchors & The Innovation Zone: Building Collaborative Capacity, Congressional Committees and Social Media, and Congress + Social Media.
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Speakers
Becky Taylor
UT Ethics Project |
Becky Taylor is the Industry Fellow for the Ethics Project, a center of interdisciplinary collaboration at the University of Texas directed by Dr. Paul Woodruff. Becky is the advisor or co-founder of numerous startups in Austin, two of which exited. In addition to her work at the Ethics Project and advising of multiple startups, Ms. Taylor is developing land in the Hill Country to grow various crops including hemp, grapes and bees. Becky has served as Senior Advisor on entrepreneurship at the US State Department, is a multiple patent holder in the field of mobile communications, and an occasional investor. She holds a BS Computer Science from Iowa State University and a Master of Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. |
Brett Hurt
data.world |
Brett Hurt is the CEO and co-founder of data.world, a Public Benefit Corporation (and Certified B Corporation®) that is the platform for modern data teamwork and the world’s largest collaborative data community. data.world's modern catalog for data and analysis wakes up the hidden data workforce within every company, unifies silos, and creates data-driven cultures faster. In 2017, 2018, and 2019, data.world was honored on the “Best for the World” list by B Lab, placing the company in the top 10% of all B Corps globally. Brett is also the co-owner of Hurt Family Investments (HFI), alongside his wife, Debra. HFI are involved in 72 startups, 21 VC funds, and multiple philanthropic endeavors.
Brett co-founded and led Bazaarvoice as CEO, through its IPO, follow-on offering, and two acquisitions. Bazaarvoice became the largest public SaaS (Software as a Service) business in social commerce. Brett also founded and led Coremetrics, which was rated the #1 Web analytics solution by Forrester Research and, like Bazaarvoice, expanded into a global company and leader. Coremetrics was acquired by IBM in 2010 for around $300m. In 2017, Brett was given the Best CEO Legacy Award by the Austin Business Journal. Brett Hurt began programming at age seven and doing so on the Internet at age eighteen. |
Byron Reese
Gigaom |
Byron Reese is the CEO and publisher of Gigaom, an industry-leading technology research company. In addition, he is an award-winning author and speaker, as well as futurist with a strong conviction that technology will help bring about a new golden age of humanity. He is helped along in these roles with a quarter century of experience building and running successful technology companies, with multiple acquisitions and IPOs along the way.
His newest book, The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity was released by Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, in April 2019 with editions in several other languages coming in the summer 2019. The Fourth Age tackles the issues of artificial intelligence, robots, automation, and the future of work; and was described by The New York Times as "entertaining and engaging" and was selected by JP Morgan to appear on their summer 2019 reading list. |
