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Tiffany Shlain

2019 Speaker

TIFFANY SHLAIN was honored by Newsweekas one of the Women Shaping the 21st Century. She is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, founder of The Webby Awards, and author of 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day A Week. Her work towards gender equality includes created the film 50/50: The 10,000 Year History of Women + Power, 50/50 Day,and award-winning films for Planned Parenthood. Shlain’s films and work have received over eighty awards and distinctions including being selected for the Albert Einstein Foundation Genius: 100 Visions of the Future. NPR names her UCBerkeley address on its list of best commencement speeches, and her films have premiered at top festivals including Sundance. She lectures worldwide on the relationship between technology and humanity. @tiffanyshlain