“The Future of Digital Well-Being” Conference

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We would like to draw your attention to this conference on the future of digital wellbeing.

  • When: on 1st and 2nd of February.
    • Registration deadline: January 31 (see bottom of the page)
  • Where: Hosted at KNAW’s Trippenhuis venue in Amsterdam (Kloveniersburgwal 29, 1011 JV).
    • Day 1 will be in-person only. Day 2 will be livestreamed from 13:00 (keynotes and industry panel only).

The conference is a two-day event on how interdisciplinary insights into digital well-being can improve how we design future online technologies.

Special focus on:

**Sharing academic insights with industry & DWB practitioners**

**Integrating non-Western conceptions of well-being into technology design**

Agenda:

DAY 1: PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP (13:00–17:30, Thursday 1st Feb):

Invited expert discussion of digital well-being with audience participation.

Confirmed experts:

  • Dorian Peters (University of Cambridge, Imperial College London)
  • Christopher Burr (Alan Turing Institute)
  • Asia J. Biega (Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy)
  • Sindy Sumter (University of Amsterdam)
  • Titiksha Vashist (Pranava Institute)
  • Shyam Krishnakumar (Pranava Institute)
  • Laura Moradbakhti (Imperial College London)
  • Susanne Baumgartner (University of Amsterdam)
  • Cynthia Dekker (University of Amsterdam)
  • Gunter Bombaerts (TU/e)
  • Anna Puzio (University of Twente)

DAY 2: CONFERENCE (09:30–18:00, Friday 2nd Feb)

Academic impact workshop (09:30–12:00):

  • ‘Reimagining Digital Well-Being.’
    • Led by Dr. Matthew J. Dennis (TU/e).
  • Invited contributions by Lyanne Uhlhorn (TU/e) & Daan Annemans (Altrüis).

Industry Panel (13:00–14:30):

  • Dr. Johnny Hartz Søraker (AI Ethics, Google)
  • Dr. Anastasia Dedyukhina (CEO of Consciously Digital)
  • Kenneth Schlenker (CEO of Opal)
    • Panel moderated by Iliana Grosse-Buening (Quiet Social Club).

Keynote Sessions:

  • Keynote 1: Prof. Mariek Vanden Abeele (15:00–16:00)
    • Title: ‘Disconnect to Reconnect? The Science Behind Digital Well-being and Digital Disconnection.’
  • – Associate Professor in Digital Culture at Ghent University (https://www.ugent.be/mict/en/team/professors/mariek_vanden_abeele)
  • – Award holder of ERC StG on digital well-being (DISCONNECT: https://www.ugent.be/en/research/explorer/eu-trackrecord/h2020/erc-h2020/disconnect.htm)

 

  • Keynote 2: Prof. Philip Brey (16:15–17:15)
    • Title: ‘The Metaverse & Well-Being.‘
  • – Full Professor in Philosophy & Ethics of Technology at Twente University (https://people.utwente.nl/p.a.e.brey)
  • – Programme Leader of Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (https://www.esdit.nl/)

Networking drinks: KNAW bar (17:15–18:00)

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Registration:

There is limited capacity (50 places), so registration is essential.

To register, please send Kate Raaijmakers (Secretariat.P&E@tue.nl) the following information:

1) Which day(s) you’ll attend the in-person event (KNAW, Amsterdam) in person (Thursday 1st Feb and/or Friday 2nd Feb 2024)?

2) Whether you’ll attend the networking drinks on Friday 2nd Feb 2024.

3) Whether you need online access to the industry panel & online keynote sessions, which will be livestreamed on Friday 2nd Feb 2024.

Thanks to Renate Baumgartner for bringing this to the NI’s attention