What is the Future of Trusted Communications?
🤔 AI agents, digital twins, robocalls, hallucinations?
Amidst a rapidly evolving information environment, what is the future of trust in online communications? How do people trust who they are talking to, the content they are sharing, and the technologies they rely on?
Join Germ Network’s cofounders and Advisory Board—stacked with experts in messaging security, national policy, and trust & safety systems—for a conversation on cutting-edge developments across these fields, and learn how Germ is building for this future. We plan to share for 30-40 minutes and save the remainder of the hour for Q&A.
We’re celebrating the launch of our 2.0, the culmination of our 1:1 messenger beta. We’re excited to meet you, share insights from our team, and hear what you are working on as well!
🎙 Featuring:
💡 Our cofounders—
Tessa Brown, PhD, Germ’s CEO - Former Stanford lecturer in writing and communication, expert in social media, mass culture, and tech ethics
Mark Xue, Germ’s CTO - Software developer and former Apple privacy engineer for iMessage, FaceTime, and all of Apple’s end-to-end encrypted products
☎️ Our Advisory Board—
Richard Barnes (Technical Advisor) - Cisco distinguished engineer, co-author of standards HPKE and MLS
Nick Sullivan (Technical Advisor) - Cryptographer, founded Cloudflare Research, co-chair of MLS and TLS contributor
Ilyse Hogue (Strategic Advisor) - Progressive strategist and former president of NARAL Pro-Choice America
Riana Pfefferkorn, JD - E2EE policy researcher at the Stanford Internet Observatory
Tom Siegel - CEO and Co-founder of Trust Lab, formerly Google’s first VP of Trust & Safety
Jon Fernandez - COO of Yale Investments Office, former VMWare and Bridgewater operations executive
(Not joining us: Micah Schaffer - Trust and Safety expert and first T&S leader at Snap and YouTube)
🔑 Germ Network is building communication tools that let you share what you want to, when you need to—starting with our end-to-end encrypted messenger Germ DM. Learn more about us at germnetwork.com and please join us at one of our June events celebrating the launch of our 2.0 messenger.