Tech Spotlight 2021

Recognizing projects and initiatives that demonstrate a commitment to tech and public purpose

Tech Spotlight 2020

2020 2021

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

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Ash Carter

Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; 25th U.S. Secretary of Defense

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Bill Anderson

Senior Lecturer, Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University

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Afua Bruce

Chief Program Officer, DataKind

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Kade Crockford

Director, Technology for Liberty Program, ACLU of Massachusetts

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Nancy Gibbs

Director, Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School

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John Holdren

Professor of Environmental Policy; Co-Director, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School

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Sheila Jasanoff

Professor, Science and Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School

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Chris Lynch

Co-Founder, Rebellion Defense

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Travis McCready

Executive Director, US Life Sciences Market, Jones Lang LaSalle

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DJ Patil

Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Inaugural U.S. Chief Data Scientist

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Kathy Pham

Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School

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Katie Rae

CEO and Managing Partner, The Engine

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Justin Sanchez

Life Sciences Research Technical Fellow, Battelle Memorial Institute

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Nick Sinai

Senior Advisor, Insight Ventures; Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School

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Steve Strassmann

Senior Architect, Kyruus; Former CTO, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Nicholas Thompson

CEO, The Atlantic

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Paul Waters

Associate Director, Public Square Program, Democracy Fund