Plenary Sessions: 8-10am All times are Pacific
| 8:00am | Welcome |
| 8:15am | Does AI Change Everything? – Dr. Lisa Palmer, Chief AI Strategist at Dr. Lisa AI – Will AI really change everything? What can I do to prepare? These are the kinds of questions Dr. Palmer will address in her opening keynote presentation. View here |
| 8:40am | A Conversation on Data Science & Social Impact – Victoria Vrana & Nick Hamlin (GlobalGiving) In this fireside chat Andrew Means sits down with Victoria Vrana, CEO of GlobalGiving, and Nick Hamlin, Director of Data Science & Analytics at Global Giving. We will discuss how GlobalGiving incorporates data science into its work, the role of data in driving and implementing strategy, and the relationship between an executive and their lead data person. View here |
| 9:15am | Lessons From the World’s Leading NGOs – Fireside Chat with Lance Pierce (NetHope) and Lauren Woodman (DataKind) NetHope and Datakind support and work with some of the largest, most impactful organizations in the world and cybersecurity and AI is central to both their efforts. In this candid conversation these two nonprofit CEOs will be sharing about their work, what they’ve learned working with large NGOs, and how they wish the social sector would step-up around cybersecurity and AI. View here |
| 9:50am | Wrap up the plenary sessions |
Breakout sessions
| Session Time PST | Cybersecurity Track | Capacity Building Track | Data Impact Track |
| 10-10:50am | Why Nonprofits Need to Pay Attention to Cyber Security – National Council of Nonprofits, MercyCorps View here | Setting up Your Nonprofit’s Data Stack View here | How to Build a Data Strategy View here |
| 11-11:50am | Getting Started With Cybersecurity – Global Cyber Alliance View here | Building a Data Team: 3 Perspectives View here | Building a National Fire Risk Model with the Red Cross View here |
| 12-12:50pm | Tools in Digital Protection – Save the Children View here | Bridging the Skills Gap View here | Why Observability is Key to Fulfilling Nonprofits Mission View here |
| 1-1:50pm | Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Best Practices View here | Why We Hit Pause – DataKind View here | Building an AI Analyst for Government and Nonprofits: Early Lessons in Working with GenAI for Social Good View here |
| 2-2:50pm | How to meet Required Compliance Frameworks and Define your Own View here | Setting Up Your Nonprofit’s Human Stack View Here | How Data is Driving Work at the ACLU – A conversation with their CTO View here |