Tech Spotlight 2020
Case Studies
Case studies detail how the recipients of this years’ Tech Spotlight are making an impact.
Virtual Ceremony
Featuring
Ash Carter
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; 25th U.S. Secretary of Defense
Gideon Lichfield
Global Editorial Director, WIRED
Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble
Associate Professor, Department of Information Studies, UCLA; Co-Founder and Co-Director, Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, UCLA; Research Associate, Oxford Internet Institute
Selection Committee
Ash Carter
Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; 25th U.S. Secretary of Defense
Bill Anderson
Senior Lecturer, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University
Afua Bruce
Chief Program Officer, DataKind
Kade Crockford
Director, Technology for Liberty Program, ACLU of Massachusetts
Nancy Gibbs
Director, Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School
John Holdren
Professor of Environmental Policy; Co-Director, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School
Sheila Jasanoff
Professor, Science and Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School
Chris Lynch
Co-Founder, Rebellion Defense
Travis McCready
Executive Director, US Life Sciences Market, Jones Lang LaSalle
DJ Patil
Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Inaugural U.S. Chief Data Scientist
Kathy Pham
Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School
Katie Rae
CEO and Managing Partner, The Engine
Justin Sanchez
Life Sciences Research Technical Fellow, Battelle Memorial Institute
Nick Sinai
Senior Advisor, Insight Ventures; Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School
Steve Strassmann
Senior Architect, Kyruus; Former CTO, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Nicholas Thompson
CEO, The Atlantic
Paul Waters
Associate Director, Public Square Program, Democracy Fund