What are you doing about it? Activism, Hacktivism or Slacktivism?

At next month’s event we look at how tech has impacted political and social movements in the recent years: from social media algorithmic “bubbles” leading to mass political polarisation; to democratising tech and knowledge for grassroots social empowerment.

Join us on Wednesday the 29th of May to hear from those working in and experiencing the impact of Digital Activism.

SPEAKERS
Eriol Fox
@erioldoesdesign

Eriol is a product & UX designer working at Ushahidi, a humanitarian, non-profit technology organisation, developing open-source, digital tools to help people with better democratic process, human rights issues, natural and human-made disasters.

Eriol is a non-binary person who uses they/them pronouns.

Eriol will talk about the challenging situation between providing open source digital services for activists globally while striving to maintain a healthy, non-profit tech organisation. All the while, being an activist themselves.

Tom Redshaw
Tom is Lecturer in Digital Society at the University of Salford, where he is set to run a new Masters course, 'MSc Digital Society'. Having completed his PhD thesis on the social construction of blockchain technology in 2018 at the University of Manchester, Tom taught at Loughborough before taking on his current role. His latest writing includes an upcoming article 'What is Digital Society?' and a book which revisits the case studies of his thesis.

Dave Carter is a digital activist for more than 30 years. Currently Honorary Knowledge Exchange Fellow in Planning and Environmental Management at the University of Manchester and co-leads the smart cities research strand of the Manchester Urban Institute. Previously Head of the Manchester Digital Development Agency, Manchester City Council, from 2004 to 2014 and prior to that Head of Economic Development for the city. One of the founder members of the Manchester Host Computer Information and Communications project in 1991. Founder member of the Telecities network set up in 1993 and the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) set up in 2006. Involved in European Future Internet and Smart Cities projects over the past 25 years and a big science fiction fan. Chair of Manchester Digital Lab (MadLab) and the Manchester Digital Music Archive. Lifelong member of the Transport & General Workers Union/Unite.

TIMINGS
6:30 Arrival for food, drinks and networking

• We have alcohol, non alcohol, vegetarian and vegan. Feel free to bring your own!
• If you don't fancy networking, the venue has plenty of space for you to sit and chill.
  7:00 Speaking stuff starts.
  8:15 speaking stuff ends. Time for more drinks, food and networking
  9:00ish - event close

LIGHTNING TALKS
We'll also have space for brief "lightning" talks on the night, where anyone will have a chance to speak for up to 3 minutes on something that helps more people do good with tech.

PARTNERS
We are proud to be sponsored by The Federation, Co-op Foundation and Luminate Group

http://www.thefederation.coop/

OTHER STUFF
You can follow us on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/techforgoodlive #tfgl

Please keep your RSVP up to date as we often have high demand, but a fair few no-shows on the night.

See you there!