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Shared Futures is only one week away! Are you registered for the livestream?
Don’t miss your chance to explore how AI is augmenting human ability to generate new forms of expression, creativity, & connection.
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📢 Agenda for Shared Futures 2026 is out now! Get ready for performances and explorations of AI and creativity.
New speakers:
🔹 Sofia Crespo
🔹 Ted Tremper
🔹 Lynn Maxcy
🔹 Sougwen Chung
🔹 Nick Cain
🔹 Nikhil Kumar
🔹 Debi Wong
🔹& more
Full agenda ➡️ register.sharedfuturesforum.…
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As conversations continue around the future of disaster response, @AspenDigital's Senior Advisor Jeremy Greenberg shares why building state and local capacity is critical to making emergency management more effective.
“Every time a disaster is handled with local execution, state support, and federal management… that is truly the way it works best,” Greenberg told @State_Scoop, highlighting the importance of technology, data-informed decision-making, and stronger preparedness at every level.
Read more: statescoop.com/fema-review-s…
In collaboration with Japan's National Cybersecurity Office, our Global Cyber group met with leaders from around the world to explore opportunities to move beyond dialogue and toward actions that mitigate the most pressing digital threats facing our interconnected economies.
We are excited to announce our collaboration with Japan's National Cybersecurity Office! Together, we are convening global cyber leaders in Japan to discuss strategies & responses to emerging threats, advanced AI models, and cybercrime.
Learn more ➡️ aspendigital.org/project/glo…
ALT Quote from Matt Altomare, Senior Director of Cybersecurity Programs at Aspen Digital: “We are honored to work with the NCO for this convening. By bringing together our wide ranging network of top global cyber experts with Japanese leadership, we aim to move beyond dialogue and toward actions that mitigate the most pressing cyber threats facing our interconnected economies.”
Quote from Yoichi Iida, National Cyber Director of the Government of Japan: “Japan has taken significant steps to enhance its own capabilities and to fully implement Active Cyber Defense. At the same time, we recognize that no nation can achieve cybersecurity alone. National and regional resilience, public-private collaboration, and international collaboration must move forward together."
Shared Futures: The AI Forum is less than one month away! Register for the livestream to see how AI can deepen, not diminish, what makes us human.
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Registration is now open for the 2026 Aspen Cyber Summit on November 18!
Join the top voices from government, industry, and civil society to help secure our shared digital future.
🎟️ Get your ticket: aspencybersummit.org/
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.@b_cavello, Director of Emerging Tech at @AspenDigital and steward of @publicainetwork will join us in conversation at Innovations in Biological Intelligence and Machine Agency on May 12 in Cambridge, MA. Come meet B and join the conversation.
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New issue of Signal & Trust is out now! 📰
It examines how AI agents & chatbots are impacting reporting, and features an interview with @OpyMorales, Director of AI Strategy at @infobae, about using AI to grow a Spanish a newsroom across multiple markets.
aspendigital.org/blog/signal…
Australia is taking a bold approach to keeping kids safe online.
Dr. Jeff Hancock, Founding Director of the Stanford Social Media Lab, discusses Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age regulation and what the U.S. can learn from the public response.
What questions can leaders ask today, to prepare their organizations for the digital threats of tomorrow?
Our Senior Director of Cybersecurity Programs, Matt Altomare, joined leading voices in cybersecurity, including Jeff Greene, to discuss this topic.
aspendigital.org/blog/cybers…
We’re gearing up for Shared Futures 2026! Join us June 17 in NYC to hear from featured speaker including:
🔹 Natasha Lyonne
🔹 Reggie Watts
🔹 Baratunde Thurston
🔹 K Allado-McDowell
🔹 Sinead Bovell
🔹 Poppy Crum
🔹 Catie Cuan
🔹 Manon Dave
Learn more ➡️ register.sharedfuturesforum.…
We are excited to announce Matt Altomare as our new Head of Cybersecurity Programs!
Matt has almost 20 years of high-level operational and policy coordination across federal, state, international, and private sector partners. We’re thrilled to have him on board.
Much of the public conversation arounds teens and the internet focuses on reducing harm, but young people need more than just safety.
Dr. Jenny Radesky, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at @umichmedicine discusses how adults can help young people flourish online ⬇️
We are excited to sponsor the Online News Association’s Topical Reporting: Artificial Intelligence Award this year. This award recognizes clarity, accuracy, and transparency in reporting on AI.
Submit your work or apply to be a judge or screener ➡️ journalists.secure-awards.co…
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The latest issue of Signal and Trust is out now! It explores how AI is effecting reporting in war zones and features an interview with @vilasdhar of @PJMFdn on why newsrooms should deepen commitments to AI.
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📆 Save the date for Shared Futures: The AI Forum - June 17th in New York!
We are bringing together AI innovators in storytelling, art, music, and more.
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We’re giving away 100 free copies of "Defining Technologies of Our Time" to universities, libraries, and policy offices! This handbook examines the most influential definitions of AI in the US policy landscape.
Request a copy or nominate an institution ➡️ form.jotform.com/26056632438…
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