BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4b57307239 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250206T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250206T140000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-society-technology-values/events/meet-a uthors-vol-27-ashoka-u-exploring-social-innovation SUMMARY:“Meet the Authors: Vol. 27 with Ashoka U” – Exploring Social\ nInnovation in Higher Ed CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:This free online event will feature authors from ASHOKA U\, wh o will\nshare insights from their latest work on how higher education\nins titutions can embed SOCIAL INNOVATION\, CHANGEMAKING\, AND COMMUNITY\nIMP ACT into their core mission. It’s a great opportunity to explore\nbest practices\, learn from leading experts\, and engage in\nthought-provoking discussions on how we can foster meaningful change\nwithin our own institu tions.\n\n🔗 REGISTER\nHERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-the-aut hors-vol-27-with-ashoka-u-tickets-1226821549279?aff=oddtdtcreator\n\nI’d love to see you there and continue these important conversations\nwithin our UW community and beyond! Please feel free to share this\ninvitation wi th others who might be interested. DTSTAMP:20260501T141515Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4b5730831d DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250124T150000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250124T163000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-society-technology-values/events/critic al-tech-talk-11-speculative-imaginaries-and SUMMARY:Critical Tech Talk 11: Speculative Imaginaries and Technological\nD esign CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Critical Media Lab is excited to invite you to register\nfo r CRITICAL TECH TALK 11: SPECULATIVE IMAGINARIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL\nDESI GN with guest speaker Sherryl Vint\, Professor of Media and\nCultural Stu dies at the University of California\, on how speculative\nfiction can he lp us cultivate a more inclusive social imagination.\n\nThis is a virtual event taking place on Zoom\, Friday January 24th at\n3:00 PM. Full detail s are below. Registration is required using this\nlink\n[https://uwaterlo o.ca/arts/events/critical-tech-talk-11-speculative-imaginaries-and]. \n\n We look forward to you joining us!\n\nABOUT THE TALK: Speculative fiction (sf) is an influential mode that\nshapes how we imagine what technologies and futures we find desirable\,\nfeasible\, and valuable. But whose value s inform imagined\ntechno-utopian futures? How can we draw on the power of sf if we\nunderstand the genre not as a storehouse of technologies we mig ht one\nday create\, but instead as a critical engagement with the way tha t\ntechnology inevitably shapes the social world in ways that extend far\n beyond its intended use? Using the example of the intersection of sf\nwith disability studies\, this talk will outline how sf can function as\na mod e of enquiry\, a rhetorical tool that can help us guide\ntechnological dev elopment toward greater inclusion and equity by\nopening new perspectives on the problems technology seeks to solve.\nFocusing on the specific examp le of sf written from the perspective of\npeople with disability\, it will show how such fictions can help us\nunderstand how to cultivate a more ca pacious social imagination as a\ncrucial element of equitable and inclusiv e technological design.\n\nSHERRYL VINT is Professor of Media and Cultura l Studies and of\nEnglish at the University of California\, Riverside\, wh ere she founded\nthe Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Science program. She has\npublished widely on science fiction\, including\, most recently\ ,\nBiopolitical Futures in Twenty-First Century Speculative Fiction\n(2021 )\, Science Fiction: The Essential Knowledge (2021)\, and\nProgramming the Future: Speculative Television and the End of\nDemocracy (2022\, co-autho red with Jonathan Alexander). She was a\nfounding editor of Science Fictio n Film and Television and is the\nManaging Editor of Science Fiction Studi es and editor of book series\nScience in Popular Culture. DTSTAMP:20260501T141515Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4b57308ca4 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241112T190000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241112T200000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-society-technology-values/events/decodi ng-meaning-indigenous-design LOCATION:HH - J.G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Decoding meaning in Indigenous design CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:TAWAW is a design-research firm dedicated to advancing Indigeno us\narchitecture. Our current research centres on the meaning found in\nor iginal structures – the tipi\, hogan\, longhouse or wigwam - which\nwe h ave come to understand as a microcosm of a larger world. Each\nproject we undertake\, offers behavioural\, social and ideological\nmeanings\, that w e integrate into contemporary form. Our work is not\nabout replicating tra ditional designs but about understanding the\nmeanings they hold\, to brin g meanings forward\, making culture visible\,\nbut also stable. Join us as we explore the work of encoding and\ndecoding Indigenous environments. DTSTAMP:20260501T141515Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4b573096d8 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240611T023000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240611T033000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-society-technology-values/events/intern et-past-present-and-future LOCATION:HH - J.G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Internet: Past\, Present and Future CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Vinton G. Cerf\, Internet pioneer and Vice President and \"Chie f\nInternet Evangelist\" at Google\, will speak about the history of the\n Internet\, beginning with the Arpanet\, then move along the terrestrial\nI nternet trajectory. He will then present emerging policy and\ntechnical ch allenges and\, finally\, discuss the interplanetary Internet\nproject.\n\n His lecture is free\, open to everyone\, and takes place on Tuesday\,\nJun e 11 at 2:30 p.m. in the University of Waterloo's Humanities\nTheatre.\n\n Event\ninfo: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/events/distinguished-public-lecture- vint-cerf-internet-past-present-future\n\nRegistration (free but\nrequired ): https://www.ticketfi.com/event/5709/distinguished-public-lecture-inter net-past-present-and-future DTSTAMP:20260501T141515Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4b5730a5d3 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240625T160000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240625T170000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-society-technology-values/events/critic al-tech-talk-9-perspectives-accelerating-ai-adoption SUMMARY:Critical Tech Talk 9: Perspectives on Accelerating AI Adoption CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Join us to explore the impact of the Voluntary Code of Conduct on the\nResponsible Development and Management of Advanced Generative AI\n Systems. The code\, introduced by the Ministry of Innovation\, Science\nan d Industry\, aims to foster public trust in AI technologies\,\nintending t o accelerate adoption. This engaging panel discussion\nfeaturing education leaders\, computer science researchers and industry\nexperts will explore the broader implications of accelerating AI\nadoption beyond economic imp acts. Speakers will share insights hopes\nand concerns about the potentia l societal changes\, ethical\nconsiderations and regulatory challenges tha t come with AI.