[Commlist] Call-for-Contributions: critical infrastructure lab launch event

*Executive summary / TL;DR*
- The critical infrastructure lab launches on April 13-14, 2023 at the 
University of
Amsterdam
- Send in your session proposals for interactive workshops on April 13th 
(the lab day)
- Send in your extended abstracts (academics) or position statements 
(practitioners)
for the panel sessions on April 14th (the research day)
- Send submissions to (submission /at/ criticalinfralab.net) by March 1st 
(750-1000 words)

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Communications infrastructures constitute the invisible scaffolding of 
social life.
Largely concealed to their end-users, they are becoming the main stage 
where local and
global economic, social, environmental, and geopolitical conflicts are 
played out. Once
established,  infrastructures shape societies for decades to come.

On the *13th and 14th of April we will launch the critical 
infrastructure lab* to
discuss and develop visions of how communication infrastructures can 
serve the public
interest -- and we want to do that with you!

Work in the critical infrastructure lab will focus on the development of new
infrastructural futures that center people and planet over profit and 
capital. Hosted
at the University of Amsterdam and led by Fieke Jansen, Niels ten Oever, 
and Maxigas,
the lab will bring together activists, advocates, scholars, 
policymakers, and industry
actors. Three analytical lenses of standards, geopolitics and 
environment will be
applied to built an evidence base, investigate and develop 
infrastructural imaginaries,
and create actionable research for infrastructures that serve the public 
interest.

*About the launch event*
The two-day event at the University of Amsterdam will take place on the 
13th and 14th
of April. It will be a mix of keynote speakers, hands-on workshops, 
infrastructure
walks, and panel discussions. Both days will be in person, but day 1 
will be streamed.
For both days, we invite session proposals from activists, advocates, 
scholars,
policymakers, and industry.

Day zero, 13th of April, will be a hands-on lab day. It will offer space for
interactive sessions on geopolitics, environment, and standards. We 
invite proposals
for sessions of 2.5 hours.  For instance, workshops, infrastructure 
walks, policy
challenges, simulations, etc. Pretty much everything that is _not_ a 
panel or paper
presentation.

Day one, 14th of April, will have a more academic structure. It will 
kick off with
three keynote presentations followed by panel sessions. The keynote 
speakers - Ksennia
Ermoshina, Svitlana Matviyenko, and Yu Hong - will inspire and challenge 
us. The
keynotes are followed by Corinne Cath, who will present her research on 
exclusionary
cultures of internet governance.

The afternoon will be dedicated to simultaneous panel sessions in the 
areas of
infrastructure and geopolitics, infrastructure and environment, and 
infrastructure and
standards. Academics can submit an extended abstract (research question,
theory/literature, method, data, preliminary findings) and practitioners 
can submit a
position statement. These contributions should be between 750 and 1000 
words.

*Want to submit*
Do you have an idea you want to workshop, a discussion you want to host, 
or some
research that you want to present?

State clearly in an email:

    - your name and affiliation,
    - whether you are submitting for day zero or day one,
    - the research area (infrastructure and geopolitics, infrastructure and
environment, or infrastructure and standards)
    - include an abstract, position statement or a blurb for an 
interactive session!

Send your submission to (submission /at/ criticalinfralab.net) by March 1st.

The lab and its research is supported by the Ford Foundation, the 
Internet Society
Foundation, and Omidyar Network.

https://www.criticalinfralab.net/

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