Our conversation-starters for these topics are innovative
thinkers and practitioners such as Erik Martin, General Manager of Reddit,
Duncan McLean from Doctors Without Borders, plus anthropologists, experts in
cyber-policy, and others. But you and
your virtual colleagues around the world, reacting to one another and to us via
Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Google+ and other virtual pathways will set the
course and provide the substance of the conversation.
Technology Demonstration
David Alan Smith
David Alan Smith is a computer scientist and entrepreneur who has focused on interactive 3D and using 3D as a basis for new user environments and entertainment for over thirty years. His specialty is system design and advanced user interfaces. He is a pioneer in 3D graphics, robotics, telepresence, artificial intelligence and augmented reality (AR). He creates world-class teams and ships impossible products. Smith is Chief Innovation Officer and Lockheed Martin Senior Fellow at Lockheed Martin Training and Logistics Services, where he is focused on next generation human centric computing and collaboration platforms. Before joining Lockheed Martin, Smith was the chief architect of the Croquet Project, an open source virtual world collaboration platform where he worked with Alan Kay (Turing Award winner, father of the personal computer, inventor of object oriented programming, and creator of the Dynabook). In 1987, Smith created The Colony, the very first realtime 3D adventure game/shooter and the precursor to today’s first-person shooters. The game was developed for the Apple Macintosh and won the “Best Adventure Game of the Year” award from MacWorld Magazine. In 1989, Smith used the technologies developed for the game to create a virtual set and virtual camera system that was used by James Cameron for the movie The Abyss. Smith also co-founded several other companies including Red Storm Entertainment with author Tom Clancy (Rainbow Six, Hunt for Red October), Timeline Computer Entertainment with author Michael Crichton (Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park) where he was CEO, and Neomar, a wireless enterprise infrastructure company.
David Alan Smith is a computer scientist and entrepreneur who has focused on interactive 3D and using 3D as a basis for new user environments and entertainment for over thirty years. His specialty is system design and advanced user interfaces. He is a pioneer in 3D graphics, robotics, telepresence, artificial intelligence and augmented reality (AR). He creates world-class teams and ships impossible products. Smith is Chief Innovation Officer and Lockheed Martin Senior Fellow at Lockheed Martin Training and Logistics Services, where he is focused on next generation human centric computing and collaboration platforms. Before joining Lockheed Martin, Smith was the chief architect of the Croquet Project, an open source virtual world collaboration platform where he worked with Alan Kay (Turing Award winner, father of the personal computer, inventor of object oriented programming, and creator of the Dynabook). In 1987, Smith created The Colony, the very first realtime 3D adventure game/shooter and the precursor to today’s first-person shooters. The game was developed for the Apple Macintosh and won the “Best Adventure Game of the Year” award from MacWorld Magazine. In 1989, Smith used the technologies developed for the game to create a virtual set and virtual camera system that was used by James Cameron for the movie The Abyss. Smith also co-founded several other companies including Red Storm Entertainment with author Tom Clancy (Rainbow Six, Hunt for Red October), Timeline Computer Entertainment with author Michael Crichton (Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park) where he was CEO, and Neomar, a wireless enterprise infrastructure company.
Conversation 2
Erik Martin, reddit
Erik Martin grew up in Chapel Hill, NC and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. He is the community manager for social news site Reddit. Martin is the eldest employee that still works at Reddit day-to-day. He’s facilitated the purchase of the user-created Reddit Gifts / Reddit meetups sites, led the charge on Reddit’s SOPA Blackout. Erik Martin has spent countless hours working on things to keep the community engaged in doing acts of good.Conversation 3
Kenneth Anye, The World Bank
Kenneth Anye worked for the World Bank as a consultant for the Development Economic Research Group (DECRG) building a Landmine Contamination, Casualties, and Clearance Database. A central focus of his research has been to identify the effects of conflict on economic outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. Kenneth has carried out extensive research in Ghana on the country’s democratic transition in collaboration with the Ghana Center for Democratic Development. Prior to joining the World Bank, Kenneth was a research associate at the Gulf Research Center where he authored a series of papers. Kenneth’s interests include public-private sector partnerships, particularly in Africa and the Middle East, democratic transitions, and governance issues. Kenneth recently received a Master of Arts in International Relations and International Economics from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. He also holds a BA in Business Administration and International Affairs from John Cabot University in Rome, Italy.
