Kade Crockford is the Director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) of Massachusetts. She works to protect and expand core First and Fourth Amendment rights and civil
liberties in the digital 21st century with emphasis on how surveillance impacts society and especially targeted
minorities. Her writing on issues related to technology, policing, and surveillance has been published in
various media such as The Nation, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, etc.
Site: https://www.aclum.org/en/kade-crockford-director-technology-liberty-program/
Blog: privacysos.org/blog
Twitter: https://twitter.com/onekade
Eliot Peper is an author who specializes in near-future speculative science fiction. His notable novels include
Veil, Breach, Borderless, Bandwidth, Cumulus, Neon Fever Dream, Exit Strategy, Power Play, and Version
1.0. He is a co-creator of the critically acclaimed Machine Learning President game and of the award-winning
True Blue website. When not working on his next novel, he dons the hat of an independent consultant and
helps build technology companies. He is based out of Oakland, CA.
Site: https://www.eliotpeper.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/eliotpeper
Tim O’Reilly is the founder, CEO, and Chairman of O’Reilly Media, the company responsible for arming the
Silicon Valley geniuses with the knowledge they require. He has played a part in the framing of momentous
ideas such as “open source software”, “web 2.0”, “the Maker movement”, “government as a platform”, and
“the WTF economy”. He has authored many technical books published by O’Reilly Media, and his most recent
penship was WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us. Tim also serves on the boards of Code for America,
PeerJ, Civis Analytics, and PopVox.
Bio: https://www.oreilly.com/tim/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/timoreilly
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timo3
Malka Older is a science-fiction author, sociologist, academic, and humanitarian aid worker. Currently serving
as Faculty Associate at Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society, she teaches
on the humanitarian-development spectrum and on predictive fictions. She is also an Associate Researcher at
the Centre de Sociologie des Organisations, and a lecturer in the genre fiction MFA program at Western
Colorado University. Her Centenal Cycle trilogy has been nominated for a Hugo award, and the first book in
the trilogy, Infomocracy, was named one of the best books of 2016 by Kirkus, Book Riot and The Washington
Post.
Site: https://malkaolder.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/m_older
References
– Brazil (1985) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/
– Her (2013) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/
– Jimmy (21st Century Robot) – https://www.21stcenturyrobot.com/about-jimmy/
– WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us – https://www.oreilly.com/tim/wtf-book.html