[kictanet] Fwd: Register Now! Digital Infrastructure: Equity & Sustainability in Open Source | Thursday, August 6, 12:30 PM EST

Wed Jul 29 08:32:42 EAT 2020

Hi Listers
To anyone who might be interested.
I'm also sharing an RFP for digital infrastructure research that Ford
Foundation circulated last week.

>From Ford Foundation's Ford Tech and Society Team
Please do share this with anyone you think might be interested. One of our
failings in our last effort is the lack of grantees based outside of global
north countries and I would like to focus efforts to build a more globally
diverse set of grants this time.
You can also view the RFP directly here:
https://fordfoundation.forms.fm/2020-digital-infrastructure-research-rfp/

Best
Beryl

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020

12:30 - 1:45 PM EDT

*DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE: EQUITY & SUSTAINABILITY IN OPEN SOURCE*

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The *Ford Foundation* and the *Alfred P. Sloan Foundation*, in partnership
with the *Mozilla* and *Open Society Foundation*, invite you to join
us on *Thursday,
August 6th* to explore equity & sustainability in Open Source. A critical
part of Digital Infrastructure.

This webinar will feature a panel discussion and Q&A with researchers from
our 2019 grantee cohort: *Laura Dabbish, (Carnegie Mellon University),
Caroline Sinders, Anushah Hossain (UC Berkeley) & Benedict Kingsbury (New
York University). * We will also continue the conversation around our 2020
call for proposals to further this field of work and hold a Q&A for
interested applicants.

*About the Speakers: *

*Laura Dabbish, Carnegie Mellon University: *How might structural factors
in the social networks of open-source communities pose barriers to
underrepresented newcomers, especially women, becoming full community
members?

*Caroline Sinders, independent researcher:* What can the history of
Javascript teach us about techniques to mitigate harassment (a barrier to
diversity and a threat to the sustainability of digital infrastructure
projects) in open-source communities?

*Anushah Hossain, UC Berkeley: *What factors encourage and sustain
international communities of contributors to open-source projects?

*Benedict Kingsbury, Institute for International Law & Justice & Guarini
Institute for Global Legal Studies, NYU School of Law: *How can legal
devices and institutions be adapted and applied, both locally and
transnationally, to overcome the under-maintenance of critical digital
infrastructure?

Everything in our modern society, from hospitals to banks to social media
platforms, runs on software. Nearly all of this software is built on
“digital infrastructure,” a foundation of free and public code that is
designed to solve common challenges. But this free, public code—which we
refer to as open source software—needs regular upkeep and maintenance, just
as physical infrastructure does, and because it doesn’t belong to any one
person or party, it is no one person’s job to maintain it. Despite the
importance of this infrastructure, the community that maintains it lacks
the diversity of the society it is meant to serve
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undergird this ecosystem, as well as the international legal and regulatory
mechanisms for sustainability.

We believe that preserving this sustainable, open digital infrastructure is
a critical public interest issue. We hope you will join us in building
toward a more diverse and well-funded ecosystem for digital infrastructure.

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*THURSDAY,* AUGUST 6

12:30 - 1:45 PM EDT
12:30   *Welcome*
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Josh Greenberg

12:40
*Equity & Sustainability in Open Source*
Laura Dabbish
Caroline Sinders
Anushah Hossain
Benedict Kingsbury

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