Week 2 Day 2: Build, Test, Ship! + Talks

Awww yeah! You can focus on building, testing and shipping today 🥳

Pick your Talk

[optional talk] Equitable design, open data with Gulsen

In the digital age, data and technology act as a form of power, being used for good and for bad. As powerful as data is, however, it is not neutral and created and coded by humans. So there are many biases, assumptions and decisions that are built into it. If these go unquestioned, we are risking the echoing of inequities that already exist in society.

But what is your role as the creators of these technologies? What can you do to address these issues of power imbalances in your work? How can we create accountability mechanisms that go beyond the minimum legal requirements? In this talk, Gulsen Guler will introduce some basic concepts and tools that can help you take the first steps toward increasing equity in the tech field and work towards a world where we use technology for common good. Link in calendar.

[optional workshop] inclusive communications by Robin

Want to learn how to create an inclusive digital world? Want to know how to integrate all people and groups, each with their own digital skills, (dis)abilities and challenges in your writing/design style, then this workshop is for you!

Can't attend the talk or workshop? Don't worry! They're all optional, and online ones are recorded – you can watch them after work with some 🍿🥤