2.12.25

Ted Chiang Presents: Audrey Tang

Seattle Arts & Lectures

Seattle, WA & Virtual

Described as one of the “ten greatest Taiwanese computing personalities” and the former Digital Minister of Taiwan, Audrey Tang has made it her mission to align technology with democracy and counteract the polarization, inequality, loneliness, and fear digital technology has catalyzed. This event features a Q&A with Community Curated Series director, Ted Chiang.

Seattle, WA & Virtual
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7:30 PST

2.18.25

AI for Digital Democracy: How to navigate opportunities and threats

People Powered

Virtual

How is AI shaping the future of participatory democracy? How can we harness its transformative potential while addressing the challenges it presents? Join this upcoming webinar to explore how these advancements are redefining digital democracy and participation. Gain knowledge on how to take advantage of new tools and resources to run powerful participatory programs.

Virtual
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9 AM ET / 3 PM CET

2.20.25

Consensus Hong Kong 2025

CoinDesk

Hong Kong

Since 2015, Consensus has been more than an event–it’s the annual gathering of the tribes. It’s where the most influential companies in blockchain, digital assets and Web3 come together to drive the industry forward. In 2025, Consensus expands to Hong Kong, uniting East and West for pivotal conversations and deals that will define what’s next. Produced by the award-winning media outlet CoinDesk, Consensus is built on a foundation of independent, unbiased journalism, driving transformative ideas and honest dialogue.

Hong Kong
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2.23.25

Vision Weekend 2025 Puerto Rico

Foresight Institute

Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

Vision Weekends are the annual festivals of Foresight Institute. Held in two countries, over two weekends, you are invited to burst your tech silos, and plan for flourishing long-term futures. Come for the ideas: join the conference, unconference, mentorship hours, curated 1-1s, tech demos, prize awards and much more. Stay for fun with new friends: join for the satellite gatherings, cyberfuture meets salsa night, beach party, and surprise island adventures.

Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
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2.24.25

Rights Con 2025

Access Now

Taipei, Taiwan & Virtual

Each year, RightsCon convenes business leaders, policy makers, general counsels, government representatives, technologists, academics, journalists, and human rights advocates from around the world to tackle pressing issues at the intersection of human rights and technology.

Taipei, Taiwan & Virtual
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2.26.25

The AI We Deserve: A Boston Review Discussion

Boston Review

Stanford, CA

Generative AI tools, released by a handful of powerful tech companies, are remaking the economy, society, and human life as we know it. Must their vision be our common destiny? In Boston Review’s recent issue AI Futures, technology writer Evgeny Morozov explores a radically different way of thinking about artificial intelligence by examining its past, and offers a more utopian vision for the role that technology can play in our lives. In this event, Morozov will be joined by free software activist and former digital minister of Taiwan Audrey Tang and computer scientist and AI pioneer Terry Winograd for a discussion on how to build political power and a technological future that serves us all. Moderated by tech journalist Brian Merchant. Cosponsored by the Boston Review, Stanford McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, and Stanford HAI. Reception to follow. A free copy of AI Futures will be provided to in-person attendees.

Stanford, CA
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4:30 PM

2.27.25

The Peacemaking Machine: A conversation with MIT and Deepmind's Micheal Henry Tessler and Michiel A. Bakker

Reboot Democracy

Boston, MA

Join in-person on Thursday, February 27 at 4 p.m. ET at Northeastern’s EXP Building, Room 610, 815 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA for The Peacemaking Machine—a conversation with MIT and Deepmind's Michael Henry Tessler and Michiel A. Bakker, to discuss how AI can transform democratic deliberation. They will unveil their groundbreaking "Habermas Machine," tested with over 5,700 UK participants. They will explain how they constructed their experiments to test the role of AI in supporting greater consensus-building, and how the AI-enabled moderation system outperformed human mediators, helping groups reach consensus on controversial issues while safeguarding minority viewpoints. With profound implications for bridging divides in our hyper-partisan era, the research highlights AI's potential to streamline community engagement, enhance fairness, and foster more effective public dialogue.

Boston, MA
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4 PM ET

3.2.25

2025 ETHDenver

ETHDenver

Denver, CO

ETHDenver is an annual Web3 event that focuses on building and networking on the Ethereum blockchain and hosting hackathons.

Denver, CO
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3.11.25

Advancing Campus Pluralism: Courageous Leadership in Contentious Times

AAC&U

Chicago, Illinois

As campuses wrestle with heightened tension and polarization, presidents and senior administrators increasingly lack the spaces and opportunities to take risks, make mistakes and learn from them, and expose themselves to constructive criticism. Such an environment makes building bridges across differences for the common good all the more challenging. The convening will feature keynotes and plenary panels addressing polarization and highlighting cooperation models accompanied by two workshop tracks for participants: a Presidents’ track and a Senior Administrators' track. Participants will gain valuable insights and build the capacity to develop comprehensive strategies for modeling pluralism on their campuses.

