Conference workshops and presentations

In order to inspire critical thinking and meaningful change in relation to sociodigital futures, we are engaged in a programme of outreach activities, which include conference workshops and presentations.

International conferences

2023

  • Pykett, J. Data for Impact Series: Promoting Data Ethics and Trust.  Canada School of Public Service, Canada (June 2023)
  • Hauert, S. (Keynote) Swarms for People. Human Robot Interactions, Stockholm (March 2023)
  • Hauert, S. (Keynote) Swarms for People. OOP Munchen (February 2023)

2022

  • Facer, K. (Keynote) Transforming International Education for a Sustainable Future. CANIE Climate Action Week (2022)
  • Facer, K. (Plenary panel speaker) Futures of Higher Education. World Higher Education conference, UNESCO, Barcelona (2022)
  • Pykett, J. (Invited presentation and panel member) Future(s) of GDP. Dubai Future Foundation, Dubai, UAE (October 2022)
  • Pykett, J. Invited meeting with Sustainability Advisor to the Executive Council, Dubai, UAE (October 2022)
  • Hauert, S. (Keynote) Swarms for People. International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Sytems (IROS), Kyoto (22-23 October 2022)
  • Hauert, S. Swarms for People. SAB, Paris (Sept 2022)
  • Hauert, S. (Invited talk) Swarms for People. NASA, JPL (2022)
  • Hauert, S. The role of industry in robotics research. Robotics Debates ICRA, Pennsylvania (May 2022)
  • McQuillan, D. (Keynote) Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist approach to Artificial Intelligence. DOKU-TECH, Kosovo (2022)
  • Pykett, J. The ethical and political-economic aspects of digital emotion sensing in citiesTransient Spaces and Societies research group, University of Innsbruck, Austria (29 Nov 2022)
  • Williamson, B. (Keynote). UNESCO Forum on AI and education (2022)
  • Williamson, B. (Keynote). Council of Europe working conference on the future of artificial intelligence in education (2022)

UK conferences

2023

  • Pykett, J. Opening speeches and panellist for Birmingham Settlement Neighbourhood Futures Festival, Birmingham, UK (June 2023)
  • Facer, K. Future of futures workshop; the next 10 years. School of Advanced Studies, London (2023) 
  • Gutierrez, M. and Halford, S. (with Fahimi, M, Poechhacker, N and Kinder-Kurlander, K) Reframing AI Explainability. BSA conference, UK (April 2023)
  • Watson, D. and May Thomas, L. Moving beyond the ‘VR empathy machine': speculative potentials and pitfalls for immersive technologies in social research BSA 2023 conf presentation_CenSoF_2 (PDF, 1,101kB). BSA conference (April 2023)‌

2022

  • Pykett, J. Educating the imagination through immersive experiences. Institute of Education, London, UK (Dec 2022)
  • Facer, K. (Keynote). Centre for Social Futures, Lancaster Stories4Policy Conference (2022)
  • Hauert, S. (Invited talk) Swarms for People. Robotics Interoperability Workshop, RCA (2022)
  • Parker, M. Asking Bristol (webinar). Social Infrastructure and City Systems, Schumacher Institute (2022)
  • Parker, M. and McQuillan, D. Book launch for McQuillan’s Resisting AI, University of Bristol (17 Nov 2022)
  • Pykett, J. (Keynote) Educating the imagination through immersive experiences. Institute of Education, UCL (13 Dec 2022)

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