Meet our speakers in Madrid 23-28 May

Democratic Cities – Commons technology and the right to a democratic city taking place from the 23–28 May in Madrid, will gather together +400 participants to discuss network democracy, new forms of citizen participation, digital tools for democratic participation, and urban commons for democratic cities. The International Conference (27-28 May, Museo Reina Sofia) will conclude the week’s activities, and is the final event of the D-CENT project. The conference is a unique chance to hear a wide range of thought leaders, policy-makers, urban planners, philosophers, activists and academics to discuss the future of citizen led movements and democratic technology. Evgeny Morozov is one of the speakers. Morozov will be joining a panel session on the 27th of May, to discuss post-capitalism, digital commons and democratic cities. #DCENTMadrid #DemocraticCity

There is one common denominator that binds the conference speakers, namely that they are in many ways activists and pioneers that have revolutionized democracy in the past years, and are rethinking technology and shaping public policy to devolve power to the people.

In a snapshot some of our distinguished speakers

Julian Assange
Julian Assange is an Australian publisher, journalist, and activist. He is the editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, which he co-founded in 2006 after an earlier career in hacking and programming. He is the author of Cypherpunks (OR Books, 2011) and When Google met Wikileaks (OR Books, 2014). His latest book is The Wikileaks Files (Verso Books, 2015).

Raquel Rolnik
Raquel Rolnik is an architect and urban planner and professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the USP. She was special rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on the Right to Adequate Housing, for two terms (2008-2011, 2011-2014).

Paul Mason
Paul Mason is a freelance journalist and film-maker. His documentary #ThisIsACoup told the story of Syriza’s clash with the Eurozone and IMF in 2015. His latest book is Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future. He is a participant in the New Economics project organised by Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party.

Evgeny Morozov
Evgeny Morozov is the author of To Save Everything, Click Here (2013), The Net Delusion (2011) and a columnist for a number of international publications. He’s written extensively about technology and politics for publications such as The New Yorker, London Review of Books, Financial Times, and others.

Francesca Bria
Francesca Bria has a PhD on innovation economics from Imperial College, London and is a Senior Advisor on technology and innovation policy at Nesta Innovation Lab. She is the EU Coordinator of the D-CENT project on open democracy and digital currencies and the DSI project on digital social innovation in Europe. She is an adviser for the European Commission on the internet of things, smart cities, and innovation policy.

Francesco “Bifo” Berardi
Francesco Berardi is a contemporary writer, media-theorist and media-activist. He founded the magazine A/traverso (1975-1981) and was part of the staff of Radio Alice, the first free pirate radio station in Italy (1976-1978).

Sergio Amadeu de Silveira
Sergio Amadeu da Silveira is a Professor at Federal University of ABC (UFABC). He received his PhD in Political Science from University of São Paulo (USP) in 2005. He is a known researcher of digital networks, privacy and collaborative technologies. He is free software activist.

Pablo Soto
Pablo Soto is a Councillor for Citizen Participation, Transparency and Open Government in the City of Madrid. He is a member of the Governing Board and the Councillor for Citizen Participation, Transparency and Open Government.

Adam Greenfield
Adam Greenfield is a London-based writer and urbanist. Senior Urban Fellow at LSE Cities for 2014, he currently teaches the “Architectures of Participation” course at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. Greenfield’s publications include Everyware: The dawning age of ubiquitous computing (2006), Against the smart city (2013), and Radical Technologies (forthcoming from Verso).

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Meet our speakers: Evgeny Morozov, author and editorialist

Evgeny Morozov is the author of To Save Everything, Click Here (2013), The Net Delusion (2011) and a columnist for a number of international publications. He’s written extensively about technology and politics for publications such as The New Yorker, London Review of Books, Financial Times, and others.

Snapshot of the programme:

Friday 27 May 2016
at 12:30 Post-capitalism, digital commons and democratic cities

Chair: Francesca Bria, Technology and innovation policy advisor, D-CENT Project Coordinator, Nesta

Paul Mason, Journalist, The Guardian
Trebor Scholz, Activist-scholar, The New School
Francesco Berardi, Writer and philosopher
Evgeny Morozov, Author and editorialist

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Event website: http://democratic-cities.cc

Read Morozov’s interview to learn why he thinks it is important to go beyond the concept of the Internet in order to understand what Identity means in the current digital world. And how he sees the role of D-CENT and digital technologies in promoting digital participation, solidarity and collaboration?

D-CENT interview: Evgeny Morozov from D-CENT on Vimeo.

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