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Join us, in NYC, for three days of sharing, reflecting, learning, and co-creating! Come together with scholars and practitioners from around the globe for invigorating keynotes, interactive panel discussions, engaging workshops, thought provoking research presentations, and networking sessions. Expanding on discourse sparked at The New School Management and Social Justice Conversation Series and the 2023 Management and Social Justice conference, this year, we are focused on the role of Technology in Management and Social Justice. Management and Social Justice Collective, created by Prof. Latha Poonamallee has brought together thousands of participants from 66 countries over the last five years. Organizing committee includes Dr. Simy Joy, independent scholar, Dr. Anita Howard (Case Western Reserve University), and Dr. Joanne Scillitoe (California State University, Northridge).
Presented by the School of Design Strategies at Parsons School of Design, Milano
School of Policy, Management, and Environment at Schools of Public Engagement and the Bachelor’s Program for Adults and Transfer Students. Best Research Paper prize sponsored by Springer.
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Early Bird Registration (Ends February 10): $250
General Admission: $350
Online Admission: $25
New School Students can register here for free
The “Future AI Artifacts” is a dual-component engagement for the 2025 Management & Social Justice Conference that combines a curated student-created exhibition with an interactive workshop. The project invites participants to explore the socio-ethical implications of AI through speculative artifacts that envision potential futures. Learn more about the event here.
This workshop addresses the urgent need for transformative shifts in lifestyles, particularly in the Global North, to limit global warming to 1.5°C. It explores how companies can harness technology-driven innovation and sustainable design to facilitate this transition. Learn more about the event here.
Organizational Design Workshop: A Design Exercise to Dismantle the Google Search Engine; Koray Caliskan
In an era where digital platforms dominate the economic and social landscapes,understanding and critically engaging with these platforms is more important than ever. Platforms like Google have become gatekeepers of information, wielding unprecedented influence over what we see, how we learn, and how economies function. Learn more about the event here.
Distributed Power in the Digital Age: Stewarding Inclusive & Effective Organizations with Sociocracy: Marie Therese Kane
The use of technology in social justice organizations has advanced our digital connectivity and unlocked possibilites for collaboration., while also deteriorating our capacity to work togeter honestly, inclusively, and effectively in real-time.Learn more about the event here.
Peaceful Families Domestic Violence Program: Practice Panel: keeping families together and reducing imprisonment; Department of Health and Human Services, Jersey City: Director Cynthia Vasquez, Judge Kelly Austin, Rachid Maiga, Dr. Rev. Frank Morris, Antonio Costello
At its core, domestic violence is a social justice issue that disproportionately impacts marginalized groups. Using tech and social media platforms, when used properly, can be a powerful tool in advancing soical justice in the context of domestic violence. Learn more about the event here.
Higher education leaders around the globe are asking how to (re)connect what matters to students and universities in 2025. Can engaging students in field-based learning experiences provide a bridge? Learn more about the event here.
In this workshop, you will learn to apply a new framework for navigating change in these difficult times. This framework organizes changes into four types: Treasures, Baggage, Illusions, and Fruits. This framework helps organizations sift through the complex dynamics of change, allowing leaders to hold onto what's essential while also embracing meaningful progress. Learn more and register here.
Yes, there are countless delicious eateries within walking distance! We open Thursday evening with a welcome reception which features drinks and appetizers. On Friday and Saturday, we provide breakfast and lunch as part of the conference. A list of nearby food spots will also be available at the conference.
Please contact poonamallee@newschool.edu to inquire about a ticket refund.
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Lili Gangas is the Chief Technology Community Officer at the Kapor Center, an operating foundation at the intersection of technology and racial justice, providing research and thought leadership, operating programs, supporting strategic partnerships and investments to increase diversity across the tech ecosystem--from K-12 education through entrepreneurship and venture capital. She co-leads the Kapor Center’s Equitable Tech Policy Initiative with a focus on inclusive technology policy with special interests in closing digital divide, scaling new tech workforce models, advocating for responsible emerging technology as well as providing foundational support across civic engagement issues and tech enablement of civic organizations.
