Responsible Tech
วันที่ 2 พฤษภาคม 2562 (18.30น. – 20.30น.)
สถานที่ WeLearn 2nd Floor, Maneeya Center
We are pleased to invite you to the free event “Responsible Tech” - the inaugural public talk on Digital Technology and Society hosted by the Masters of Social Innovation and Sustainability (MASS) at Thammasat University, School of Global Studies.
Date: May 2, 2019
Time: 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Location: WeLearn at 2nd Floor, Maneeya Center
518/5 Ploenchit Road, Lumpini, Bangkok
Note: The Maneeya Center is next to the Chit Lom BTS. It can be accessed directly from the raised walkway on the left side before the Amarin Plaza.
The speakers include experts from Thammasat, FHI 360, UNICEF and UNESCAP who will explore the need for socially responsible thinking and planning in the design, development and deployment of technological solutions.
Speakers
Daniel McFarlane, PhD Social Bias in Data and Tech Deployment
Josh Woodard (FHI 36O) Mitigating the Harmful Use of Tech
Emma Day (UNICEF) Child Online Protection in the Asia Pacific
Atsuko Okuda (UNESCAP) Digital Inclusion & Development
Daniel McFarlane
Daniel gained his PhD from the Australian National University and is now a lecturer at the School of Global Studies at Thammasat University. His research and teaching focus on the intersection of technology, business mindsets and social change. He is passionate about understanding the relationship between communication technologies and social change. He is currently working on a book about how Cambodia became connected.
Topic: Social Biases in Data and Tech Deployment
Daniel will discuss how social biases become embedded in the data that we use to understand the world and predict the future. He argues that we need to unpack and challenge these biases if we are to create a digitally inclusive and just society.
Josh Woodard (FHI 36O)
Josh has over ten years of experience in the international development space, primarily focused on helping people use digital technology more effectively and appropriately to achieve development outcomes. He is extremely passionate about advocating for the ethical and responsible use of digital technology, particularly as it relates to first generation users of tech in emerging economies.
Topic: Mitigating the Harmful Use of Tech
Josh will talk about why tech developers and organisations using tech (such as NGOs and government agencies) need to be more proactive about identifying and mitigating against harmful uses of tech.
Emma Day
Emma is a human rights lawyer specialising in children’s rights and is currently Senior Child Protection Consultant for UNICEF’s East Asia & Pacific Regional Office. She is inspired, amazed and troubled by the fourth industrial revolution in equal parts.
Topic: Child Online Protection in East Asia and the Pacific
Emma will discuss how can we best protect children as their lives increasingly intertwine with technology? – What should governments do and what should the ICT industry do itself?
Atsuko Okuda
Ms Atsuko Okuda is the Chief of the ICT and Development Section of the ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division (IDD) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in Bangkok, Thailand. In her current assignment, she promotes the development of regional broadband connectivity and inclusive broadband through the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS) initiative.
Topic: Digital Inclusion
Even though technologies are rapidly advancing, half of the people in the world are not fully connected, and the gap is widening rapidly. Atsuko will describe UNESCAP's research and analysis of the gaps in digital connectivity and their proposals for how member countries can address these gaps.
