WHAT’S ON: Partnering Technology Sector for Good

October brought me to an exciting conference called the Silicon Human Rights Valley Conference here. It brought Silicon Valley, government, with companies, and civil society to protect the internet and promote strategies to facilitate online openness, privacy, security and innovation to address key human rights issues.

World experts, practitioners, start-ups and activists from around the globe will be speaking over the two days.

The conference made history when we skyped in a young woman, a university student, from Yemen reading a public call to action. It was live and the first time media was able to publicize live coverage to our parts of the world. This was an exciting moment for all, calling attention to the need for support in the middle east in the name of human rights, free speech and more. The hope was this conference caught attention of those in policy and business that have more power to change the issues many non-profits support. This conference networked many public and private entities to bring new partnerships and resources to this space.