Greg Newby
Dr. Greg Newby has a lifelong interest in the expansion of human intellect and capability through use of information and computing technologies. He has worked in information science, supercomputing, climate science, and has been an innovator in education, online community-building, and digital literacy.
Session
Let's use our hacker superpowers to help mitigate the ongoing climate emergency. Greg will discuss some of the things that hackers can do to help lessen climate disruption. Some themes will include:
- Technical mechanisms: for reducing pollution and removing carbon.
- Green energy: production, storage, and transmission.
- Misinformation and disinformation: information engineering for social good.
- Modeling and simulation: forecasting future events and understanding interactions within the Earth's complex systems.
- Effecting social change: raising awareness, changing behaviors.
- Response and resiliency: how hackers can help during climate-caused disruptions.
The impacts of climate change are being felt everywhere, and hackers can help. Hacker characteristics include resiliency, creativity, and an ability to span knowledge domains. There is much to do, and this session will inspire both thought and action.