Chicago, Illinois
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9:00AM

3.16.25

Funding the Commons: San Francisco

Funding The Commons

San Francisco, CA

​Join to explore artificial intelligence and digital infrastructures as tool, expression, and shared resource of the commons. ​How we can fund, govern, and align these transformative technologies to serve as public goods? ​How can we center ethics, accessibility and scientific rigor across development and deployment? ​How can we balance creativity and safety to protect, steward and design digital and human systems? ​On March 15-16, join us at the iconic Internet Archive in San Francisco for Funding the Commons: San Francisco 2025, the 12th edition of our global conference series. This interdisciplinary gathering leaders, researchers, builders, and policymakers for discourse on bold ideas, actionable solutions, and coordinated interventions in funding and governance for open technologies.

San Francisco, CA
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10 AM ET

3.20.25

National Tech to Gov Virtual Hiring Forum & Job Fair

Tech to Gov

Virtual

National Tech to Gov Virtual Hiring Forum + Job Fair will be hosted by Office of Personnel Management (OPM) through contract with the Tech Talent Project and The Volcker Alliance to connect tech + data talent to new opportunities in the federal government.

Virtual
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4.11.25

Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Freedoms

Columbia University's Knight Institute

New York, NY

On April 10-11, 2025, the Knight Institute will host a symposium to examine the risks that advanced artificial intelligence systems pose to democratic freedoms, to discuss sociotechnical as well as technical interventions to mitigate these risks, and to identify ways in which these systems may be employed to support democracy. The symposium, “Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Freedoms,” is a collaboration between the Knight Institute and the Institute’s Senior AI Advisor Seth Lazar. It will take place in person at Columbia University’s Lee C. Bollinger Forum and will be livestreamed.

New York, NY
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All Day

5.1.25

CHI 2025

Association of Computing Machinery conference on Human Factors

Yokohama, Japan

The ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction. CHI takes place in Yokohama, Japan, at the PACIFICO Yokohama from 26 April to 1 May 2025, while also supporting remote attendance. The conference embraces the theme of Ikigai, a Japanese concept referring to what gives a person a sense of purpose, a reason for living. Today’s world, people are facing a multitude of challenges in climate change, growing inequality, technological disruption, global conflict, and health crises. Ikigai concerns the ability of a person to find their purpose and balance their agency, their passion, their capabilities, and the impact they can have. The CHI community consists of people with many passions and talents, people from different disciplines and walks of life.

Yokohama, Japan
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5.10.25

SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025

Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Tokyo, Japan

SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 is a global startup event that will be held at Tokyo Big Sight. It features various players such as startups, investors, large corporations, and cities. Speakers at this event include Audrey Tang, as well as other technologists.

Tokyo, Japan
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5.14.25

PeaceTech Conference 2025: Advancing Ethical AI for a Diverse World

The Centre for Youth and International Studies

Vienna, Austria

Welcome to the PeaceTech Conference 2025! This year's theme is on advancing ethical AI in a diverse world. Join us for a day filled with inspiring speakers, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities. Connect with like-minded thinkers, shapers and innovators passionate about using technology for peace.

Vienna, Austria
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12 PM
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10.21.24

Good Ancestors in an Age of AI

Plurality Institute and The Long Now Foundation

San Francisco, CA

Plurality Institute and The Long Now Foundation

The Long Now Foundation is launching its next 25 years and is excited to rally the next generation of thinkers, doers, and builders. The evening theme is Good Ancestors in an Age of AI, which we co-created with our partners at Plurality Institute, AI Objectives Institute, Common Good AI, Parallax Futures, and Imagine Global.

San Francisco, CA
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6pm PDT

7.10.24

AOI & Plurality Institute Happy Hour

AOI

San Francisco

AOI

Join AOI and Plurality Institute for a happy hour at Noasis! Come discuss the future of AI and scalable coordination and meet new friends in the community. Drinks and snacks will be provided. Feel free to bring a +1. Kids welcome.

San Francisco
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6:30-10pm PT

5.2.24

Symposium on Comment Section Research & Design

The Council for Tech and Social Cohesion

San Francisco, CA

The Council for Tech and Social Cohesion

This daylong event will bring together a carefully selected group of 40 academics and industry researchers for a program including talks on emerging research, breakout workshops, and ample opportunities for unstructured connecting.

San Francisco, CA
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9am - 7pm

3.15.24

Plurality Book Launch with Glen Weyl + Unconference

Plurality Institute

Berkeley, CA

Plurality Institute

Glen Weyl, Audrey Tang and 500+ other collaborators are writing a book about Plurality and the future of collaborative technology and democracy. Come hear Glen share highlights from the book, have dinner with us, and connect with the broader Plurality community. Expect great conversations with people working in democratic AI, civic deliberation, tech for social cohesion and more.

Berkeley, CA
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5:30PM

1.13.23

Plurality Network Conference

Berkeley, CA

Berkeley, CA
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6.23.23

Plurality Institute Bridging Symposium

San Francisco, CA

A one-day event to explore how technology and organizing methods can promote understanding across diverse groups.

San Francisco, CA
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11.7.23

Plurality Institute Happy Hour: Boston

Cambridge, MA

Cambridge, MA
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