<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Rebooting Smart Cities for Social Justice & Digital Inclusion</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">**** Also broadcast live on #Periscope go to @MediaAtSydney ****</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Date: Friday, 5 May 2017</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Time: 2:30pm - 5:00pm</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Venue: MECO Seminar Room S226, John Woolley Building (A20)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Register Free Event - online via Eventbrite</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/rebooting-smart-cities-for-social-justice-digital-inclusion-tickets-33692994654" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/rebooting-smart-cities-for-social-justice-digital-inclusion-tickets-33692994654</a><br style="color:rgb(51,51,153)"></font></p><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">About the event:</font></div><div>
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<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Visions of the ‘smart city’ and ‘internet of things (IOT)’ drive an acceleration of the incorporation of digital
technologies into the urban environment, directing the aims and agendas of government and large
corporations at various levels in many cities around the world. Conspicuously absent in many templates for
smart cities are the key issues of social justice, digital inclusion, and sustainability, for a range of people
who live in cities. There is also little recognition in smart city discussions that vast numbers of everyday
urban interactions and processes are already heavily mediated and managed, producing new forms and
uses of data, urban experiences and social and digital inequalities. In this interactive workshop, we discuss
how to reimagine and reshape the smart city agenda – and other digital city visions – for fairer,
democratic futures, and better city life for all. A panel of experts from across research, planning, local
government, and technology sectors will explore issues and map out priorities with attendees, such as new
access barriers to sensors, platforms and infrastructures, dataveillance and profiling, differential
mobilities, data exclusion, super-connected vs un/under-connected zones, digital labour and rights to the
digital city.</font></p><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:700">Panellists</span>: <span style="font-weight:700">Kurt Iveson, </span>Associate Professor of Urban Geography in the School of Geosciences, University
of Sydney; <span style="font-weight:700">Marcus Foth, </span>Director of the QUT Design Lab, founder of the Urban Informatics Research Lab,
and Professor in Interactive & Visual Design, School of Design, Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland
University of Technology; <span style="font-weight:700">Pauline McGuirk, </span>Professor of Human Geography, University of Wollongong;
<span style="font-weight:700">Robyn Dowling, </span>Associate Dean Research and Professor of Urbanism in the Sydney School of
Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney; <span style="font-weight:700">Nathaniel Bavinton, </span>Smart City Coordinator at
the City of Newcastle; <span style="font-weight:700">Jamie Cauchi, </span>leads the Victorian Government’s Connected Cities and Public Wi-Fi
program; <span style="font-weight:700">Sarah Barns, </span>Research Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney
University and Smart City advisor. <br></font></p><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The event will be followed by drinks and nibblies.</font></p><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Event run by <b>Dr Justine Humphry</b> and <b>Professor Gerard Goggin</b></font></p><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">More information: Dr Justine Humphry, <a href="mailto:justine.humphry@sydney.edu.au">justine.humphry@sydney.edu.au</a> or Dr Penny O’Donnell, <font color="#000000"><a href="mailto:penny.odonnell@sydney.edu.au">penny.odonnell@sydney.edu.au</a></font></font><br></p>
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