Influencing With and Without Authority | Boston | Oct 2022
I co-presented at Women in Tech Boston to 60+ women with my colleague Jessi Bull.
Digital Dinosaur to Digital Service: Congress Arrives in the 21st Century | Washington, D.C. | April 2022
I spoke on at Georgetown University’s inaugural Tech & Society Week about modernization of Congress and opportunities for more data-driven lawmaking.
Co-panelists:
-Leisel Bogan, Research Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs' Technology and Public Purpose Program, Harvard University and TechCongress Fellow
-Marci Harris, CEO Popvox
-Ken Ward, Director, House Digital Service
Product Management in Government | December 2021
I spoke on a panel hosted by MIT Sloan’s Product Management Club about the role of a product manager in government and social impact spaces.
Co-panelists:
-Will Slack, US Digital Service
-Jesse Biroscak, MBTA
-Amreen Poonawala, UNICEF
-Joseph Galluccio, Mass.Gov
ASANA Voices Town Hall | June 2020
I spoke on a virtual panel hosted by ASANA Voices about anti-Blackness in the South Asian community, and shared my perspectives about how racism manifests itself within the tech industry.
Co-panelists:
-Amer F. Ahmed: Director of Intercultural Teaching and Faculty Development at University of Massachusetts - Amherst
-Sheela Lal: Organizer with Rising Voices of American Families and founding organizer for Dearborne for Black Lives
-Anoli Patel: Founding Principal at Stella Elementary Charter Academy
How to Land a Campaign Job | May 2020
I spoke on a virtual panel hosted by Stanford’s Haas Center for Public Service about my experience pivoting to public interest technology and volunteering on campaigns.
Co-panelist: Alida Garcia, Director of Coalitions & Policy, FWD.us, Founder and Executive Director, Inclusv
AfricaCom | Capetown | November 2019
I gave a presentation on “Operationalizing AI Ethics" at Africa’s largest tech and telecoms conference. The presentation explored how business and technology leaders can go from a general desire to be responsible in their use of AI/ML to achieving transparency, accountability and fairness in an operationally feasible way.
Finovate Asia | Singapore | October 2019
Panel Debate: Data Is The Oxygen For AI - How Data Management & Data Governance Can Make Or Break Your AI Journey
Co-panelists:
-Bhagyesh Chaubey, Director, Risk & Finance Data Analytics & Reporting, Credit Suisse
-Celine Heissat Le Cotonnec, Chief Data Officer, AXA
-E Long Chua, Group Chief Technology Officer, Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad
Money20/20 Europe | Amsterdam | June 2019
Panel: AI - Are We Using It Right?
Co-panelists:
-Dror Oren, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder, Kasisto
-Mark Ma, Machine Learning Engineer, SAP
-Elena Alfaro, Head of Data & Open Innovation, BBVA
Identity Week Asia | Singapore | November 2019
I gave a presentation on the “Inconvenient Truths” about the use of biometrics in healthcare at an industry event.
Data breaches are becoming an everyday occurrence and millions of medical images and data live insecurely on the internet. In this context we must question the ethical basis of building new databases in countries that have no patient data protection or privacy laws, poor digital infrastructure, and discriminatory policies against people in various health states.