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The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data, and the data that you’ve been supplying is electrifying! Join our special guest, Damian Bradfield, for this eye-opening, and timely, conversation as he explores the state of the internet, the addictive effects of social media, invasion of privacy, and data misuse, and the current use of your data to power AI – and what we can do to take back control.
Damian Bradfield, author and co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of WeTransfer, will explore the impact of these issues on our society. In his latest book, a comic book titled Algorithmic Reality, Damian uses humour to hold up a mirror to each of us and challenge the way we engage with Big Tech oligarchs.
An expert in the fields of technology, culture, and media, Damian talks to technology entrepreneur and creative leader Suhair Khan about how we can navigate an increasingly interconnected world and will show how the boundaries between the online and offline worlds have become blurred with disturbingly recognisable tales about our overconnected society.
This event promises to be an illuminating experience, revealing the dangers of data misuse and why we as individuals need to take control of the internet.
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About the Speaker
Damian Bradfield
Damian Bradfield is Co-Founder and Chief Creative & Sustainability Officer of content sharing platform WeTransfer. He is also the Founder of its digital arts platform WePresent, digital design studio Present Plus, and illustration platform Kuvva. His first book The Trust Manifesto: What You Need To Do To Create A Better Internet, debating online privacy, trust, and big data, was published in 2019. His new comic book Algorithmic Reality, which also urges the reader to consider and question who is in control of the internet, came out in 2023. A true polymath with a focus on making the world a better place through creativity, Damian is also the host of the Influence podcast and sits on the Board of the Sarabande Foundation, The University of the Underground, and WeTransfer’s The Supporting Act Foundation. Damian holds a degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
About the Chair
Suhair Khan
Suhair Khan is the founder of open-ended design, a platform and incubator for impact-driven work at the intersection of future-facing technology, design, and culture. In over a decade at Google, based on multiple continents, Suhair led global initiatives which merged cutting-edge technology with arts, design and culture, and environmental sustainability. She is on the advisory boards / trustee for the Design Museum, the British Library, London Design Biennale, the Dezeen Awards, and is chair of the board of trustees of dance choreographer Studio Wayne McGregor. A graduate of Cornell and Harvard University, she is a visiting lecturer at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design.
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