[Commlist] Data Futures Symposium @ UNSW

*DATA FUTURES - AoIR preconference**Symposium*

University of New South Wales (UNSW) Kensington campus, Sydney, Australia

9 am - 5pm, Monday 30 September, 2019

Convened by the Media Futures Hub in the School of Arts and Media, UNSW 
and the SocioTech Futures Lab (STuF) in the School of Language, Arts and 
Media at the University of Sydney

*Location:*Easy access to Sydney’s world famous landmarks, beaches and 
international airport, including Bondi Beach, Sydney Opera House and 
Sydney Harbour.

Datafication, automation and algorithmic expansion make media and 
cultural studies increasingly vital to both understanding emerging 
problems and imagining alternative futures. This full-day pre-conference 
explores the challenges provoked by AI, data mining, ubiquitous 
surveillance, drone technologies, data-driven decision-making, smart 
cities and digital capitalism, and identifies potentials for more just 
data futures. A series of panels and roundtables will address topics 
including data infrastructures, data experiences and data justice.

*Keynote speaker:*Mark Andrejevic (Monash University)

*Panellists:*

Data infrastructures - Jonathon Hutchison, Venessa Paech, Michael 
Richardson, Tom Sear

Data experiences – Olga Boichak, Paul Dourish, Edgar Gómez Cruz, Heather 
Horst, Jolynna Sinanan

Data justice - Tanja Dreher, Heather Ford, Justine Humphry, Danielle 
Hynes, plus further speakers tbc

*Convenors: *

UNSW - Tanja Dreher, Heather Ford, Edgar Gómez Cruz, Michael Richardson,

University of Sydney - Heather Horst, Justine Humphry, Jonathon 
Hutchison, Jolynna Sinanan

To register, please click here: 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-futures-aoir-pre-conference-tickets-61765627655

For further details please email (datafutures /at/ unsw.edu.au) 
<mailto:(datafutures /at/ unsw.edu.au)>

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