55 Events

Boston Tech Hub Faculty Working Group Attendees

Bennett Craig

Special Series - Open to the Public

Catalyzing Semiconductor Innovation through the NSTC

Wed., May 17, 2023 | 8:00am - 9:30am

Online

EVENT SUMMARY

This event is about the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), which received newly appropriated funding through the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act. The NSTC is intended to be the central hub for research and engineering within the U.S. semiconductor ecosystem. This event will feature four guest speakers who will discuss key implementation strategies for the NSTC to achieve its goals of extending U.S. leadership in foundational technologies and reducing the time and cost to prototype innovative ideas.

GUEST SPEAKERS

  • Susie Armstrong, Senior Vice President of Engineering, Qualcomm; Member, Industrial Advisory Committee, Department of Commerce
  • Dev Shenoy, Principal Director for Microelectronics, Department of Defense 
  • Gregg Bartlett, Chief Technology Office, GlobalFoundries
  • Jim Cable, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chairman, Finwave Semiconductor

The event will be hosted by Frank Doyle, Dean of Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Boston Tech Hub Faculty Working Group Attendees

Bennett Craig

Special Series - Open to the Public

Standard Setting and CHIPS Legislation Implementation

Wed., Apr. 12, 2023 | 8:00am - 9:30am

Online

EVENT SUMMARY

Technical standards are a critical part of the global technology ecosystem because they facilitate trade, can give first movers a competitive advantage, and can generate significant revenue for companies with patents deemed “standards essential.” Recognizing the strategic importance of standards, China has increasingly grown its presence in standards meetings, and reports have documented instances of attempted standards voting manipulation by Chinese actors. This event will feature three guest speakers and focus on how the U.S. can leverage the momentum generated by the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act to support robust US industry participation and leadership in an inclusive, open, fair and robust global standards ecosystem.

GUEST SPEAKERS

  • Mary Saunders, Vice President, Government Relations and Public Policy, American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
  • Andrew Updegrove, Partner, Gesmer Updegrove LLP
  • Naomi Wilson, Vice President of Policy, Asia, Information Technology Industry Council

The event will be co-hosted by Frank Doyle, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean, and John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor of Environmental Policy.

Seminar - Open to the Public

Book Talk: Hack Your Bureaucracy

Tue., Mar. 28, 2023 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Littauer Building - Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor

The Technology and Public Purpose Project invites you to a hybrid book talk with Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role On Any Team co-authors, Nick Sinai and Marina Nitze.  

Come learn over 50 tactics, each with real-world examples, for making lasting change in bureaucracies from PTAs and HOAs all the way up to the White House and Fortune 500 companies. Nick and Marina will be joined in conversation with Associate Director of the Belfer Center's Technology and Public Purpose Project, Amritha Jayanti, who will serve as moderator.  

Speakers and Presenters

Nick Sinai is a HKS Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center's Technology and Public Purpose Project (TAPP); along with serving as an advisor to the Harvard Open Data Project, Harvard Computer Society's Tech For Social Good, and Upsolve.  He serves on the board of the non-profit Coding It Forward

Marina Nitze is currently focused on improving America’s child welfare system. She was previously the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (2013-2017), helped found the United States Digital Service, and served as a Senior Advisor on technology in the White House under the Obama Administration.

Boston Tech Hub Faculty Working Group Attendees

Bennett Craig

Special Series - Open to the Public

Leveraging America’s Potential - Workforce Development for the Semiconductor Industry

Wed., Mar. 22, 2023 | 8:00am - 9:30am

Online

EVENT SUMMARY

This event will focus on the workforce challenges for the microelectronics industry in the U.S. as the industry rapidly expands due to investments made by the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act. It is estimated that over the next few years an additional 70,000 to 90,000 fab workers will be needed within new CHIPS-funded facilities. This workforce gap is substantial and demands a large-scale investment in workforce development. 

This event will feature five guest speakers who will discuss the critical role of community colleges in addressing this challenge, designing workforce development initiatives focused on underrepresented minorities and rural communities, and lessons learned in the political process of creating and passing the workforce provisions in the CHIPS and Science Act.

