John C. Havens

John C. Havens

IEEE Planet Positive 2030 Staff Lead
The IEEE Standards Association

John C. Havens is the Staff Lead of IEEE’s Planet Positive 2030 Initiative, where he also architected and directed IEEE’s largest body of work on AI Ethics since 2016.

He is the author of "Heartificial Intelligence: Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines" (2016) and the creator of Togetherland — a workshop designed to “eradicate the epidemic of isolation, one connection at a time.” John will be speaking and leading Togetherland workshops with Sustainable Brands in 2024 in Minneapolis and San Diego.

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In Verification Veritas
In Verification Veritas
Published on August 6, 2026
Runtime: 15:07

How do we know the documents, language and facts being utilized by Generative AI systems are "true?" What does it mean to verify in an age where hallucinations, sycophancy, and access to human data for LLM training have become the norm? By reframing... View More

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AI and Sustainability Assessing Both the Environmental Footprint and the Potential for Positive Impact
AI and Sustainability Assessing Both the Environmental Footprint and the Potential for Positive Impact
Published on June 8, 2026
Runtime: 1:33:09

This session will provide a comprehensive overview of the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and sustainability, in two parts. Part 1 will focus on measuring the environmental impact of deploying generative AI and agentic AI, while Par... View More

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Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability
Relationality in AI: The Missing Link for Regenerative Sustainability
Relationality in AI: The Missing Link for Regenerative Sustainability
Published on February 20, 2024
About a 7 minute read

Regenerative sustainability provides a pragmatic foundation to demonstrate caregiving and relationality to people and planet. It shouldn’t be a ‘battle against climate change;’ it should be a ‘relationship we’re working to heal.’ ... View More

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Organizational GovernanceOrganizational Governance
The Irony of Happiness at Work in the Age of Automation
The Irony of Happiness at Work in the Age of Automation
Published on May 20, 2015
About a 6 minute read

After my book, Hacking Happiness, was released last year, a lot of people got in touch wondering how they could help their employees get happier at work. My book focuses on how people should take a measure of their lives, utilizing emerging technolog... View More

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New Metrics
From Invisible to Impact: Value in the Personal Data Economy
From Invisible to Impact: Value in the Personal Data Economy
Published on August 14, 2013
About a 7 minute read

There’s been a lot of talk about the power of Big Data in our modern digital economy. But tech experts will be the first to tell you “Big Data” is a marketing term, not a magic bullet. While it’s important to know how to best aggregate and ma... View More

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Circular Economy
What Internet Citizens Should Know About the Personal Data Economy
What Internet Citizens Should Know About the Personal Data Economy
Published on July 17, 2013
About a 7 minute read

John C. Havens is founder of the H(app)athon Project, a contributing writer for Mashable, and author of the upcoming book, Hacking Happiness. At Sustainable Brands ’13 last month, he spoke on the main stage about “Unleashing the Personal Data Eco... View More

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