Using Technology to Do Good
[This is a talk in Changemaker Gear Up Training Series (GUTS)*]
Artificial intelligence, blockchain, big data, IoT, nanotech, etc. are trending technologies that are transforming our world. But aside from improving efficiency or economic development, we can also harness technology to create positive change for the benefit of all, for today’s generation and for future generations. As an entrepreneur and investor focusing on AI, blockchain and other deep tech, and Executive Chair of The Commons Project, Jennifer Zhu Scott will share with us her journey of building a non-profit public trust and using global digital services for the public good.
Speaker:
Jennifer Zhu Scott
Executive Chairman, The Commons Project
Jennifer Zhu Scott is the Executive Chairman of The Commons Project, a nonprofit public trust established to build global digital infrastructure as public good. Prior, she was the founder of Radian Partners, focusing on direct investment in Artificial Intelligence and deep tech.
Jennifer was Forbes World’s Top 50 Women in Tech in 2018. She is a China Fellow of the Aspen Institute and has a dual Fellowship at The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) under the Asia Pacific Program and the Digital Society Initiative. She is a Council Member at the Data Policy Council of the World Economic Forum, where she served for the China Council and the Future of Blockchain Council. WEF named Jennifer as a Young Global Leader in 2013. Jennifer studied Applied Mathematics at Sichuan University and holds an MBA in Finance with Manchester Business School, where she earned distinction with her research on PE/VC in China and was awarded as a Distinguished Alumni. She completed the public policy and leadership program at Yale University in 2013, Harvard Kennedy School in 2016, and Oxford University in 2017. In 2018, she joins Princeton University’s inaugural executive education program focused on energy sustainability and leadership.
Jennifer is a frequent public speaker and published writer on AI, data ownership, and China’s digital monetary strategies. Her TED Talk on data ownership has more than 2 million views. In 2017, she debated against the notion of Universal Basic Income at Oxford Union. At Davos in 2018, she debated against Nobel Prize winner Prof. Robert Shiller and Swedish Central Bank Deputy Governor Cecilia Skingsley on Crypto Assets. She is the lead author or co-author of numerous White Papers by the World Economic Forum and a Senior Technical Consultant to the Season 5 and 6 of the HBO show Silicon Valley.
Remarks:
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HLTH1010 Course Hours:
Upon complete attendance of the workshop, participants may attain a maximum of 1 hour in "Wellness & Personal Enrichment Events" in the "Activities" module.