\n\nAdmission free.  Register at the Critical Media Lab we bsite\n[https://uwaterloo.ca/arts/about/critical-tech-talk]. DTSTAMP:20260501T141515Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4b5730ae7a DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240322T160000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240322T173000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-society-technology-values/events/critic al-tech-talk-8-humility-value-engineering-and-design LOCATION:AL - Arts Lecture Hall 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Critical Tech Talk 8: Humility as a Value in Engineering and Design CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Join the Critical Tech Talk series to hear guest speaker Kari\n Zacharias discuss how engineers can work towards responsibility\,\nsustai nability\, and equity in design by practicing humility as respect\nof othe r ways of knowing\, doing\, being\, and making. DTSTAMP:20260501T141515Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4b5730bc4e DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240222T160000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240222T173000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-society-technology-values/events/survei llance-capitalism-conversation-shoshana-zuboff-and-jim LOCATION:Balsillie School of International Affairs Canada SUMMARY:SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM: A conversation with Shoshana Zuboff and Ji m\nBalsillie CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Join us for an urgent discussion on \"surveillance capitalism\" \, its\nthreat to our information civilization\, and how its trajectory\nu ndermines democratic norms and the centuries-long evolution of market\ncap italism. DTSTAMP:20260501T141515Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4b5730c97f DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231121T113000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231121T130000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-society-technology-values/events/how-bu ild-anything-ethically SUMMARY:How to Build Anything Ethically CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:This discussion of ethical decision making when building techno logies\nin a ‘Good Way’ includes two examples. First\, I illustrate ho w the\nprotocol for building a Lakota sweat lodge can act as a framework f or\nbuilding a physical computing device. Next\, I provide an example of\n how multiple streams of protocol are necessary to build an AI system\nas a confluence of ethics. Some ideas proposed here are not currently\npossibl e\, some are possible if investment is made in the necessary\nresearch\, a nd some are possible but only through a radical change in\nthe way technol ogy companies are run and the pyramid of compensation\nfor the exploitatio n of resources is reversed.\n\nJoin via this Zoom link\n[https://uwaterloo .zoom.us/j/97003693737?pwd=TzkvbjVlS09rdWRXR2RJbWdmTzd3QT09]\,\npasscode  756099.\n \nBIO:\nSuzanne Kite is an award-winning Oglála Lakȟóta arti st\, composer\,\nand academic. Her scholarship and practice explore contem porary\nLakȟóta ontology (the study of beinghood in Lakȟóta)\, artific ial\nintelligence\, and contemporary art and performance. She creates\nint erfaces and arranges software systems that engage the whole body\,\nin ord er to imagine new ethical AI protocols that interrogate past\,\npresent\, and future Lakȟóta  philosophies. DTSTAMP:20260501T141515Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4b5730d5ef DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230920T170000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230920T183000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-society-technology-values/events/critic al-tech-talk-black-media-philosophy-and-beyond-armond LOCATION:STC - Science Teaching Complex 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Critical Tech Talk: Black Media Philosophy and Beyond with Armond R .\nTowns CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Much of the contemporary research on race in communication medi a\nstudies begins with media representations. However\, for this talk\,\nA rmond R. Towns will focus on the relationship between the modern\nresearch university\, race\, and the development of communication and\nmedia studi es in the early and mid-twentieth century\, with a focus\nspecifically on US and Canadian communication and media studies. Like\nthe modern universi ty\, the discipline of communication and media\nstudies\, Towns argues\, h as a difficulty with understanding non-Western\nlife. This talk is a begin ning conversation on how to push toward new\nforms of understanding humani ty beyond Western life. The topic of who\ncounts as human is crucial in a context where big tech aims to control\nthe future of so-called humanity a nd the AI race closes the gap\nbetween human and machine communications.\n \nThis is a hybrid event and may be attended in-person or online. DTSTAMP:20260501T141515Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4b5730e42d DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230720T170000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230720T180000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-society-technology-values/events/critic al-tech-talk-6-clean-energy-climate-justice-indigenous SUMMARY:Critical Tech Talk 6 — Clean Energy\, Climate Justice & Indigenou s\nRights: From extractive\, colonial capitalism to equitable\, flourishin g\nalternatives. CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The climate crisis calls for a massive and speedy transition aw ay from\nfossil fuels towards energy systems based on renewable\, clean so urces\nlike the sun\, the wind and the tides. But to date\, what we’re s eeing\nis a move towards extractive\, large-scale\, corporate-owned for-pr ofit\nmodels of green energy. These so-called solutions are replicating th e\nsocial and environmental injustices perpetrated by the fossil fuel\nind ustry\, including the rampant violation of Indigenous Rights and\ndesecrat ion of their lands and waters .\n\nUpholding indigenous rights and fightin g for a climate just future for\nall requires not just a change in energy sources\, but a transformation\nin the very systems of power\, governance\ , worldviews and values that\nhave driven the climate crisis. In this talk Eriel Deranger and Jen\nGobby will share their own visions for what this transformation can\nlook like and open up a discussion about how these vis ions can inspire\nand ground the work of those in the tech and innovation world. DTSTAMP:20260501T141515Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR