*Join us for Change Seminar next Tuesday 21st Jan 2020.* *When*: Tuesday 1/21, 12pm-1pm *Where*: CSE2-271 (Bill & Melinda Gates CSE Building <https://goo.gl/maps/497jYdiMa3g56zDV6>) *Who: *Torgie Madison (chair) and Rene Peters (vice-chair), CTAB *Title*: Introduction to the Community Technology Advisory Board (CTAB)
*Bio*: CTAB was founded in 1995 and is one of Seattle's Boards and Commissions. Our primary responsibility is to make recommendations to the Mayor and the City Council on issues of community-wide interest relating to information and communications technology. Issues are referred by the Mayor, City Council, or come from community input. Torgie is the chair of CTAB. He has been a board member for 3 years and was previously the chair of CTAB's Privacy & Cybersecurity committee. He had spent 15 years in the corporate tech world focusing on payments, authentication, and DevOps security and best practices for global-scale Software-as-a-Service products. Recently, he left that career to pursue independent video game development. Rene is the vice-chair of CTAB. He's currently a product manager within the augmented reality space at Microsoft, with a focus on bringing new business applications to the market. As an engineer by trade who has passed through manufacturing, and now cloud/AI/IoT/augmented reality, René is interested in imagining how technology will influence the way people work and live in the future. *Abstract:* Torgie Madison (chair) and Rene Peters (vice-chair) will introduce the roles and responsibilities of the Community Technology Advisory Board (CTAB). They will cover past accomplishments, as well as the accomplishments of CTAB's three subcommittees, Digital Equity, Smart Cities, and Privacy & Cybersecurity. Topics will include Net Neutrality, Citywide Surveillance, AI, Self-Driving Vehicles, and more! Samia Ibtasam <http://samiaibtasam.com/> PhD Student, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington,
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