Technology And Shifting Power In A Hyper-Connected World
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Session Description
In a hyper-connected world, engagement with technology, new media and social networking creates opportunities and potential setbacks. What are the implications for change in democracies, authoritarian societies and developing countries as the international blogosphere, censorship, and citizen engagement takes on new meaning and shape? What are the implications for global citizenship and the hope of systemic change? What are the innovations and limitations? Join celebrated thought leaders for a visionary and practical discussion on how to leverage this powerful medium in advancing the scope and reach of your work.
Time & Location
Time:
10:45 - 12:15, Thursday, March 26, 2009
BST
Speakers
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, Oxford Mobile Robotics Group
Rohan is an innovator, roboticist and an aspiring social entrepreneur. A Rhodes Scholar from India and IIT Delhi alumnus, he is presently a DPhil candidate at the Oxford Mobile Robotics Group. He has co-invented mobility devices for visually impaired persons and steers an industry-academia-NGO alliance to bring these products to market.
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Fellow, Open Society Foundations
Evgeny Morozov is a fellow at the Open Society Institute in New York and a member of its Information Program board. He is currently at work on a book about the impact of the Internet on global politics.
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Social Entrepreneur, Author of “We-think: the power of mass creativity”
Charles Leadbeater’s “The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur”, was one of the first books in the field when it was published in 1997. His current research focuses on social entrepreneurs around the world who are promoting new approaches to learning outside the school system, often deploying highly networked, peer-to-peer models of organisation. He is Co-Founder of Participle, the public service design agency, a Visiting Fellow at the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts and author of “We-Think: mass innovation, not mass production”.
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Global Curator, TED Conferences Europe
Bruno Giussani is the Global Curator of TED, the organization behind the TED conferences and the popular online TEDTalks (ted.com), and lead organizer of TED's climate initiative, Countdown (countdown.ted.com), which identifies and champions solutions to the climate crisis. Since joining TED in 2005, he has curated hundreds of TEDTalks, including two by HH Pope Francis. Prior to joining TED Giussani was the Head of Online Strategy at the World Economic Forum; a Knight Fellow at the University of Stanford; and an Internet columnist for the New York Times. He has written for numerous media outlets in Switzerland and abroad, co-founded three Internet companies, is Vice-Chairman of the Board of Swiss software house Tinext (tinext.com) and advises a number of companies and non-profits. He lives in Switzerland, where he is also the Chairman of the Geneva International Film Festival on Human Rights (fifdh.org).
