Future Networks

9am – 10am Coffee/Light Breakfast

10am – 11am Keynote talk by Jennifer Rhee: "Not Inevitable: Counternarratives for Other AI Futures"

11:20am – 12:20pm Panel 1: Future Intelligences

• Jennifer Pybus and Pushpi Bagchi: "Imagining Infrastructures of Future Power: A Futures Method Intervention"
• Fenwick McKelvey, Maurice Jones, and Bart Simon: "Culture as Generative AI: Strategies for the Always-Already AI Commoner"
• Julie Yujie Chen, title TBA

12:20pm – 1:30pm Networking Lunch

1:30pm – 2:30pm Panel 2: Future Conflicts

• TBA
• Nate Tkacz: "The Authoritarian Critique of Platforms"
• Tero Karppi: "Interplanetary networks, extraterrestrial politics"
• Elisha Lim, title TBA

2:45pm - 3:30pm Coffee/snacks

• Launch of Future Networks research group
• Initial planning of a special issue and Insight Grant
• Introduction to Signal, website, and email list

9:00am - 10:00am Coffee/Light Breakfast

10:00am – 12:00pm Panel 3: Future Ecologies

• Anne Pasek: "Solar-Powered Social Media"
• Yolanda Zhang: "The Curious Case of Zhongtai: Translating the Farm into a Platform and Its Value Propositions"
• Mél Hogan: "The Carbon Costs of AI Companionship"

12:00pm – 1:00pm Networking Lunch

1:00pm – 3:00pm Panel 4: Future Socialities

• Chanel Robin & Stéphane Couture: "A Digital Future Free from Giants: A Portrait of « Future Networks » in Quebec"
• Robert W. Gehl and Alex Martin: "Building a Covenantal Fediverse in Canada"
• Gordon A Gow: "Networks of Resistance: Fostering Digital Leadership at the Grassroots"

3:00 – 3:30 Coffee/Tea

3:30pm – 4:30 pm Keynote talk by Nick Couldry: "The Space Of The World: How Can We Rebuild It?"

5:00 pm Reception/Dinner (off site)