March 4, 2021, via Zoom webinar Over the past 75 years, the information landscape has seen some of the most dramatic changes in human history with the advent of the internet and world wide web as major disruptive innovations that emerged during the last decades of the 20th century. Nearly every aspect of our lives–from how we stay informed of current events, to how we learn and work, to how we connect to our social communities–has been touched by these innovations. This forum will look briefly at the history of this highly complex and rapidly evolving technology landscape before projecting ahead to anticipate the next big thing in the future of information. Moderator: Rebecca MacKinnon, Founding Director, Ranking Digital Rights Panelists: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web Asta Zelenkauskaite, associate professor of communications, Drexel University David Danks, L.L. Thurstone Professor of Philosophy & Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University

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