Francesca Bria on why technological sovereignty matters
13 March 2024, 12:00 pm–1:30 pm
A talk at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê IIPP by Francesca Bria
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All | Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê students
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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IIPP Comms
This event is open to IIPP's students and faculty only
Hosted at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê IIPP on Wednesday 13th MarchÌý2024Ìýfrom 12:00 - 13:30 (GMT) for a talk by Francesca Bria.
Francesca Bria will discuss the concept of technological sovereignty and its implications for policy and governance.Ìý
This brown bag lecture is part of Creative Bureaucracy brown bags on Wednesdays throughout Term 2.
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The talk is being organised as an enrichment event as part of anÌýIIPPÌýMPAÌýmodule led by Prof Rainer Kattel. Students who would like to be notified of other events in the future can sign up by emailing IIPPComms@ucl.ac.uk.
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About the Speaker
Francesca Bria
Associate Professor at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute for Innovation for Public Purpose (IIPP)
She also led the DSI project on Digital Social Innovation in Europe, advising the EU on digital social innovation policies. She has been teaching in several universities in the UK and Italy and she has advised Governments, public and private organizations and movements on Technology and Innovation policy, and its socio-economic impact.
Francesca is an adviser for the European Commission on Future Internet and Innovation Policy. She is currently the Commissioner of Digital Technology and Innovation for the City of Barcelona in Spain and she is leading theÌýÌýon data sovereignty in Europe.
Francesca's work focusses on one of the key issues of our time: how can we give people the ownership of their data? In her recentÌýÌý(co-authored with Evgeny Morozov), she explores how can societies regain control not only over digital technology, data, and infrastructure, but also over the services that are mediated by smart technologies—such as utilities, transportation, education, and health.
She has been listed in the Top 50 Women in Tech by the Forbes Magazine, and in the World's top 20 most influential people in digital government by Apolitical. She has also been featured in the Italian Magazine Repubblica "D", amongst the 100 Women Changing the World.
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