Samira
Khan
Director, Citizenship at Microsoft
"Empathy in Tech for Impact "
"Empathy in Tech for Impact "
07 - 4:00 PM EDT/New York (See in local time)
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04//2024 4:00 PM
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"Empathy in Tech for Impact "
"Empathy in Tech for Impact "
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Session: Empathy in Tech for Impact
From my experience at both Salesforce and Microsoft, discussing the role empathy has in tech for impact policy, strategy, and design.Key Takeaways
- Empathy is a prerequisite for tech for impact; purposes include designing out bias, mitigating harm and maximizing positive value; embedding in communities is only way to achieve this
Bio
Samira Khan was most recently a Director at Microsoft, working on Citizenship. Previously, she was working at the intersection of social innovation / impact + tech at Salesforce.org. Samira has worked across corporations, governments, and the social sector for over thirteen years on innovative solutions to solving some of society’s greatest challenges. She is especially interested in business model innovations for good. Her work spans the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia. She is a former strategy / management consultant; and while at A.T. Kearney in Southeast Asia, she played a lead role in starting and building its social impact organization. She is also passionate about topics related to gender and youth empowerment toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).