Is Digital Inclusion binary and really for all? Can we handle two truths?

Is Digital Inclusion binary and really for all? Can we handle two truths?

Digital inclusion isn’t binary. While we aim to leave no one behind, we must also plan for those who cannot or choose not to be online.

By BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Date and time

Location

Online

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour

SPEAKERS

Professor Garry E Hunt OBE, Liveryman of the WCIT

Eric Kihlstrom, CEO of Open Ageing

Rosey Woodhead, Liveryman of the WCIT

AGENDA

Start Time: 5pm

End Time: 6pm

SYNOPSIS

The BCS aims to address the digital divide by “Leaving no one digitally behind”.

While it is a great purpose, this narrative doesn’t reflect the full picture. Some individuals cannot, or choose not to, engage with digital technologies due to disability, circumstance, or personal preference.

The WCIT champions this reality that the tech sector and society must not ignore. This webinar explores the dual realities of digital inclusion: expanding access and skills while also designing respectful, sustainable alternatives for those left outside the digital sphere. Inclusion isn’t binary, and neither are the solutions.

Join us as we unpack what true inclusivity looks like in a digital-first world and how services, policies, and communities can respond more holistically to truly leave no one behind.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

tbc

Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.

BCS is a membership organisation. If you enjoy this event, please consider joining BCS. You’ll be very welcome. You’ll receive access to many exclusive career development tools, an introduction to a thriving professional community and also help us Make IT Good For Society. Join BCS today: https://www.bcs.org/membership/events.

THIS EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

Digital Divide specialist group

https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/digital-divide-specialist-group/

supported by

BCS Hampshire

https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/hampshire-branch

Dorset Branch

https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/dorset-branch/

Worshipful Company of Information Technologists

https://wcit.org.uk/

Tags

Organised by

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

We are all responsible for ensuring technology-led change is safe and positive for everyone in society. At BCS we’re committed to meeting this responsibility under royal charter.

That’s why we set the highest standards of professionalism and best practice in the industry, share knowledge, and develop skills and capability tuned to our evolving digital world.

We’ve been supporting the technology industry since 1957 and our 67,000-strong membership spans 150 countries. Every member actively promotes IT professionalism and we provide them with career development opportunities and bring the community together to address the professional, ethical and economic challenges facing technology today.

Free