Seizing the Means of Computation with Cory Doctorow
Online EdinburghCory Doctorow will be in conversation about his book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation.
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The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas
The Stand Comedy Club 5 York Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomHosted by comedian Susan Morrison, and now in its eleventh year, CODI is ninety minutes of rapid-fire research from some of the finest minds in the country.
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Black History Month: Leaning into the Meta-Physics of Liberation
Inspace 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United KingdomThis Black History Month event will take on a long-discussed topic in the Black and Afrocentric movements across the world: the challenged idea and risks of leadership.
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Edinburgh Reforms: regulatory frameworks for driving growth and competitiveness
Auditorium, Business School, The University of Edinburgh 29 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United KingdomThis lecture will cover the regulatory issues emanating from the implementation of the UK government’s vision for an internationally competitive and innovative financial services sector in the UK.
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Defiant Lives: The History of the Disability Rights Movement
Online EdinburghA prerecorded conversation about the Disability Rights Movement with the makers of the film Defiant Lives.
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Utopia Lab: Futures Dreaming
Project Room (1.06), 50 George Square 50 George Square, Newington, Edinburgh, United KingdomIn this session invited speakers will present visions of their Utopia, which we will respond to by creating our own artistic, thoughtful and creative mini-Utopias.
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Making Space: Creating a Culture of Listening in Healthcare
Inspace 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United KingdomHybrid EventA panel event about the importance of creating spaces for listening in healthcare.
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Digital Justice & Policing 2023
University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre 99 George Street, GlasgowDigital Justice & Policing is the largest gathering for digital justice practitioners in Scotland
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Dr Runa Mackay Legacy Lecture | Compassion And Justice: Conversations For Wellbeing Economy
Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh Mound Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomDr Runa Mackay Legacy Lecture with Edinburgh Futures Institute's writer-at-large, Dr Katherine Trebeck.
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New Real Salon: “We Speak For…”
Inspace 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United KingdomIn this event, The New Real's Creative Agent, Caroline Sinders, convenes a group of practitioners who work on and with AI. Together they will explore future landscapes for creative AI and what co-creation between AI and artists will look like in the future.
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Speculative Futures Central Scotland #1— Finn Strivens and Eva Oosterlaken
Online EdinburghSpeculative Futures Central Scotland hosts a conversation on participatory futures with Futurall, a research and design studio building hope, agency and action towards more equitable futures.
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Building a Global Movement for Self-Managed Abortion
Online EdinburghVirtual EventJoin us to discuss the women building a robust transnational feminist network, the tactics developed in the global south which are now being shared with feminists in Europe and North America, and building a new model for international feminist solidarity.
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Emotions at Work with Gabriella Braun
Online EdinburghVirtual EventJoin us to discuss the human dynamics of the workplace, how to better understand our own inner theatre, and how this knowledge can create better managers and leaders.
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Technomoral Conversations: The Geopolitics of AI
Inspace 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United KingdomAs AI's influence grows, navigating its geopolitics becomes increasingly crucial for shaping the future of nations and their global relationships.
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Digital Scotland 2023
Edinburgh International Conference Centre 150 Morrison St, EdinburghDigitalScotland is the largest annual gathering of public sector technology professionals.
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Conservation and heritage buildings archetype & low-carbon heating approach
Edinburgh Climate Change Institute High School Yards, EdinburghThis workshop will address the complexities, challenges and future scenarios facing the retrofitting and energy efficiency of existing buildings.
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UK FinTech Symposium 2023
OX Edinburgh Natwest Gogarburn, 175 Glasgow Road, EdinburghThe UK FinTech Symposium is the annual conference for the FinTech National Network and is the gathering place for FinTech leaders to collaborate, cooperate and develop new market opportunities.
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Governing the AI Business Model: Platforms All the Way Down?
West Court, Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place, EdinburghJoin the Centre for Technomoral Futures for their Flagship Lecture, where delegates will hear from Dr Michael Veale on Governing the AI Business Model: Platforms All the Way Down?
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CDCS Annual Lecture 2023
West Court, Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place, EdinburghThe fourth CDCS Annual Lecture How to See What’s Missing presented by Mary Flanagan.
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Recycling a Hospital with Edinburgh Future’s Institute
National Library of Scotland EdinburghCreativeMornings Edinburgh invites you to join a conversation with the team behind the Recycling A Hospital project at Edinburgh Futures Institute.
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Project Deep Dive: Justin Chun-ting Ho
Online EdinburghJoin the Centre for Data, Culture and Society for their first Project Deep Dive of the semester ‘Image and Text Analysis using Multi-modal Embeddings’ presented by Justin Chun-ting Ho.
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Quantification of Labour: from the factory to the gig economy
Newhaven Lecture Theatre 13-15 College Street, EdinburghThe use of science and technology to optimise the output of workers for the profit of business is not a new phenomenon. For this session we welcome two sociologists who work on the quantification of the body and worker, Dr Mark Patterson, and Dr Karen Gregory. Dr Patterson will explore the history of measurement of the ... Read more
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Climate Extremes and Decision-making: it’s all about the models
Newhaven Lecture Theatre 13-15 College Street, EdinburghPrediction of the impacts of climate change is one of the most urgent challenges facing humanity, crucial tools that will support policy, business and civil society in planning mitigations - everything from the pricing of insurance to building community resilience and the speed of decarbonisation. Just as in the work done to demonstrate human impacts ... Read more
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Music, Copyright & Generative AI: Social, Ontological & Legal Perspectives
Inspace 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United KingdomJoin MusAI and The New Real to delve into the intriguing intersection of artificial intelligence and music copyright.
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AI Safety and AI Ethics: bridging cultures of existential and social risk
Newhaven Lecture Theatre 13-15 College Street, Edinburgh2023 was undoubtedly the year of 'AI' - when we were all amazed by the capabilities of ChatGTP and image generators, and stories of existential risks filled the media. This narrative seemed to be pushed by the very people who had invested most in developing Large Language Models, and were interlinked with the ideology of ... Read more
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Protecting the State, Protecting our Homes: governing and designing cybersecurity
Newhaven Lecture Theatre 13-15 College Street, EdinburghAs our society has become increasingly dependent on information infrastructures that reach into our pockets, homes and workplaces, we have become increasing vulnerable to attacks on and through these systems. How can we improve legal, technical and human dimensions of design and use to ensure future protection and resilience?