GUEST SPEAKERS

  • Bo Machayo, Director of U.S. Government and Public Affairs, Micron Technology
  • Anastasia Urtz, Provost and Senior Vice President, Onondaga Community College 
  • Jared Ashcroft, PI of Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC); Professor at Pasadena City College
  • Hon. John Katko, Senior Advisor, HillEast Group
  • Sujai Shivakumar, Director and Senior Fellow, Renewing American Innovation Project, CSIS

The event will be co-hosted by Frank Doyle, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean, and John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor of Environmental Policy.

Boston Tech Hub Faculty Working Group Attendees

Bennett Craig

Special Series - Open to the Public

Advancing Strategic Translational Science at the Newly Authorized NSF TIP Directorate.

Wed., Feb. 22, 2023 | 8:00am - 9:30am

Online

EVENT SUMMARY

This event is about NSF's Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate, newly authorized through the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act.  One of the key issues the TIP Directorate is tasked with addressing is advancing the speed with which we move critical technology investments from lab to market. The event will feature four guest speakers who will shed light on the development of the TIP Directorate, strategic competition with China, and key lessons and suggestions for the TIP Directorate from other government initiatives, the private sector, and academia. 

GUEST SPEAKERS

  • Erwin Gianchandani, Assistant Director of the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, NSF
  • Stacey Dixon, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
  • Edlyn Levine, Chief Science Officer, America’s Frontier Fund
  • Steven Currall, Visiting scholar, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University; Former President, University of South Florida

The event will be co-hosted by Frank Doyle, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean, and John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor of Environmental Policy.

Seminar - Harvard Students

So, What's Next? Transitioning from Harvard to the Job Market

Thu., Feb. 16, 2023 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Littauer Building - Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor

How do you strategically plan your career, decide on roles, and prepare for transitions? Join DJ Patil, investor, entrepreneur, former US Chief Data Scientist (Obama Administration) and Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) Non-Resident Fellow at the Belfer Center, as he walks you through a process he has used with hundreds of people including many in top government positions. In fact, it's a process he's gone through many times over himself as he's transitioned  between different sized companies and government.

Picking your next step after graduate school can be difficult, but DJ's session will help you feel more at ease as you learn the art of smooth career transitions and strategic career planning.

This is a hybrid event. The event will be followed by a networking session from 3:00-3:30PM in Malkin Penthouse. RSVP is required.

Woodrow Rosenbaum, Chief Data Officer for GivingTuesday

Woodrow Rosenbaum Chief Data Officer, GivingTuesday

Seminar - Open to the Public

Predicting and Optimizing Informal Aid Networks in Times of Conflict and Crisis

Wed., Feb. 1, 2023 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Belfer Building - Bell Hall, 5th Floor

Chief Data Officer for GivingTuesday, Woodrow Rosenbaum, will dive into how the organization seeks to leverage recent experiences and innovations in data engineering and machine learning to better our understanding of how aid is deployed during crisis (and what can be done to improve this process). The session will further explore how this knowledge can be operationalized and digitized into a useful format for other actors in the sector.

RSVP is required. Light refreshments will be served following the event from 3:00pm-3:30pm.

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

A Better Public Conversation: Inventing a new future for social media

Wed., Dec. 7, 2022 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Littauer Building - Goodman Classroom, Room 140

Social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook have become flashpoints for what ails democracy. But what if the technologies that power public discourse could serve society’s best interests instead of undermining them? Join William Powers, CEO of Public Mind, best-selling author, and former Washington Post columnist, in conversation with Bina Venkataraman, editor-at-large for The Boston Globe and fellow in the Technology and Public Purpose Program at Belfer, for an in-person discussion on inventing a new future for social media.

RSVP is required. Light refreshments will be served.

    Perspective on Web3

    Image created by Liz Hoveland

    Special Series - Open to the Public

    Perspectives on Web3: Building, Investing, and Policymaking

    Thu., Oct. 20, 2022 - Thu., Dec. 1, 2022

    Online

    The Perspectives of Web3 virtual series led by the Technology and Public Purpose Project convenes a multidisciplinary group of speakers to address the emergence of opportunities and challenges in web3.

    Registration is currently open for the third and final session in the series, Policymaking in Web3, happening on December 1st from 4:00-5:00PM ET. 

    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+.