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Civic Tech Design Initiative Kickoff Symposium: Designing civic tech for strengthening democracy and the role of Academia

October 11, 2024

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Type Symposium
Intended for General public
Date(s) November 1, 2024 13:00 — 17:00
Location Other campuses/off-campus
Venue UDX Next-1, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan (Akihabara UDX 4-14-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021)
Entrance Fee No charge
Registration Method Advance registration required

Please apply below:
https://ctdi-kickoff-symposium.peatix.com/

Registration Period October 7, 2024 — October 31, 2024
Contact dss-office[at]csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Civic Tech Design Initiative Kickoff Symposium: Designing civic tech for strengthening democracy and the role of Academia

The Civic Tech Design Initiative at the University of Tokyo organizes a kickoff event to explore the development, opportunities, and challenges of civic tech for democracy. The event brings together various stakeholders, including practitioners, policymakers, representatives from the public and private sectors, and academia. The event looks at current and past efforts in the fields and aims to discuss future strategies for collaborative approaches to encourage civic engagement through civic tech.

Website and Registration: https://dss.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/event/20241101/
 
  1. Date: 1 pm – 5 pm November 1, 2024
  2. Location: UDX Next-1, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan (https://udx.jp/en/floor-guide/) Akihabara UDX 4-14-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021
  3. Organizers: Civic Tech Design Initiative, The University of Tokyo
  4. Sponsor Companies: TIS Inc., PACIFIC CONSULTANTS CO., LTD., PwC Consulting LLC, Association for Promotion of Infrastructure Geospatial Information Distribution (AIGID)
  5. Registration: https://ctdi-kickoff-symposium.peatix.com/
  6. Program
Moderators: Andrea Hamm (Weizenbaum Institute, UTokyo) and Asaki Fujino (UTokyo)
 
13:00 Opening Remark and Introductory to the Initiative
Yoshihide Sekimoto (CTDI, UTokyo)
13:15  Opening Remark Speech
Nobuhito Saito (Executive Vice President of UTokyo)
13:20 Speeches by the sponsor companies
TIS Inc.,
PACIFIC CONSULTANTS CO., LTD.,
PwC Consulting LLC,
Association for Promotion of Infrastructure Geospatial Information Distribution
13:35 Invited Talk “Design Unbound – Expanding the Frontiers of Design”
Miles PENNINGTON (UTokyo)
13:55 Invited Talk “We are not alone: Exploring the world of civic tech”
Matt Stempeck (founder of Civic Tech Field Guide)
14:15 Invited Talk “Civic Tech: Harnessing the Potential of Technology for Better Governance”
António Tavares (UNU-EGOV)
14:35 Coffee Break
14:55 Invited Talk “Co-creating conditions to advance democratic practices in digital societies: lessons from digital civics and a network project in the UK”
Clara Crivellaro (Open Lab, New Castle University, UK)
15:15 Invited Talk “Progress and Challenges of Civic Tech in Japan”
  Hal Seki (Code for Japan)
15:35 Invited Talk “Citizen Science Driven AI for Environmental Protection”
Stefan Ullrich (Civic Tech Lab for Green ZUG, Germany)
15:55 Panel Discussion
(All invited speakers and CTDI Core members)
16:55 Closing Remark
Yuya Shibuya (CTDI, UTokyo)

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