LEEDS 2023 Tech for the Public Good Roundtables

LEEDS 2023 is bringing together artists, academics, researchers, activists, and organisations for a series of roundtable conversations about some of the world’s biggest issues.

The roundtables are intended to inspire creatives and to add to the conversation about the role of culture and technology. Part of tech for the Public Good. Recorded live, these conversations will be also available as a podcast.

November 10th - Mental Health Roundtable

November 17th - Women's Rights Roundtable

November 24th - Climate Change Roundtable

You can submit your questions to the panel when booking your ticket and you can book to watch live or be sent the podcast.

Speakers:

Mental Health Roundtable:

• Dr Siobhan Hugh-Jones from the University of Leeds
• Jonny Benjamin MBE, Mental Health Campaigner
• Kate Goldring, Business Development Director at Leeds Mind

Women's Rights Roundtable:

• Dr Hannah Barham-Brown, Deputy Leader of the Women’s Equality Party
• Dr Lata Narayanaswamy, Associate Professor in the Politics of Global Development at the University of Leeds
• Jessica Atkins Inclusion Advisor at Business in the Community

Climate Change Roundtable:

• Dr Alice Owen, Professor in the School of Earth & Environment department at the University of Leeds
• Lucy Brooks, Leadership Fellow in Climate Change and Anaesthesia
• Elizabeth Edgington, Environment Adviser at Business in the Community

About Tech for the Public Good:

LEEDS 2023 is bringing together creatives from around the world for a series of arts, heritage and cultural workshops and roundtables for Tech for the Public Good, an online residency programme. We will work together to improve the understanding of cultures role in transforming lives. Our participants will prototype answers to some of societies big questions through creativity and technology.

By boosting digital skills and developing creative talent we will collaborate on a prototype of an artwork for a solution that will be open source, freely available and distributed. This unique project will help increase knowledge and understanding of the climate crisis and work sustainably to support Leeds’s ambition to be carbon neutral by 2030.

About LEEDS 2023:

LEEDS 2023 will be a landmark year of culture for Leeds and the wider region. Starting on 1st January 2023, it will be an extraordinary, year-long programme of creative experiences. Co-created with local, national and international artists, LEEDS 2023 will be for Leeds, with Leeds and inspired by Leeds.

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