Day 1
Obendorf Event Center
3rd floor, North building, Knight Management Center, 641 Knight way, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Day 2 and Day 3
Schwab Center, Vidalakis Room
680 Serra Street

Padma Govindan University of California, Irvine Speaker
Bharat Ranganathan University of Indiana Speaker
Vasundhara Sirnate University of California, Berkeley Speaker
Swargajyoti Gohain Emory University Speaker
Megan Moodie University of California, Davis Speaker
Triloki Pandey University of California, Davis Speaker
Dolly Kikon Stanford University Speaker
Azeen Khan Duke University Speaker
Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan University of California, Berkeley Speaker
Francesca Refsum Jensenius University of California Speaker Berkeley
Alexander Lee Stanford University Speaker
Sanjog Rupakheti Rutgers University Speaker
Sangeeta Mediratta Stanford University Speaker
Sophia Powers University of California, Los Angeles Speaker
Sandra Freitag North Carolina State University Speaker
Madeleine Novich Rutgers University Speaker
Kiran Keshavamurthy University of California, Berkeley Speaker
Bernadette White Syracuse University Speaker
Lauhona Ganguly American University Speaker
Anjali Arodondekar University of California, Santa Cruz Speaker
Rajbir Hazelwood Washington University, St. Louis Speaker
Vilashini Cooppan University of California, Santa Cruz Speaker
Darrell Baksh The University of the West Indies, Trinidad Speaker
Richard Forster University of Hawaii, Manoa Speaker
Atreyee Gohain Ohio University Speaker
Alex Dodson University of Texas, Austin Speaker
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Kathleen Reen, vice president for Asia and New Media programs at Internews, delivered the Feb. 9 Liberation Technology Seminar on the topic of "Strategies and Support for a Global Open Internet." Internews is an international non-profit organization, which pushes the boundaries of independent journalism, empowering media and providing uncensored news and information worldwide. The organization works with independent media outlets to make tools from the bleeding edge of human rights activism more widely available.

In her talk, Reen stressed that the problem of digital safety has become mainstream. Issues of Internet security, including malware and phishing expeditions, have infiltrated civil society. In response, Internews has created tech leaderships to teach the basics of safe computing, and to encourage awareness and participation. Internews has teamed up with ad agencies to make security tools available in countries experiencing heavy Internet censorship. Reen's talk highlighted the importance of investing in development platforms and data integrity to keep these tools effective and safe.

Reen then turned to the American experience of the Internet. The question of how much the U.S. government will continue to control the Internet is hotly debated. Alternative theories for Internet governance have been submitted to the U.N., some advocating for separate, nationally led Internets. Reen called attention to the extreme vulnerability of the American experience of the Internet, including the ability to earn livelihood online and to access uncensored data. Reen encouraged the audience to engage in these critical discussions to think twice about aspects of the American Internet experience that are unique and in peril.

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