She's been recognized as Latino Leader’s 100 Most Influential Latinas, ALPFA’s 50 Latinas to Watch, SF Business Times Most Influential Women in Business, SF Business Times 40 Under 40, featured Salesforce Dreamforce and TEDxOakland speaker. Lili's tech fellowships include Omidyar Network's Digital Luminaries and New America CA focused on Tech for Good. She's been part of key working groups including FCC Diversity & Inclusion WG, Aspen Latinos & Society Digital Equity, Aspen Fair Data Future, Rock Health Latine Digital Health Innovators WG.
Lili is also the co-founder of 2x Emmy NorCal award winning LTXConnect.org - a platform elevating rising Latinx/e voices at the intersection of culture, innovation, inclusion, and opportunity, through partnerships, programs, and technology. LTXConnect’s LTXQuest was one of the largest virtual community activations, bringing close to 5K Latinx/e across sectors together for job & startup launch preparation, knowledge sharing, advocacy and systems change.
Before coming to the Kapor Center, Lili was an Associate Principal at Accenture Technology Lab’s Open Innovation team, based out of Silicon Valley, focused on partnerships and programming to connect startups to Fortune 500 clients. She was also a founding member of the Innovation Services team at Booz Allen specializing in crowdsourcing, prize challenges, and open data solutions at the federal level. Before that, Lili could be found in the lab working on software and hardware solutions for the aerospace industry as a Senior Multi-Disciplined Software Engineer at Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems. Lili holds an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.
Dr. Param Srikantia is a professor of the management and leadership department in the Baldwin Wallace Carmel Boyer School of Business. A TEDx presenter and a keynote speaker, he has embarked on public seminars with a focus on the transformation of personal and organizational consciousness that have now grown to a contagious level of popularity reaching several hundred thousand attendees across the world. The seminars are a unique blend of humor, storytelling, pantomimes, mindfulness and applied behavioral science insights woven together in a unique genre at the intersection of education and entertainment.
Srikantia has authored over 35 scholarly papers in management, published and presented at conferences in the US, Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. He has worked in leadership positions in six global conglomerates including the World Bank Group, Arthur Andersen, the Unilever Group, the American Cyanamid Company, Lederle Laboratories and the Tata Group of Companies, in addition to projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and USAID. He has taught as lead faculty at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, as visiting faculty at the Schar School of Government and Policy at George Mason University, and at the business programs at the University of Iowa, The FAE Business School in Brazil, the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and the S.P Jain Institute of Management & Research in India.
He was invited by the Institute for Management Studies (IMS), an international training organization that features "cutting edge" thinkers to offer seminars to their membership base of companies in the United States, Canada and Europe. Dr. Steve Daniel, Former National Program Manager of IMS equated Srikantia’s capabilities with those of seven legendary management educators and invited him to speak at an IMS conference featuring senior leaders from 26 cities across North America and Europe:
"Dr. Srikantia is one of the very best educators with whom IMS has worked," Dr. Daniel wrote. "This is saying a great deal as IMS has been around since 1974 and has been fortunate to work with many remarkable people over the years, including Stephen Covey, Charles Handy, Peter Drucker, Michael Porter, David Ulrich, Vijay Govindrajan and Ram Charan to name just a few. As a thinker and educator, I believe that Dr. Srikantia occupies a secure place in this exclusive group."
Dr. John Gershenson is the Director of the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) Program at Penn State University. He has a B.A. in physics from Cornell University, an M.S. in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from University of Idaho. His research—which includes work on product/process architecture, lean/sustainable design and manufacturing, and appropriate technologies—includes more than 75 peer-reviewed publications and he has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator on proposals valued at more than $10 million. He has strong experience in developing technologies and their applications in Kenya, including as CEO of a startup. Dr. Gershenson’s research lab is currently developing 3D printing of medical technologies for use in rural healthcare clinics, particularly in East Africa. The HESE program is also very active in medtech, agtech, and edtech.
