Media · Ethical Tech Summit
Each semester the Ethical Tech CoLab convenes students, technologists, and policy practitioners for a Summit and Hackathon on the live boundary between emerging technology and global affairs.
Recurring threads: agentic systems and the future of work; verifiable supply chains under UFLPA / NDAA; online grooming and platform safety; forced labor and human trafficking; and micropayment rails for vulnerable populations and creator economies.
A visual sampler from past Summits and Hackathons — panels, student demos, partner roundtables, and the convening floor. Click any image to open the full-size version or linked demo.
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Speaker · Amanda Lindsey
Speaker · Deborah Berebichez
Speaker · Ruchira Gupta
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Summit momentSpring 2026 · NYC
Student-led applied work on x402, agent-to-agent micropayments, and downstream effects on vulnerable populations and creator economies. Industry roundtable on responsible deployment.
Fall 2025 · NYC
UFLPA / NDAA practitioner panel; demos of attestation patterns over the Supplychain Graph; student briefs on traceability gaps in critical-mineral pathways.
Sept 2025 · NYC
Ethical Tech CoLab side event during NY UN Climate Week, connecting the CoLab's emerging-technology and human-rights work to the climate agenda.
June 2025 · NYC
Ethical Tech CoLab gathering during NY Tech Week, convening technologists, students, and partners across the CoLab's emerging-technology and ethical-sourcing work.
Spring 2025 · NYC
Joint session with multilateral and civil-society partners; student demos on detection patterns and trauma-informed design; closing panel on platform accountability.
Fall 2024 · NYC
Launch of student-led applied-research projects on forced-labor structural risk; introduction of the Forced Labor Structural Risk Index methodology.
Sept 2024 · NYC
Ethical Tech CoLab side event during NY UN Climate Week, bringing the CoLab's technologists and policy practitioners into the climate conversation.
June 2024 · NYC
Ethical Tech CoLab gathering during NY Tech Week, bringing students and partners together around the CoLab's emerging-technology and human-rights work.
Spring 2024 · NYC
First convening of the Ethical Tech CoLab; framing session on how engineering practice can inform sourcing policy, and how policy can inform engineering boundaries.