Dear AIR Colleagues, I'm very excited about the ESC "official" opening event in just two weeks. This is a half-day event. We will be live-streaming and taking real-time questions from Internet participants. I wanted to share this with you so that you can mark your calendars -- note that no RSVP is needed for off-site participation. Feel free to forward as appropriate. I bet we have some speakers here who are familiar to AIR-L -- and even may be on this mailing list (hi!). I expect some great conversations. Highlights: danah boyd is principal researcher at Microsoft Research and the founder of Data & Society. Jen Gennai is in charge of responsible innovation at Google, and heads the implementation of Google's AI principles. Julia Angwin is a Pulitzer-winning journalist currently launching a philanthropically-funded publication dedicated to investigating big tech (The Markup). André Brock's new book *Distributed Blackness* is available in just a couple of weeks. Shobita Parthasarathy is the author of the award-winning book *Patent Politics* and is behind "The Recevied Wisdom" podcast. And more... I hope you can join us, Christian --------------------- *ESC PLAN: The ESC Opening Event* A half-day public event to inaugurate the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing. DATE / TIME / LOCATION *Friday, January 24, 2020* 1:00 pm to 7:30 pm Eastern Standard Time (UTC/GMT-5). Space 2435, North Quadrangle, 105 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Off-site reception to follow.) *FOR REMOTE PARTICIPANTS*: Video from this talk will be streamed live at http://esc.umich.edu/plan Questions will be taken from the Internet. An RSVP is requested for in-person participants only. RSVP form: https://forms.gle/f1DhfD8Cirkt6CZx9 *SCHEDULE* 1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. ET *Toward Ethics, Society, and Computing* (ESC) (Opening Remarks.) 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. ET PANEL: *Accountable Technology — An Oxymoron?* - Julia Angwin <https://juliaangwin.com/>, The Markup - danah boyd <https://www.danah.org/>, Data & Society - Marc DaCosta <https://marcdacosta.com/>, Enigma - Jen Gennai <https://events.google.com/io/schedule/events/speakers/f834530d-4b63-42d4-ab3f-370beb928bbd>, Google - Christian Sandvig <http://www-personal.umich.edu/~csandvig/>, University of Michigan (moderator) 3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. ET PANEL: *Culture After Tech Culture — Unimaginable?* - André Brock <https://www.lmc.gatech.edu/people/person/andre-brock>, Georgia Tech - Silvia Lindtner <http://www.silvialindtner.com/>, University of Michigan (moderator) - Holly Okonkwo <https://www.cla.purdue.edu/facultystaff/profiles/new/newfaculty-18/Okonkwo_Holly.html>, Purdue University - Monroe Price <https://www.asc.upenn.edu/people/faculty/monroe-price-jd>, University of Pennsylvania - Shobita Parthasarathy <http://shobitap.org/>, University of Michigan 4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET *The Future of Ethics, Society, and Computing (ESC)* (Closing Remarks.) 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. ET Off-Site Reception and Mixer An RSVP is requested for in-person participants. RSVP form: https://forms.gle/f1DhfD8Cirkt6CZx9 More information is on the event details page on the Web: http://esc.umich.edu/event/esc-plan-the-esc-opening-event/ A printable PDF poster for this event: http://esc.umich.edu/ESC_PLAN.pdf -------- This event is the opening of ESC: The Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing. http://esc.umich.edu/ ESC is generously supported by the School of Information; the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research; and the Department of Communication & Media in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan.