Living in Between: Digital Technology and Pandemic
Social & Digital Change Symposium
The Social and Digital Change Symposium 'Living in Between: Digital Technology and the COVID-19 Pandemic' will take place on Friday 10 September 2021. This informal symposium offers an opportunity for PGRs and Early Career Researchers to present and discuss their research in a friendly, supportive and multidisciplinary setting.
Topic
The symposium will focus on the biggest social and digital change we’ve lived through to date: the COVID-19 pandemic. New and repurposed digital technologies have resulted in a proliferation of the internet of things (IoT), with new challenges for big data analytics, artificial intelligence, blockchain technologies and many more. Throughout the pandemic, there have been questions surrounding the inequalities perpetuated by new technologies, and resistance to them. But this social and digital change has also created many positive effects: improved sustainability, environmentally friendliness, and accessibility.
Programme
The symposium will take place between 9:45am and 5pm. There will be a keynote speech and four panel sessions. The Social & Digital Change Symposium Programme has full details of the sessions and speakers.
Keynote Speech - Professor Bridgette Wessels
Registration
The symposium is free to attend. Please register in advance.