Co-organized by Savantas Policy Institute and Savantas Liberal Arts Academy.

Speaker: Dr Martha Russell, Executive Director of MediaX Lab at Stanford

When the news about Tahir Square, or Occupy Wall Street or, more recently, the Brazilian protests hit the headlines of newspapers and magazines, they were already outdated. To successfully represent events and trends in this era of participation, new content platforms are needed. These new platforms will enable streams of online conversation that both inform observers and permit participation.

Attend this seminar and learn how advances in data management, analytical methods, simulation tools, artificial intelligence, and visualization technologies are contributing to this opportunity.

Date: 10 December 2013 (Tuesday)

Time: 6:30 to 8:00 pm (Registration starts at 6:15pm)

Venue: Seminar room, Baker & Mckenzie, 23/F, One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway

Language: English

The event is free of charge. Please register here: http://goo.gl/r0jM8g (Deadline: 6 December 2013)

Dr. Martha G. Russell

Executive Director, mediaX at Stanford University

Senior Research Scholar, Human Sciences and Technology Advanced Research (H*STAR) Institute at Stanford University

With people and technology as the intersecting crosshairs, Martha has established collaborative research initiatives in ICT and technology leadership and for national agencies and technology companies. She pioneered one of the first US public-private partnerships in microelectronic and information sciences and also in manufacturing technologies. She has led interdisciplinary research programs at the University of Minnesota, The University of Texas at Austin and Stanford University. With a focus on the power of shared vision, Martha has developed planning/evaluation systems and consulted regionally and internationally on technology innovation for regional development.

Martha studies relationship systems – people to people, to their brands, to their organizations and for innovation. Using data-driven visualizations, her recent studies have taken innovation’s pulse and tracked the evolution of innovation ecosystems in digital media, learning technologies, and greentech using socially constructed data and social media.

Martha has a doctoral degree in Policy Analysis focused on Technology Transfer from the University of Minnesota, and a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She serves on the advisory board of the Journal of Technology Forecasting and Social Change and several startup companies.