2025 DIGITAL INCLUSION SUMMIT
Event Details
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025
Time: 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Doors open at 9am)
Location: The Women’s Building, 3543 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Light breakfast & lunch provided
Advancing Digital Inclusion Across the Bay Area
Join us for the 2025 Bay Area Digital Inclusion Summit—a full-day gathering for leaders and practitioners dedicated to digital inclusion.
Registration is just $20. With limited seats available, we encourage you to register today to secure your place. If cost is a barrier, please contact us for community tickets.
This event is designed for nonprofit organizations, government agencies, funders, health and workforce partners, and community stakeholders committed to bridging the digital divide. Together, we’ll explore today’s most pressing digital inclusion challenges and opportunities.
EVENT SCHEDULE
Welcome
Keynote Presentation: Patrick Messac, Director, #OaklandUndivided
Panel: The Evolving Role of AI in Government, Nonprofits, and Workforce Development
Jane Gong, Director, San Francisco Department of Emerging Technologies
Lisa Countryman-Quiroz, CEO, JVS - Bay Area
Jim Fruchterman, Founder/CEO, Tech Matters and author of the newly released Technology for Good: How Nonprofit Leaders Are Using Software and Data to Solve Our Most Pressing Social Problems (Sept. 2025).
Facilitator: Jill Finlayson, Managing Director, CITRIS Innovation Hub at UC Berkeley
Lightning Round Presentations
Talk: Digital Equity Today: What’s Happening in CA? Scott Adams, Deputy Director of Broadband and Digital Literacy, CA Dept. of Technology
Panel: Keeping Our $$$ and Our Data Safe: Cybersecurity for Nonprofits and CBOs
Shannon Pierson, Senior Fellow of Public-Interest Cybersecurity, UC Berkeley's Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity
Dan Hernandez, CEO/President, PCS Technology
Nathan Sinclair, Chief Information Security Officer, City and County of San Francisco and Office of Cybersecurity
Madeleine Bair, Founding Director, El Timpano
Lunch
Panel: Funding & Funders: Filling the Gap
Janet Y. Spears, President and Chief Executive Officer, Metta Fund
Cammy Blackstone, Director of External Affairs, AT&T
Shiyama Clunie, Senior Public Affairs Director, Kaiser Permanente
Kat Zigmont, Senior Vice President to Enhance Revenue Diversification, California Emerging Technology Fund
Facilitator: Preston Rhea, Principal, HR&A
Lightning Round Presentations
Breakout Sessions - Select one:
Workshop: AI for Grant Writing & Reporting, Darian Rodgriguez Heyman, Founder/CEO, Helping People Help and author of the newly released AI for Nonprofits: Putting Artificial Intelligence to Work for Your Cause (July 2025).
Panel: Digital Health & Community-based Initiatives
Andrew Broderick, Co-Director, SF Tech Council
Anjana Sharma, Family Physician and Associate Professor, UCSF ACCTiVATE
Rebecca E Flournoy, Director, KP Institute for Healthcare Policy
Discussion: Digital Upskilling & AI in Workforce Development
Closing Panel: Expanding Internet Access & Device Distribution
Ulises Zatarain, Executive Director, Tech Exchange
Alex Youn, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Comcast
Jessica Scadron, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships & Communications, EveryoneOn.org
Facilitator: Josh Butler, CBAN
