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EVGENY MOROZOV

29 October 2015
20:00 — 21:30


Location: TivoliVredenburg

Many tech companies pretend that their products contribute to a just and equal society. They offer ‘free’ services, in exchange for our data. But what are the economical, political and social consequences of these seemingly beneficial deals? And why do our governments go along with plans coming out of Silicon Valley? Internet skeptic Evgeny Morozov (Belarus, 1984) will present his view on the promises made by tech companies and the hardly critical attitude of governments in these issues.

Afterwards Morozov will be joined by Arjan El Fassed (Open State Foundation) and Jons Janssens (founder of soverin.net) for a debate, moderated by Mirko Tobias Schäfer (Utrecht Data School).

This lecture is presented in collaboration with Hacking Habitat, and part of Residenties in Utrecht.

Evgeny Morozov Arjan El Fassed Jons Janssens Mirko Tobias Schäfer

Evgeny Morozov

― Artist

Many tech companies pretend that their products contribute to a just and equal society. They offer ‘free’ services, in exchange for our data. But what are the economical, political and social consequences of these seemingly beneficial deals? And why do our governments go along with plans coming out of Silicon Valley? Internet skeptic Evgeny Morozov (Belarus, 1984) will present his view on the promises made by tech companies and the hardly critical attitude of governments in these issues.

Arjan El Fassed

― Speaker

Arjan El Fassed is the CEO of Open State Foundation, a non-profit organisation that promotes digital transparency by unlocking open data and stimulates the development of innovative and creative applications. El Fassed was a member of parliament for the Dutch Greens. He worked for Oxfam Novib and was interim-lead humanitarian campaigns for Oxfam International after working for various human rights organisations and the first ombudsman in the Middle East.

Jons Janssens

― Speaker

Jons Janssens is a Dutch entrepreneur and co-founder of Disrupted, a startup studio in Amsterdam. He started off at university with an MBA in emerging technologies a few years ago, but as he says; “learned most by doing. Theory follows experience”. With Disrupted he uses technology to push humanity forward. Jons is fascinated by the future and interested in all things digital. He sees entrepreneurs as venture architects. It’s their job to create a system that generates revenue. The devil is in the details of execution. Building a great product that will grow into a company when it gets traction. That’s where it becomes interesting.

Mirko Tobias Schäfer

― Moderator

Mirko Tobias Schäfer is Assistant Professor for New Media & Digital Culture at the University of Utrecht and director of the Utrecht Data School. Mirko studied theater, film and media studies and communication studies at Vienna University (A) and digital culture at Utrecht University (NL). He obtained a magister (master) in theater, film and media studies from the University of Vienna in 2002, and a PhD from Utrecht University in 2008. Currently he is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Humanities at Utrecht University. Mirko’s research interest revolves around the socio- political impact of media technology. His publications cover user participation in cultural production, hacking communities, politics of software design and communication in social media.

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