Technology Leaders Initiative
A Fellowship of the Aspen Global Leadership Network
The Technology Leaders Initiative is a two-year Fellowship that brings together senior tech leaders committed to humanistic leadership for a transformative experience to clarify their purpose and drive positive change in the next digital era.
Who We Are
We are at a crossroads that calls for the leaders of today’s technological landscape to reckon with decisions that will shape the future of humanity. Beyond the narratives of technology as either salvation or catastrophe lies a pressing question: What kind of leadership does this digital era require?
The Technology Leaders Initiative will launch with a cohort of 20 senior leaders in and ascending to positions of significant power in the global technology landscape – from policy shapers to industry pioneers. Over two years, they will engage in a thought-provoking journey of personal exploration moving beyond industry or personal success to a place of growing impact.
Why Now?
Leadership Gap
Most global alliances in frontier technology focus on products and policy. We must also focus on building the type of networks necessary to counter the global distrust in the technology landscape and give senior leaders the protected space to wrestle with the deep ethical questions of our time.
Targeting Points of Power
The amount of money in and scale of the emerging technology landscape is tremendous and power remains dangerously concentrated. Small advocacy efforts are no match. We must work with the leaders of today’s most critical platforms and products to effect change.
Potential for Global Collaboration
The global race for dominance is eclipsing the global potential for collaboration. Forming cross-border bonds of trust will be critical to identifying areas where major breakthroughs may occur.
ANNOUNCEMENT
A Manifesto for a Good Digital Society
As AI becomes the foundation for most human capabilities, we face an urgent challenge: how do we define and evolve what a good digital society looks like? At this year’s Resnick Aspen Action Forum, we will explore what global collaboration looks like when Fellows move from dialogue to action as public ambassadors for humanistic technology leadership.
Jen Zhu Scott (CEO, Power Dynamics, China Fellow and Founder of the Technology Leaders Fellowship)
Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt (Principal of Jesus College Oxford, Chairman of Open Data Institute)
Chris Varelas (Co-Founder, Finance Leaders Fellowship and Technology Leaders Fellowship)
The Program
PARTICIPATION
Becoming a Fellow
Candidates must be nominated by a third party and selected by the Aspen Institute to participate in the program. Fellows come from a variety of industries and sectors in the global technology ecosystem, but all will represent unique nodes of influence in their respective domains.
To nominate a Fellow or if you have any further questions, please contact the program’s Managing Director, Amy Benziger ([email protected]).
EXPERIENCE
Fellowship Structure
This Fellowship is modeled after the highly successful Henry Crown Fellowship, launched by the Aspen Institute in 1997. Each class of 20-22 Technology Leaders Fellows is chosen from a wide pool of accomplished entrepreneurial leaders.
The two-year program comprises a structured series of four seminars (approximately 25 days in total) held in different locations around the globe representing technology power centers, under the guidance of skilled senior moderators of the Aspen Institute.
COSTs
Financial Commitment
Fellows’ participation will be without cost to them or their organizations, with the exception of their travel costs and any incidental expenses incurred. Limited financial assistance may be provided for travel on a case by case basis.
Questions?
Contact the AGLN team.