Michael Nelson, Georgetown University
Since January, 2009, Professor Nelson has been teaching courses and doing research on the future of the Internet, cyber-policy, technology policy, innovation policy, and e-government. In June, 2012, he took a full-time job at Bloomberg Government where he is analyzing technology policy and how it affects businesses, investors, and the general public. Prior to joining the Georgetown faculty, he was the Director of Internet Technology and Strategy at IBM, where he managed a team helping define and implement IBM’s Next Generation Internet strategy. His group worked with university researchers on NGi technology, shaping standards for the NGi, and communicating IBM’s NGi vision to customers, policy makers, the press, and the general public. Until recently, he served as the Internet Society’s Vice President for Public Policy. He recently became Chairman-Elect of the Technology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Trustee of the Institute for International Communications. Prior to joining IBM in July, 1998, He was Director for Technology Policy at the Federal Communications Commission, where he helped craft policies to foster electronic commerce, spur development and deployment of new technologies, and improve the reliability and security of the nation’s telecommunications networks.
Since January, 2009, Professor Nelson has been teaching courses and doing research on the future of the Internet, cyber-policy, technology policy, innovation policy, and e-government. In June, 2012, he took a full-time job at Bloomberg Government where he is analyzing technology policy and how it affects businesses, investors, and the general public. Prior to joining the Georgetown faculty, he was the Director of Internet Technology and Strategy at IBM, where he managed a team helping define and implement IBM’s Next Generation Internet strategy. His group worked with university researchers on NGi technology, shaping standards for the NGi, and communicating IBM’s NGi vision to customers, policy makers, the press, and the general public. Until recently, he served as the Internet Society’s Vice President for Public Policy. He recently became Chairman-Elect of the Technology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Trustee of the Institute for International Communications. Prior to joining IBM in July, 1998, He was Director for Technology Policy at the Federal Communications Commission, where he helped craft policies to foster electronic commerce, spur development and deployment of new technologies, and improve the reliability and security of the nation’s telecommunications networks.
Conversation 4
Duncan McLean, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
As desk manager, Duncan Mclean manages MSF programs in Nigeria, Uganda, Haiti, Ethiopia and Somalia. Mr. Mclean has worked with MSF since 2002 in various capacities, including Head of Mission in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Nepal, and Chad, and Field Coordinator in Sudan, Thailand, and Myanmar. He has also provided operational support in Pakistan and Palestinian Territories and research in Nepal, Myanmar, and Thailand. In addition to his humanitarian field work Mr. Mclean has lectured at several universities in the Czech Republic and worked as a journalist. Mr. Mclean holds a master’s degree in Social Science with a focus in Political Science from Stockholm University in Sweden. He also holds a Diplome Universitaire en Humanitaire et Developpement from Michel de Montaigne University. Mr. Mclean is currently a doctoral candidate in Migration History at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.
Barbara Miller, George Washington University
Professor Miller received her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in anthropology from Syracuse University. She joined the Elliott School in 1993 as a specialist in the anthropology of international development. Before that, she taught at the University of Rochester, SUNY Cortland, Ithaca College, Cornell University, and the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Miller has done most of her research on gender and health issues in India, but she has also studied rural development in Bangladesh, low-income household budgeting in Jamaica, and Hindu adolescents in Pittsburgh. Her current research takes three directions: what works in global gender policy; child survival and gender inequality in India; and the role of culture/society in international policy and programs. Professor Miller teaches undergraduate courses in cultural anthropology and medical anthropology and graduate seminars in global gender policy and medical anthropology.. Professor Miller served as the Associate Dean of the Elliott School from 1999- 2002 and from 2009-2012.
International Participants
Paying attention to body movements, gestures, eye contact, and other social feedback cues is particularly important during interactions with individuals from other cultures; we can use this information to gauge whether our conversations are going well and how we should repair them if we are off track. When we build rapport and develop new partnerships virtually, we don’t always have the same ability to capture this visual information or to pick up on nuanced changes in vocal tone that can carry such deep meaning. We have invited international participants to take part in our learning lab as a means of simulating virtual connections across the globe and exploring how best to build rapport with foreign partners through digital social media. We will explore alternative means of tracking the success of our efforts in building new business and personal relationships.
During the learning lab, we will observe interactions among participants here in the DC metro area and countries as diverse as Greece, Lebanon, Portugal, Kenya, Afghanistan, and Nigeria. As we move into small break-out sessions, we will be able to witness as interactions organically unfold and new connections are formed. Participants will find the social media platforms they are most comfortable with and pursue conversations with others around the globe about their own common interests. Come join the conversation!
- Australia
- Brazil
- China
- Georgia
- Greece
- Guniea
- India
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Thailand
- Yemen
Sample Lab Participants
Participants for the lab are drawn from a variety of private and public organizations including:
- 1 Laptop Per Child
- 10x10 (Girl Rising film)
- Advanced Distributed Learning Lab
- California State University – Fresno
- Cure Violence
- Department of State MESH Solutions
- Idea Connection Systems
- MUSE School CA
- National Defense University
- RioTinto
- US Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute
- United States Institute of Peace
- Women For Women International
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