Future Networks
Tentative Schedule
DAY 1, October 30
Location: 519 Kaneff Tower, VP of Research Suite
9am – 9:45am Coffee/Light Breakfast
10am – 11am Keynote talk by Jennifer Rhee: "Not Inevitable: Counternarratives for Other AI Futures"
11:00 - 11:10 Break
11:10am – 1:00pm Panel 1: Future Intelligences
- Jennifer Pybus and Pushpi Bagchi: "Imagining Infrastructures of Future Power: A Futures Method Intervention"
- Julie Yujie Chen: "Chasing Accuracy: Managerial Contradictions in AI Production"
- Fenwick McKelvey, Maurice Jones, and Bart Simon: "Culture as Generative AI: Strategies for the Always-Already AI Commoner"
1:00pm – 2:00pm Networking Lunch
2:00pm – 4:00pm Panel 2: Future Conflicts
- Nate Tkacz: "The Authoritarian Critique of Platforms"
- Elisha Lim: "What Will Sora Sell Us?"
- Tero Karppi: "Interplanetary networks, extraterrestrial politics"
6:30pm Reception/Dinner (off site)
DAY 2, October 31
Location: 280N York Lanes
9:00am - 10:00am Coffee/Light Breakfast
10:00am – 12:00pm Panel 3: Future Ecologies
- Anne Pasek and Swati Mehta: "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" (cancelled)
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"
- Gordon A Gow: "Networks of Resistance: Fostering Digital Leadership at the Grassroots"
- Alex Martin and Robert W Gehl: "Building a Covenantal Fediverse in Canada"
3:30pm – 4:30 pm Keynote talk by Nick Couldry: "The Space Of The World: How Can We Rebuild It?"