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A Forum for Technology Justice: Making technology work for people & planet

by Practical Action

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Date and time

Thu, 10 Mar 2016, 12:30 –

Fri, 11 Mar 2016, 14:00 GMT

Location

Centre for Carbon Innovation

High School Yards

Edinburgh

EH1 1LZ

United Kingdom

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Thank you for registering! We will be in touch shortly with further details of the event. Meanwhile, check out our existing resources on Technology Justice, and our Technology Justice LinkedIn group: http://policy.practicalaction.org/policy-themes/technology-justice https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2428887 ACCOMMODATION You can take advantage of special earlybird discount rates at our partner hotel, Motel1, conveniently located close to Edinburgh Waverley rail station and the event venue. http://www.motel-one.com/en/hotels/edinburgh/hotel-edinburgh-royal/ To book the preferred rates, please email reservations supervisor Isabella Izsak on res.edinburgh-royal@motel-one.com, quoting keyword 'Technology Justice'. Rates: £69.00 per night single occupancy. This rate is guaranteed until 27 January.

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Shape the future of technology and innovation

Rub shoulders with leaders in business, development, government and research, and collaboratively workshop to explore new pathways towards pro-poor innovation, equitable tech access and sustainable use of technologies.

We want you to help us forge pioneering new partnerships for change and set the world on course towards a new paradigm of sustainable and equitable technology development.

Check out the full programme here: http://cdn1.practicalaction.org/docs/forum-for-technology-justice-programme.pdf

New perspectives

Hear from leading advocates of open, accessible and sustainable technology, who are disrupting technology innovation systems for social good. 6 inspiring talks will spark debate and activity on the following themes:

Open Technology

Can the open source movement revolutionise technology access?
Who really owns the technology you buy?
Can open technology catalyse new repair value chains and foster further innovation?

Disrupting Innovation

Can we disrupt innovation systems so they respond to global needs?
Can governments intervene in the innovation Valley of Death?
Can innovation lead to disruption that benefits poor people?

The Circular Economy

What does it take to make technology use environmentally and socially sustainable?
Why do businesses still pursue linear take-use-waste models?
Can poor people benefit from circular economies?

Inspiring speakers:

Chi Onwurah MP, Shadow Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy, and Chair of the Africa All Party Parliamentary Group [TBC]

Matthias Huisken, Director of iFixit Europe

Ken Banks, founder of kiwanja.net, creator of FrontlineSMS, a Tech Awards Laureate and Ashoka Fellow

Fiona Reid, Director of the UK Collaborative for Development Sciences, previously Director for the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Saïd Business School

Simon Trace CBE, Author “Rethink, retool, reboot: technology as if people and planet mattered” (forthcoming), and former CEO of Practical Action