28 Events

TAPP Open House 2021

Benn Craig, Belfer Center Communications

Information Session - Harvard Students

Technology and Public Purpose Project Student Open House

Thu., Sep. 15, 2022 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Led by Belfer Center Director and former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, the TAPP Project works to ensure that emerging technologies are developed and managed in ways that serve the overall public good.  

Join the TAPP team on Thursday, September 15th on the rooftop of Felipe's Taqueria from 4 - 6pm to learn more about the project, including student research opportunities for the 2022-2023 academic year. RSVP is required to attend.

Drinks and snacks provided. This event is restricted to students who are 21+. 

Special Series - Open to the Public

Improving Information Integrity at Scale

Fri., Apr. 15, 2022 | 11:00am - 1:00pm

Online

This event is part three of a special series of convenings conducted through the Democracy and Internet Governance Initiative, hosted by Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy. The Initiative focuses on identifying solutions to the harms caused by digital platforms, such as social media. Improving Information Integrity at Scale focuses on addressing wide spread mis- and disinformation. 

The event is co-chaired by Belfer Center Director Ash Carter and Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs.

Special Series - Open to the Public

Addressing Networked Harassment and Diminished Press Freedom

Fri., Feb. 25, 2022 | 11:00am - 1:00pm

To Be Announced

This event is part two of a special series of convenings conducted through the Democracy and Internet Governance Initiative, hosted by Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy. The Initiative focuses on identifying solutions to the harms caused by digital platforms, such as social media. Addressing Networked Harassment and Diminished Press Freedom focuses on harassment of journalists and the decreased trust and freedom of robust news outlets. 

The event is co-chaired by Belfer Center Director Ash Carter and Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs.

Special Series - Open to the Public

Countering Extremism and Incitement to Violence Online

Fri., Jan. 7, 2022 | 11:00am - 1:00pm

To Be Announced

This event is part one of a special series of convenings conducted through the Democracy and Internet Governance Initiative, hosted by Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy. The Initiative focuses on identifying solutions to the harms caused by digital platforms, such as social media. Countering Extremism and Incitement to Violence Online focuses on addressing radicalization, extremism, and incitement to violence through online platforms. 

The event is co-chaired by Belfer Center Director Ash Carter and Shorenstein Center Director Nancy Gibbs.

Information Session - Harvard Students

Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) Project: Student Open House

Thu., Sep. 23, 2021 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Led by Belfer Center Director and former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, the TAPP Project works to ensure that emerging technologies are developed and managed in ways that serve the overall public good.  

Join the TAPP team on Thursday, September 23rd at Felipe's Taqueria from 5 - 7pm to learn more about the project, including student research opportunities for the 2021-2022 academic year. 

Drinks and snacks provided.

Bob Workman, a board of directors member at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #1018

AP Photo/Charles Krupa

Special Series - Open to the Public

A Year Like No Other: Technology and Public Purpose in 2020

Mon., Apr. 26, 2021 | 11:00am - 12:00pm

The past year was unlike any other. The COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter movement, and Capitol riots were all extraordinary events--ones that forced us to confront long standing issues of race, equity, accessibility, democracy, and more. We also confronted the role of technology in both helping and harming public causes. 

These past 12 months serve as a case study for technology and public purpose, forcing us to examine the immense benefits and critical harms of technologies in our daily lives. As the kickoff to the Perspectives of Public Purpose Week, Belfer Center and TAPP Faculty Director and the 25th U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter will moderate a discussion with our inaugural cohort of TAPP fellows on how tech has both helped and hindered progress in 2020, and what lessons we’ve learned moving forward.

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Belfer Bullet Points | Leadership in National Security with Sec. Ash Carter

Tue., June 30, 2020 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Online

Join the Belfer Center for a Belfer Bullet Points Series discussion with Sec. Ash Carter.  Drawing on his depth of experience in the U.S. national security and defense communities, Sec. Carter will present his top five bullet points on leadership in the national security field. 

Please RSVP below to receive the Zoom meeting link via email. 

Mme Florence Parly

Office of Florence Parly

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

“Transatlantic Security in 2020” with Mme Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces of France

Tue., Jan. 28, 2020 | 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Littauer Building - Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor

Please join the Belfer Center and the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship for speech by Madame Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces of France, followed by a discussion with Professors Ash Carter, Belfer Professor of Technology and Global Affairs, and Nicholas Burns, Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations. 

RSVPs are required and space is limited. Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early for a possible bag check by security and bring an ID. Open to HUID holders only. 

Ambassador Samantha Power

Martha Stewart

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

The Education of an Idealist: A Conversation with Samantha Power

Thu., Oct. 17, 2019 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Littauer Building - Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor

​The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs welcome Samantha Power for a discussion of her new memoir, The Education of an Idealist.  Power, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017, is the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and the William D. Zabel Professor of the Practice of Human Rights at Harvard Law School. Power will be joined in conversation with Director of the Belfer Center and former United States Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter.

The event will be followed by a book signing. Please note that while books will not be available for purchase at the event, attendees are encouraged to bring a copy for Amb. Power to sign.