Events at the IOP

  1. The Roundup: Election 2016- Discussion with Ann Compton

    Wednesday November 9 - 7:00pm

    Please join us for the HPU post-presidential election roundup, breakdown, and analysis. We will be joined by IOP Fellow and former White House correspondent for ABC News, Ann Compton. 

    Harvard Kennedy School
    Littauer 166

    Food will be served.

  2. Countdown to #Campaign2016 led by Ann Compton

    Wednesday November 9 - 4:00pm
  3. Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence

    Friday November 4 - 4:00pm

    Ed Felten
    Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
    David Kenny
    General Manager, IBM Watson
    David C. Parkes
    George F. Colony Professor of Computer Science, Harvard College
    Rosalind Picard
    Founder and Director, Affective Computing Research Group, MIT Media Lab
    Juliette Kayyem (Moderator)
    Belfer Lecturer in International Security, Harvard Kennedy School

    Ed Felten, David Kenny, George C. Parkes, and Rosalind Picard joined moderator Juliette Kayyem for a Forum on the future of Artificial Intelligence. The discussion ranged from topics on impending government regulation to the more technical aspects of AI. The panelists paid particular attention to possible moral dilemmas related to programming the technology, itself. Questions from the audience largely concerned the potential setbacks of AI as a consequence of human biases and how we might overcome them. Overall, the panelists held optimistic views about the future of artificial intelligence.

  4. Crowdsourcing, Prizes, Moonshots, and More

    Friday November 4 - 9:30am

    Join the IOP alongside the Shorestein Center Friday, November 4, 2016 at 10AM for,  "Crowdsourcing, Prizes, Moonshots, and More" in L166 at the IOP.

  5. STANDING BETWEEN CLINTON AND THE WHITE HOUSE: WILL MILLENNIALS VOTE?

    Thursday November 3 - 6:00pm

    Join us for this dinner discussion with IOP Polling Director John Della Volpe and Bernie Sanders' Presidential Campaign Manager, Jeff Weaver

    Please fill out this form if you plan to attend: (https://goo.gl/forms/IZoApMwYWRuxfZcg2). If the interest exceeds the space available, those who have signed up will be automatically entered into a lottery.

    Weaver formerly served as the campaign manager for Sanders' 2006 US Senate election and as chief of staff in Sanders’ House and Senate offices. In August 2016, Weaver was named president of Our Revolution, a political organization created by Sanders.

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