Anita Rao - From Software Engineer to US Senate Policy Advisor on Emerging Technologies
Presentation by Anita Rao on her transition from engineer at QualComm to Government Policy Advisor for the GSA.
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- Date: 05 Aug 2024
- Time: 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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- Starts 26 June 2024 10:34 AM
- Ends 04 August 2024 09:30 PM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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Anita
From Software Engineer to US Senate Policy Advisor on Emerging Technologies
From ChatGPT to 5G communications, technology permeates all aspects of modern life. Given the rapid pace of innovation, it’s increasingly difficult for governments — the regulators — and technologists — the developers — to be aligned in building safe and trustworthy technology for citizens. In this session, follow Anita Rao’s career journey from software engineering to advising in the U.S. Senate, learning about key tech issues plaguing policymakers and ways to effectively bridge the gap between tech and government along the way.
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Biography:
Anita currently supports the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Emerging Technology Division as an Emerging Tech Policy Writer, tracking new tech and its impact to government agencies. Previously, she was a TechCongress Fellow in the U.S. Senate working on AI, privacy, and telecom issues, and prior to that worked as a 5G software engineer at Qualcomm . She has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University and an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech.