Good afternoon, *apologies for cross-posting* The Digital Interests Lab <http://digitalinterests.org> and Ai Now <https://ainowinstitute.org/> present a new series of conversations surrounding Public Interest Technology: The PITCh <https://www.digitalinterests.org/events/the-pitch/>! The PITCh is a monthly series of remote conversations between established and early career scholars to support the work of practitioners and academics interested in public interest technology (PIT), with discussions on substantive issues and professional development topics. The PITCh, hosted by Digital Interests Lab Director Prof. Anne L. Washington, <https://annewashington.com/> PhD, will feature analysis and approaches by established scholars, and extensive opportunities for dialogue and reflections with two guests per session. Each session will also have a limited number of early career individuals as a “live” audience, who will have the opportunity to ask questions and respond to the main conversation. The events will be broadcast live in a Zoom Webinar format, and will also have a brief general public Q&A towards the end.' Our first event is next week, 10/27 at 3PM EDT, with Arizona State University Prof. Alexandrina Agloro <https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/3350088>, and University of California Santa Cruz Prof. Chris Benner <https://chrisbenner.sites.ucsc.edu/> joining us to discuss centering the community in PIT. Register here <https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4kZ_MDG0RNOKRxTTTH6UVw> for this event and check out the rest of the schedule and registration links below for our remaining events. The Schedule: *October 27th 2021, 3pm Eastern* *Centering the Community* Chris Benner and Alexandrina Agloro Register here <https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4kZ_MDG0RNOKRxTTTH6UVw> ________________________________ *November 17th 2021, 5:30pm Eastern* *Interdisciplinary Impact*Ryan Calo and Ezekiel Dixon-Roman Register here <https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZNmwUb4wQ0KRcphAHNk8Iw> ________________________________ *December 8th 2021, 3pm Eastern* *Criminal Evidence*Beth Bechky and Rebecca Wexler Register here <https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0n7I-KrPSt2xG_wfbJ7-eg> ________________________________ *January 26th 2022, 9am Eastern* *AI Snake Oil*Arvind Narayanan and Frank Pasquale Register here <https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PrZ7HlyzR8iqNU3CHRAQ6Q> The PITCh is partially funded by the National Science Foundation and the New America Public Interest Technology University Network. David Morar, PhD Postdoctoral Data Policy Fellow NYU Steinhardt ~ Fellow, Digital Interests Lab <https://www.digitalinterests.org/> ~ @morar <https://twitter.com/morar> davidmorar.com