The HCTIA sponsors speakers throughout the year who represent the cutting edge in research, policymaking and on-the-ground initiatives that are at the crossroads of technology and international affairs.
2011-2012
- Patrick Meier, Director of Crisis Mapping at Ushahidi
Topic: Do ‘Liberation Technologies’ Change the Balance of Power Between Repressive Regimes and Civil Society?
Date: Oct 4, 2011
- Inspire the Next: Research Colloquium
Topic: Discussion of current Hitachi Research Institute projects and Fletcher student and faculty funded projects by HCTIA
Rachel Fredman: The Dictator’s Dilemma and the Politics of Telecommunications in Cuba: A Case Study
Prashanth Parameswaran: Beyond Damnation: Nam Theun 2 and the Future of Hydropower in the Mekong
Jim Platte: National Decision Making and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle in Japan: An Analysis of Influences
Elizabeth Yepsen: The Geography of Fiber Optics Infrastructure and GDP Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis
Date: Oct 19, 2011
Topic: The Great East Japan Earthquake: Innovating for the Future
For details on the conference presentations and discussions, please see the conference summary.
Date: Nov 18, 2011
2010-2011
- David Porteous, Director, Bankable Frontier Associates LLC
Topic: Mobile Financial Services in Africa: On to the Third Generation
Date: Sep 22, 2010
- Inspire the Next: Research Colloquium
Topic: Discussion of current Hitachi Research Institute projects and Fletcher student and faculty funded projects by HCTIA
Date: Oct 6, 2010
- Alec Ross, Special Advisor for Innovation in the Office of Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton
Topic: 21st Century Statecraft
Date: Nov 2, 2010
- Nicco Mele, Founder and Director, EchoDitto
Topic: Democracy and Foreign Policy in the Digital Age
Date: Mar 29, 2011
- Mikel Maron and Erica Hagen, Frontline SMS
Topic: Community Information and Empowerment: Map Kibera and Grand Truth Initiative
Date: Apr 12, 2011
- Drew Bennett, Smart Grid Industry Analyst, U.S. Dept of Commerce, International Trade Administration
Topic: Building the Clean Energy Super Highway: The Development of the Global Smart Grid and the Next Innovation Infrastructure
Date: Apr 25, 2011
2009-2010
- Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and Co-director of Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Topic: A Mutual Aid Treaty for the Internet
Date: Mar 10, 2010
- Japanese Business and Technology Roundtable
Topic: Japanese Corporations and Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Business
Date: April 2, 2010
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2008-2009
- Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Lab and chairman of One Laptop per Child
Topic: Advancing the Power of Innovation
Date: Oct 23, 2008
- Prof. Partha Ghosh, Visiting Professor of Strategic Management at the Fletcher School
Topic: Strategic Approaches to Innovation