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Tuesday
13:00-14:30
Hinterlands Theatre

Taking on the Tech Giants
New Economics Foundation

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Big tech companies are growing more powerful everyday, but the fightback against them is happening at many different levels: people working within tech firms are agitating for change, cities are pushing to take back control of their digital infrastructure and people who work for platforms and unions are building power and creating lasting change. It shouldn’t just be experts and entrepreneurs that shape the future of technology - the voice of workers, renters, service users, whose lives and livelihoods will be shaped by these technologies, should be an important part of the discussion. Come and hear more in this session!


Press coverage
Write-ups and recordings

coverage
dellsystem.me
Taking on the Tech Giants by Wendy Liu. Wendy's opening remarks + questions + recommended reading (2018-11-23)



Speakers

Wendy Liu
Writer // New Socialist

Economics co-editor at New Socialist

Jason Prado
Activist // Tech Workers Coalition

Software engineer and labour organiser

Duncan McCann
Researcher // New Economics Foundation

Duncan is a researcher at the New Economics Foundation.

Emma Back
Equal Care Co-op

Lydia Hughes

Lydia is an editor at Notes From Below.