selected talks by flynn

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  • In Conversation with Flynn Coleman, columbia university SPS

  • women, peace, and leadership - columbia conflict resolution

  • International women’s forum bologna, A Human Algorithm

  • AI and LAw, university of milan, information society law center

  • HOW AI is redefining who we are - palazzo san niccolò, Firenze

  • the present and future of artificial intelligence - fiesole, italy

  • The future of work in the digital era - the harvard club of ottawa

  • skillful action and social justice - nyc

  • mtl connect - closing keynote - montreal, canada

  • chautauqua institution - the science of us - GAMBLE LECTURE

  • DN unlimited berlin talk - A HUMAN ALGORITHM

  • human algorithms at oda network’s inspiration day, oslo

  • community college humanities association national conference

  • innovation land/andi (medellín, colombia)

  • the january series at calvin university - miller johnson lecture

  • the international congress for the governance of AI - prague

  • the Scandinavian Forum Switzerland - zURICH

  • outspoken candid conversations virtual event - how technology is redefining who we are

  • reimagining work and purpose in the intelligent machine age at plywood presents (featured innovative thinker of tomorrow at atlanta symphony hall)

  • ask the author -a human algorithm - georgetown university virtual event

  • all tech is human (new york city)

  • DES Madrid

  • HD Summit Mexico

  • Saugatuck-Douglas Library lecture

  • thriving in our technological future: blake street house

  • the future of augmented organizations: converge at the nyse

  • a human algorithm: book event at the center for social justice, School of Foreign Service, and Justice & Peace STudies program, georgetown university

  • Academic Colloquium on Freedom of expression and New Information Technologies, human rights and cyberspace conference at the University of Geneva

  • technology, inclusion, and equity: how education for women and girls uplifts us all (public affairs conference)

  • exponential technologies and the future of society at katapult

  • government, environment, transparency, and accountability at the new school

  • ncp visionary award acceptance speech 

  • yfu distinguished alum award keynote

  • The Current Refugee Crisis: How Innovative Strategies Can Improve Humanitarian Outcomes at the ABA International Law conference

  • human rights, humanity, and Artificial intelligence at the geneva international human rights film festival 

  • How Social enterprise is Social Activism at tedxunc

  • leveling the playing field: entrepreneurship and diplomacy at the new york times building (hosted by fulbright and stella network)

  • symposium on diversifying AI at West Virginia university

  • HUMAN RIGHTS AND TECHNOLOGY: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS at tedx

  • social entrepreneurship and social impact at stanford university

  • human rights work in the 21st century: innovation, technology, and social impact at uc Berkeley school of law 

  • government and policy issues in impact investing at Yale University

  • social innovation and social entrepreneurship at ashoka U

  • reimagining legal education at the grunin conference

  • finding your purpose in social activism 

  • the future of work at the new school, parsons school of design

  • international transactional law at New York University School of Law

  • inauguration indivisible gathering at the alchemist's kitchen

  • HUMAN RIGHTS WORK IN THE 21ST CENTURY: INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIAL IMPACT AT the University of washington SCHOOL OF LAW

  • fireside chat on Innovation, Technology, and Social Impact at rocketspace

  • innovation, entrepreneurship, and social Justice at Draper university

  • inspired creative writing at boston university

  • how to make a difference at wilderness festival

  • TEDX SPEAKER AT TEDX NAPA VALLEY

  • tedxlse student voices speaker at London school of economics

  • inaugural women in sports award acceptance speech

Flynn Coleman spoke at Plywood Presents 2017 at Atlanta Symphony Hall. In this talk, Flynn asks us to think about our role in shaping the technology and humanity of the future. As artificial intelligence increasingly becomes a part of human life, how will we interact with it? And are there ways to teach artificial intelligence the characteristics of social and moral good? Bio: Flynn Coleman is an international human rights attorney, an educator, an author, a public speaker, a social entrepreneur and innovator, an ethical fashion designer, a mindfulness, innovation, and creativity teacher, a social justice activist, a former competitive athlete, and a founder and CEO. Flynn is also the founding fellow at the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship at NYU School of Law. She has a background in innovative approaches to economic development, international trade law, war crimes, genocide, behavioral economics, political reconciliation, post-conflict justice, artificial intelligence, and improving access to justice through innovation. She has spoken, written, and taught extensively on issues of global justice, social enterprise, and social impact, human rights, artificial intelligence, and technology, innovation and design in social impact, storytelling, redefining success, and the future of work, purpose, technology, and humanity. Flynn speaks five languages, and has worked with the United Nations, the United States federal government, and with international corporations, universities, and human rights organizations around the world. She holds a BSFS from Georgetown University, a JD from UC Berkeley School of Law, and an LLM from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has also studied at La Sorbonne, the University of Cambridge, Trinity College Dublin, La Universidad de Chile, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal, and Université de Genève. Learn more: www.flynncoleman.community Twitter: www.twitter.com/flynncoleman Instagram: www.instagram.com/flynncoleman Photography by: Luke Beard
An abridged version of Flynn Coleman's speech to accept the inaugural award at the Women in Sports Day ceremony at Brentwood School in Los Angeles, California. (2010) Film by: Andra Kokott
This is our story... Shop gorgeous, ethical goods that tell a story & empower people worldwide. www.malena.com Filmmaker: Kristen Hilkert Photographers: Tracy Swift, Betty Krenek, Patty Kirby, and Kiki Royaards Videographers: Eskinder Fasil and Jean de Dieu Byukusenge Narrator: Flynn Coleman
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