Public Spaces, Private Data: can we build a better internet?
The internet has enormous potential to be a force for public good, with many initiatives working to create an open, inclusive and trustworthy network. PublicSpaces.net and BBC Research & Development have worked together to organise this one day conference at MozFest House during Mozilla Foundation’s week-long open internet festival.
It will explore ways in which we could make a new internet that strengthens the public domain and deliver public value online, in line with PublicSpaces commitment to providing an ecosystem of alternative digital tools that serve the common interest and does not seek profit.
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Timetable
0900 - 0930 : Register
0930 - 1015 : Opening keynote
- Rachel Coldicutt - Doteveryone - CEO of Doteveryone
1020 - 1130 : Session One - Public-Controlled Data (with BBC R&D)
- Rhianne Jones - BBC R&D - Research Lead at BBC R&D
Jeni Tennison - ODI - CEO of the Open Data Institute (ODI)
Katja Bego - NESTA - Principal Researcher and data scientist at NESTA
1130 - 1150 : Break
1150 - 1300 : Session Two - Equal Access for Everyone (with BBC R&D)
- Bill Thompson - BBC R&D - Principal Research Engineer at BBC R&D
Laura Ellis - BBC - BBC Head of Technology Forecasting
Isobel Hunter - Libraries Connected - Chief Executive at Libraries Connected
1300 - 1400 : Lunch
1400 - 1510 : Session Three - A Healthy Digital Public Sphere (with Mozilla)
- Solana Larsen - Mozilla Foundation - Editor of Mozilla’s Internet Health Report
Miles Metcalfe - Campaigner and activist
Tim Cowlishaw - BBC R&D - Project Technologist and Senior Software engineer at BBC R&D
1510 - 1530 : Break
1530 - 1640 : Session Four - Public Service Networking (with PublicSpaces.net)
- Paulien Dresscher - Publicspaces & NFF - Independent curator, researcher, writer and educator
Ira Bolychevsky - Redecentralize - Data consultant, digital strategist and Director of Redecentralize
Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino - Designswam - Internet of things author, consultant, public speaker and entrepreneur
1640 - 1700 : Wrap up
1700 - 1800 : “Parking lot” discussion (optional unconference)
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