Noticings 7: A check in
August at Careful Trouble!
This month, we’re taking it a bit slower and enjoying this very British summer.
So, we thought it would be a good idea to reflect on what we’ve been up to in the first half of the year and what we have coming up!
New reports and publications
In the past six months we have published a bunch of new reports exploring digital justice, community tech and a careful approach to AI.
As we geared up for a new government, we published “Digital inclusion: from sticking plasters to sustainable progress report” sharing three key but quick fixes for the first year of government. Tech for Today built on this and outlined why a new government must prioritise practical delivery that delivers real benefits today, for all of us.
Later in the year we focused on the reationship between digital inclusion and health and wellbeing in "Affordable, Accessible, and Easy-to-Use: A radically inclusive approach to building a better digital society". Delivered in partnership with Impact on Urban Health, this report is part of our wider work on the importance of digital inclusion and the nation’s wellbeing.
Lots of talks
Our team have been busy discussing Careful Trouble and our work. Highlights include:
The Scottish AI Summit on the topic of “People first, always, automate the easy things, embrace lived experience.”
TPX Impact, where Rachel Coldicutt spoke on a panel on “Responsible AI”
LOGIN 2024 in Vilnius at which Rachel C delivered a keynote
And convening and meetings
We love to bring people together to share ideas and make new networks.
We held two workshops recently - Responsible Tests for the Public Procurement of AI and Reconnecting Britain: Digital inclusion for 2024 and beyond - where conversation flowed around our core values of inclusion, justice and responsibility. We collectively vowed to make just the right amount of ‘careful trouble.’
Opportunities and Events
AI in the Street at Science Gallery London - join us for this BRAID event on 12th September.
The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs’s Laboratory for Women’s Rights Online is calling for projects to identify, prevent and curb online and technology-facilitated gender-based violence.
Get involved with the Co-Op Hackathon on 1st and 2nd October in Staffordshire, for anyone passionate about creating a joined up movement.
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