Research Professor Mishack Gumbo is experienced with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Research Design, Academic Publishing, Teacher Training, Academic Writing, and Mentoring. Strong education professional with a BA, UED, Ort-Internat Cert in TE, BEd Hons, MEd TE, MEd ODL, MPhil AT, PhD Indigenous Tech & Cur focused in Indigenous Technological Technological Systems Education, Technology Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowle.
Currently building Agami which aims to radically increase innovation and changemaking in and around systems of law and justice. 7 years into its journey Agami's systemic impact on improving access to justice and legal systems is widely documented. More at www.agami.in
Before Agami, I led the Changemakers program at the leading global non-profit Ashoka. Changemakers leverages Ashoka's global network of innovators and impact partners to search, convene and connect high-potential changemakers, and their ideas and resources, to accelerate change around critical social issues.
Before Ashoka I was an entrepreneur in offline and online education, online communities, and the talent industry, starting and leading three ventures that have achieved significant social and commercial impact, and a healthy dose of failure.
Dr. Poonamallee is a tenured Professor of Management & Social Innovation and Chair of the Faculty of Management at the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment & School of Undergraduate Studies, and a University Fellow at The New School. Her areas of research, Socio-Tech Innovation and Mindfulness and Contemplative Engagement, focus on how management, organizations, and leadership can be vehicles to create a more sustainable, prosperous, just, and equitable world. She is the founder of the Management and Social Justice Conversation Series, the Editor in Chief of the Society of Advancement of Management Journal, and the co-founder and Chairperson of In-Med Prognostics, a neuroscience firm that uses AI and Deep Tech to develop brain health predictive analytics.
Raz Godelnik is an Associate Professor of Strategic Design and Management at the School of Design Strategies, where he explores sustainable business models, design for 1.5°C lifestyles, and how companies can respond effectively to the climate crisis. His book, Rethinking Corporate Sustainability in the Era of Climate Crisis: A Strategic Design Approach, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2021. Currently, Raz serves as the Associate Director of the BBA Strategic Design and Management Program.
Raz teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in innovation, leadership, sustainable design, business models, and strategic design. His research focuses on developing sustainable business models, designing low-carbon lifestyles, and helping companies move beyond sustainability-as-usual. He also led a collaboration between Parsons students and refugees in Berlin, working together on entrepreneurial initiatives to address refugee needs in cities and refugee camps.
Raz served as the Co-Director of the MS Strategic Design and Management program from 2015 to 2018 and as the Director of the BBA Strategic Design and Management program from 2022 to 2024. He is the co-founder of two green startups, Hemper Jeans and Eco-Libris, and writes regularly on issues related to sustainable business, climate change, and strategic design. He holds an MBA from Tel Aviv University and a BA in Communication and Economics from the Hebrew University.
Koray Caliskan is an economic sociologist and organizational designer. He is a tenured Associate Professor of Strategic Design and Management at Parsons School of Design, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Design Strategies, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Cultural Economy. He designed the strategy for MaMame, a social innovation project that combines cooperative and LLC structures to support underrepresented women's labor; this initiative received the Entrepreneurship of the Year Award from Microsoft in 2017. Caliskan has directed and produced several award-winning fiction and documentary films, including Esma, which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival. He co-founded The Wrong Department, a strategic design studio with offices in London and New York City. His recent research on cryptocurrencies earned the Scientific Breakthrough of the Year Award in Social Sciences from the Falling Walls Foundation in 2021 and was mentioned in Financial Times as a way to understand the US and its economy. This work culminated in the book “Data Money: Inside Cryptocurrencies and Their Communities, Blockchains, and Markets” published by Columbia University Press in September 2023. Currently, with support from an ESRC (UK) grant, he is researching the economic sociology of online advertisements. In 2025, he is set to publish two co-authored books: "Economization: Markets, Platforms, and Ecologies" with Michel Callon and Donald MacKenzie (Columbia University Press), and "Inside Digital Advertising: Platform Power, Data Icebergs, and Material Politics" with Donald MacKenzie (Polity Press).
