Want to meet other students thinking about the ethical and societal implications of technology? Are you working on a project in the field of public interest technology (PIT) or would you like to get involved in a PIT project?

If so, come to the PIT Community Hour, hosted by the PIT Lab at Stanford: An informal hour to meet likeminded peers, share PIT projects, and discuss ideas for the future of PIT at Stanford.

RSVP at bit.ly/pitgathering.

Justice Cuéllar has been serving on the Supreme Court of California since January 2015 and is a Herman Phegler Visiting Law Professor, previously Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cuéllar is a scholar of public law, complex organizations, and political economy whose work explores problems in administrative law and legislation, cyberlaw and artificial intelligence, public health and safety law, and international affairs. He grew the Institute’s faculty; launched university-wide initiatives on global poverty and cyber security to support the creation of new research centers; expanded the Institute’s research on nuclear security, health, and education; and increased support for undergraduate and graduate students.

In the Obama administration, Justice Cuéllar led the White House Domestic Policy Council’s teams responsible for civil and criminal justice, public health, and immigration, as well as its successful efforts to repeal the military’s Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell policy and enact bipartisan public health, food safety, and sentencing reform legislation (2009-2010). He also led the Presidential Transition Task Force on Immigration (2008-2009), and co-chaired the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity and Excellence Commission (2011-2013). He chairs the boards of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, AI Now, and Stanford Seed, and is a member of the Harvard Corporation (President & Fellows of Harvard College), the Hewlett Foundation board, and the Council of the American Law Institute. Within the California judiciary, he led the statewide Language Access Implementation Task Force (2015-2019) to improve services for California’s millions of limited-English speakers.

Heather Shen, Co-Founder and CPO of Praxis Labs, will be sharing about her journey towards making society more equitable & inclusive through VR Immersive Learning and data analytics. Prior to co-founding Praxis Labs, Heather has experience at NASA researching mixed reality, at Microsoft Hololens as an electrical engineer, and at Bain & Co focused on tech strategy. Heather holds a M.S. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. As a first generation Asian American, she is driven by her parents’ immigration story and her own experiences to share across and celebrate cultural differences. She is passionate about using technology to increase empathy and connect communities.

Join the Public Interest Technology Lab in a discussion with Lauren Chambers, a Technology Fellow at the ACLU of Massachusetts. Learn how government data can inform citizens and lawmakers about the effects of legislation and political leadership on our civil liberties. Lauren’s work focuses on utilizing interactive data visualizations and quantitative analysis to uplift advocacy around responsible technology, racial justice, criminal law reform, government accountability, and other ACLU of Massachusetts issues.

RSVP here.

The PIT Lab will be hosting an informational session on Monday, August 31 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm PT. You can RSVP for this event by clicking here.