Date: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015
Location: Alabama
What makes today’s education systems great and what needs to corrected. Learn more on the Education Issues page.
Event Category: Impact New York
Election Reform
Date: Wednesday, September 14th, 2016
Location: Alabama
Civic Hall was the fitting backdrop for this expert panel discussion on election reform. Learn more on the Election Reform Issues page.
Infrastructure Dinner
Date: Tuesday, November 14th, 2017
Location: Alabama
Impact sat down to dinner with leading infrastructure experts to discuss the status of major infrastructure systems in the US
Impact sat down to dinner with leading infrastructure experts to discuss the status of major infrastructure systems in the US. Read the Issue Brief and see more on the Infrastructure Issues page.
Interview of James Comey
Date: Sunday, December 9th, 2018
Location: Alabama
Facebook live with former FBI Director James Comey and NBC News political analyst Nicolle Wallace in a sure-to-be riveting talk.
Chess for Charity
Date: Saturday, September 14th, 2019
Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Battery Park Ferry Terminal New York, New York
Join us for a truly unique experience: Chess for Charity Experience something never been done before, the best chess players, a luxurious mega-yacht, and a good cause in the greatest city in the world!
2:00 pm
Welcome Aboard
Ahoy! A private boat will take you to the Arabella from Battery Park Ferry Terminal. Open Bar and whole foods at your fancy. You can also access the event from Jersey City as well.
2:30 pm
Compete & Enjoy
Play begins. Lookout for special guests and Grandmasters.
3:30 pm
Statue of Liberty
Hold your pieces while we circle the Statue of Liberty and challenge our players under nautical conditions!
5:00 pm
Fin
A winner will be crowned, prizes, and good byes!
The Venue: The Arabella
Join Us for A Truly Unique Experience: Chess for Charity
Experience something never been done before, the best chess players, a luxurious mega-yacht, and a good cause in the greatest city in the world!
Proceeds Support
Proceeds Support
Partner and Supporters
...ALL ARTISTS ARE NOT CHESS PLAYERS. ALL CHESS PLAYERS ARE ARTISTS
Duchamp
The Stimulus Package Uncovered
Date: Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Virtual
A Guide for Small Businesses to the CARES Act
A Free Webinar by Impact with the Former Head of the U.S. Small Business Administration
A Guide for Small Businesses to the CARES Act
COVID-19 has put over 30 million small businesses in America on the brink of collapse. The CARES Act, the largest stimulus package in history, has allocated over $350B to assist small businesses so that they can survive and that one day their employees, millions of whom have been laid off, can return to work.
These are tough conditions. Accessing stimulus benefits, learning how to extend your runway, taking care of your employees, and preparing for them to return to work are complex tasks. To make sure you are getting the right advice, IMPACT has partnered with former Small Business Administration officials and experts to host a webinar that will address your most pressing questions.
Meet Our Experts
Maria Contreras-Sweet
Former Head of U.S. Small Business Administration
Ann Marie Mehlum
US SBA Former Head of the Office of Capital Access
Special Thanks to Our Partners
The Future of Pre-Kindergarten
Date: March 31st, 2022
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (EST)
Should early education be considered national infrastructure?
About the Event
As the country has debated the size and scale of our infrastructure investments, the question of whether early stage child development systems and programs should be considered a part of our national infrastructure has emerged as a critical point.
Join the Impact Public Service Fund, Congresswoman Sara Jacobs, Professor Jeffrey Miron, Investor Daniel Pianko, and Director Rita Troung for a discussion on the opportunities and concerns around expanding our views of infrastructure.
Meet Our Experts
Sara Jacobs
Congresswomen (D)
Jeffrey Miron
Professor
Rita Truong
Avenues
Daniel Pianko
Achieve Partners
Resources
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Impact AI: Future Technologies and Threats
Date: Monday, April 1st 2024
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: 220 5th Avenue New York, New York
What makes something truly intelligent? That’s the question that dominated Impact Public Service’s ‘A.I. Future Technologies & Threats’ event on April 1st.
A panel of experts from across the industry debated the efficacy and future of artificial intelligence, including the various threats inherent in the technology.
“LLM’s (Large Language Models – like ChatGPT) are giant paraphrasing machines,” said Dave Ferrucci, CEO of Elemental Cognition and the scientist behind IBM Watson.
“When it comes to an enormous multidimensional space, we can’t really understand how or why [A.I.] came up with a result.”
Experts debated changes quickly occurring in society, including positive outcomes for people with disabilities.
“I think this technology is phenomenal for humanity,” said Roger Premo, IBM’s General Manager of Corporate Strategy and Ventures.
“We’re enjoying an explosion of innovation across various applications.”
But is artificial intelligence a threat to civilization? Alice Albrecht the Founder & CEO at re:collect seemed to believe so. “I think we’ll most certainly see military application of A.I. technologies in the near future.” Other threats listed by panelists included stolen intellectual property, bad actors, poor cybersecurity, and inappropriate model weighting.
Yet, all the panelists pushed for the technology’s continued development. Alex Atallah, the Co-Founder of OpenSea, believed A.I. needed further sophistication. “I can’t believe LLM’s given broad datasets are used for specific applications.” “We need to have scientific A.I. making decisions for scientific questions.”
So, what does this mean for human beings? “It’s still a tool,” said Ferrucci. “Humans should still be responsible for humans.”
Investing for Climate Change
Date: Thursday, September 17th, 2020
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Virtual
Join us for a discussion on the science behind climate change, what’s true, and how the private sector can help solve the problem. We’re bringing together leading scientists, investors, and thinkers to address an important topic for generations to come.
6:00 pm
The Science of Climate Change - Professor Horton (Columbia University)
We’ll have opening remarks and jump right into the science behind climate change, what’s on the cutting edge, and where experts might disagree.
6:20 pm
The Future of Our World
We’ll hear from Tony Lent, Emilie Mazzacurati, and Elodie Timmermans on what the future of climate change has in store for us socially, environmentally, politically, and financially.
6:40 pm
Investing and Private Sector Solutions
Jeff Gitterman, Geeta Aiyer, and Bob Litterman will share how to best invest for a new future and the implications for new companies and old ones.
7:30 pm
Until Next Time
We will thank our sponsors, experts, and audience and send you off to make your own impact on our planet!
Event Highlights Video
Impact Climate Video
Meet Our Experts
Jeff Gitterman
Gitterman Wealth Management
Elodie Timmermans
Ernst Young
Tony Lent
Capital For Climate
Geeta Aiyer, CFA
Boston Common Asset Management
Bob Litterman
Goldman Sachs + Kepos Capital
Radley Horton
Professor, Columbia University
Emilie Mazzacurati
Four Twenty Seven
Our Hosts
Michael Kopko
IMPACT
Rekia Foudel
IMPACT
Partner and Supporters
CLIMATE CHANGE INCREASINGLY POSES ONE OF THE BIGGEST
LONG-TERM THREATS TO INVESTMENTS.
Christiana Figueres