Keynote Speaker
Keynote Speaker
Afua Bruce
Author, The Tech That Comes Next | tech + strategy + government + NGOs | STEM education and inclusion | Keynote Speaker | AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
AFUA BRUCE is a leading public interest technologist who has spent her career working at the intersection
of technology, policy, and society. Her work has spanned the government, non-profit, private, and academic
sectors, as she has held senior science and technology positions at DataKind, New America, the White House,
the FBI, and IBM. Afua is currently a strategy consultant and advisor to organizations developing and expanding
responsible innovation projects in the corporate, government, and nonprofit spaces. She is an adjunct professor
at Carnegie Mellon University and a Technology and Public Purpose Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer
Center. As an If/Then Ambassador, Afua engages in efforts to excite girls to consider STEM careers; she has
partnered with GoldieBlox, appeared on CBS's Mission Unstoppable TV show, and is featured in a number of
museums around the country. Afua has a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Purdue University and
an MBA from the University of Michigan. Her newest book, The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers,
Technologists, and Philanthropists can Build an Equitable World, describes how technology can advance equity.
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