Upcoming Events
Past Events
October 6, 8PM-9:15PM ET
Velvet Sweatshops and Algorithmic Cruelty: Labor in the Global Tech Economy, Mary L. Gray in conversation with Margaret O’Mara, author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, and a panel of tech workers for an evening discussing the past, present and future of labor in the global tech economy
Sponsored by the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies (University of Washington) and the Washington State Labor Education and Research Center (South Seattle College)
Virtual Event
Registration for the event here
September 14, 2:15PM-3:45PM ET
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Virtual Hearing on Privacy, Confidentiality and Security Considerations for Data Collection and Use during a Public Health Emergency, Mary L. Gray presents on Panel III: Bias and Discrimination
Virtual Hearing
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August 27, 1:30PM-2:15PM ET
Women in AI Ethics Annual Event, Mary L. Gray presents in a book talk, Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass, discussing the vast invisible human workforce powering AI, and the ethics underlying this new underclass of workers, hosted by Lighthouse3
Virtual Book Talk
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August 19, 11:00AM-12:00PM ET
The Future of AI: Developing a Framework that Benefits All, Mary L. Gray presents as a panelist hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation in conversation with Sonal Shah and Sasha Constanza-Chock and hosted by Zia Khan
Virtual Panel
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August 3, 9:45PM ET
EmTech Asia 2020, AI and Ethics, Mary L. Gray presenting in session with Karen Hao and Peter Norvig on Countering the Dark Side of AI
Virtual Conference
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July 21, 4PM ET
TED 2020 Uncharted, Mary L. Gray in conversation with TED curator Corey Hajim on the Future of Ghost Work in Pandemic Times
Virtual Event
Stream the interview here
July 9, 12:30PM-2:00PM ET
McGannon Center Plenary Discussion with Mary L. Gray and Siddharth Suri in conversation with Sarah Roberts, Lilly Irani, Kimani Paul-Emile, and Samuel Roberts, hosted by Olivier Sylvain and the McGannon Center for Communication Research at Fordham University
Webinar, Virtual
June 17, 11:00AM-11:45AM ET
COVID Tech Taskforce: Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19
Contact tracing: what it is, how it works, how tech can help, Mary L. Gray presents as panelist with Margaret Bourdeaux, Mona Sloane and Peggy Hamburg in a session moderated by Andrew McLaughlin and Jonathan Zittrain
This virtual conference is hosted by the COVID Tech Task Force, in collaboration with TechCrunch, Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center, NYU’s Alliance for Public Interest Technology, Betaworks Studios and Hangar
June 5
Industrial Studies Association Annual Conference, Work of the Future , A session with Mary L. Gray, facilitated by Jerry Jacobs, U. Pennsylvania
MIT Samberg Conference Center
MIT, Change Building (E52)
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142
April 30, 1:30PM EST
Mozilla Emerging Technologies Speaker Series
Ghost Work in Pandemic Times, a virtual session with Mary L. Gray and host Jofish Kaye
Broadcast and archived on YouTube
February 26, 12:15PM CET
DSI Brown Bag Lunch
Ghost Work: The Labor that Powers AI, Siddarth Suri, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research presents on computational social science and economics
University of Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Ort: SOC, Rämistrasse 69, 8001 Zürich; Raum: E-010
February 25, 1:00PM-4:30PM GMT
Navigating AI, Ethics & The Future of Work, Mary L. Gray presenting in a pre-recorded session, hosted by CJ Green, Founder of Bravegoose & RSA Fellow
RSA
RSA House, Durham Street Auditorium
8 John Adam Street
London, WC2N 6EZ
United Kingdom
January 16, 10:20AM – 11:20AM
California Governor’s Commission Meetings on the Future of Work, Mary L. Gray presenting as a panelist speaker at the 5th Convening: Employment and Labor Law in the New Economy
Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation
404 Euclid Avenue
San Diego, CA
November 6, 9:00AM – 6:00PM EST
Institute of Advanced Study: Workshop on Social and Ethical Challenges in Machine Learning, Mary L. Gray presenting in public plenary session
Einstein Drive
Princeton, New Jersey
08540 USA
November 2, 3:00PM – 4:00PM
Chicago Humanities Festival, Mary L. Gray in conversation with Natalie Foster
International House Assembly Hall
1414 E 59th St
Chicago, IL 60637
October 29, 11:30AM – 1:00PM
New America CA, Mary L. Gray in conversation with Rachel Alexander
Associate Director, New America CA
James Irvine Foundation
1 Bush Street, #800
San Francisco, CA 94104
October 28, 6:30PM – 8:30PM
TechEquity Collaborative, an evening with author Mary L. Gray
The Glass Room
838 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
October 17, 2:00PM – 2:30PM CET
Fondazione Feltrinelli Cortona Colloquium, Mary L. Gray presenting a keynote lecture: Learning Processes, Entrepreneurship Quality, and Interactions in the Digital Age
Cortona, IT
September 26, 5:45PM – 6:45PM
Reshaping Work Barcelona, Mary L. Gray keynote presentation
Parc Tecnològic Barcelona Activa
Marie Curie, 8-14
08042 Barcelona
September 11, 4:30PM – 6PM
MIT Work of the Future Series, Mary L. Gray in conversation with David Autor, Ford Professor of Economics Associate Head
E25-111
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
45 Carleton Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
July 23, 12PM
AFL-CIO, Mary L. Gray in conversation with Cathy Feingold, Director of AFL-CIO International Department
815 16th St. NW
Washington, DC 20006
June 26, 6PM
Ford Foundation, Mary L. Gray in conversation with Michelle Miller, co-founder of CoWorker.org, Dawn Gearhart, Future of Work[ers] Campaign Director, NDWA, and A. Aneesh, professor of Sociology and Global Studies, Univ. of WI
Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice
320 East 43rd St., NYC
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2019 Book Tour
May 21, 7PM – 8PM
Harvard Book Store, Mary L. Gray in conversation with Gideon Lichfield, editor-in-chief of MIT Technology Review
1256 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138
May 15, 7:30PM – 8:30PM
The Forum at Town Hall, Mary L. Gray and Siddharth Suri in conversation (audio archive)
1119 Eighth Avenue
Seattle, WA
May 13, 7PM – 8PM
Bookshop West Portal Author Series, Mary L. Gray in conversation with Margaret Levi, Johan Skytte Prize Laureate and political scientist
80 West Portal Avenue
San Francisco, CA
May 13, 4PM – 5:30PM
Fairness and Opacity Working Group, Mary L. Gray in conversation with Prayag Narula, CEO and Founder of LeadGenius discussing:
“Working the Double Bottom Line: The Promise and Limits of Social Enterprises in the Shadow of AI”
University of California, Berkeley
202 South Hall
Berkeley, CA
May 12, 1PM – 2PM
Politics and Prose Bookstore Author Series, Mary L. Gray in conversation with Allison Stanger, New America Cybersecurity Policy Fellow
5015 Connecticut Ave
NW Washington DC
May 8, 4PM – 5PM
Data and Society Databite Series (livestreamed event)
Data & Society Research Institute
36 W 20th Street
New York, New York
February 27, 6PM
Mary L. Gray featured at Robotland: The Future of Labor Policy and Work in an AI World
Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics JFK Forum
Cambridge, MA
January 14
Siddharth Suri featured at Advances in AI and the Future of Work: Perspectives and Discussion
Microsoft Research
Redmond, WA