2016 Speakers

Jorge Cham

"The Power of Procrastination/The Science Gap"

Natalie Diblasio

"National Writers Panel: “Reporting on Emerging Technologies”"

Emily Dreyfuss

"National Writers Panel: “Reporting on Emerging Technologies”

Dave Eggers

"The Circle"

Mara Faccio

"Political Determinants of Competition"

Mike Fong

"Privacy and Information Security: The evolving threat vector of proximity data"

Quentin Hardy

"National Writers Panel: “Reporting on Emerging Technologies"

Aleshia Hayes

"The Future of Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality"

Cate Hill

"Infectious Diseases and the Game of Thrones: Can new technologies prevent epidemics of mosquito-borne diseases?"

James Hill

"The Little Program that Cried Wolf"

David Hummels

"Global Coordination of Technology Policies: Indispensable; Sisyphean"

Karthik Kannan

"Nature of Future Jobs: Innovations Designed for Human Instincts"

Bob Mankoff

"What’s Funny and Why AI"

Gretchen McCulloch

"The Linguistics Secrets Found in Billions of Emoji"

William M. Muir

"The Science and Science Fiction of GMOs: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility"

Jennifer Neville

"AI Easy vs AI Hard"

Haley Oliver

"You Think You Know What Food Caused Your Diarrhea – Detangling Food Safety and Food Quality"

Alex Quinn

"Beating AI at its own game with human computation"

Karthik Ramani

"Computer as a partner! It is all within the reach of our hands!"

Julia Taylor Rayz

"Dissecting the frog: What Can We Learn From Computers (Not) Understanding Humor"

Marcus Rogers

"Cyber Security & Social Media: How Big is Your Digital Footprint and Why Should You Care"

Kathryn C. Seigfried-Spellar

"Witnessing a Rise of Uninhabited Bridges - Meet the Internet Troll"

Marcus Shingles

"Distribution of Innovation"

Katy Steinmetz

"National Writers Panel: “Reporting on Emerging Technologies”"

Bret Swanson

"Can Information Technology End the Productivity Slump and Revive the Economy?"

Chris Unton

"Understanding the Perils of our Power Grid Security"

Andy Whelton

"Why is Our Plumbing Harming Us?"

David Whittinghill

"Virtual Reality: When “Real” Becomes Real"