The Master in Design for Responsible AI by Elisava, Barcelona School of Design and Engineering and IAM is organizing Critical Futures Talks, a new series of hybrid events, interviews, and a podcast featuring a range of eclectic perspectives from faculty, current program participants, and special guests on the intersection of Responsible AI, media, and design in a state of climate emergency.
Critical Futures Talks is co-produced by the Master in Design for Responsible AI Lab, the creative research collective that grew out of the first edition of the program, with support from IAM and Elisava.
The Critical Futures Talks are open to the public, both as free in-person events in Barcelona, at the Aleix Carrió Room in Elisava, and online via livestream. Learn more about the events below and please register if you would like to attend one of the following events (limited space) or access the livestream.
Critical Futures Talks are curated and hosted by Andres Colmenares, director of the Master in Design for Responsible AI and will also feature interviews and a podcast series to be released in April.
- Critical Futures Talks #1: Xiaowei Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA and The Center on Race and Digital Justice.
Tuesday, January 31 starting at 7:30 PM CET. - Critical Futures Talks #2: Nadia Piet
Founder of AIxDesign
Tuesday, February 27 starting at 7:30 PM CET - Critical Futures Talks #3: Caroline Sinders
Founder of Convocation Design + Research
Monday, March 4 starting at 7:30 PM CET - Critical Futures Talks #4: Simone Rebaudengo
Co-founder and creative director at oio studio
Thursday, March 14 starting at 7:30 PM CET - Critical Futures Talks #5: Filippo Cuttica
Design Director at LEGO, co-founder of art group IOCOSE
Wednesday, March 20 starting at 7:30 PM CET
Find more information about the speakers and register to join the events in Barcelona and online at: elisava.net/critical-futures
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About Elisava
Elisava is an institution with 60 years of experience sharing knowledge to design and transform the world from Barcelona. The school is ranked as the 4th best design education institution in the 2022-23 academic year by the World Brand Design Society and is the Design and Engineering Faculty of Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), promoting education, knowledge and research, and offering Undergraduate, Master, postgraduate and specialised courses in the fields of design, engineering and communication. More information at: elisava.net
About IAM
IAM is a creative research lab that helps citizens and organisations make responsible decisions by using futures as tools to anticipate challenges and opportunities, while exploring the socio-ecological impacts of digital technologies and the internet(s) through collective learning initiatives as IAM Weekend and the Billion Seconds Institute, and commissioned projects with organisations such as WeTransfer, BBC, Tate, NESTA, SPACE10, University of Arts London, Red Bull, Mobile World Capital Foundation and Open Knowledge Foundation. More information at: iam-internet.com
Images used in this article were created by Brazilian designer and illustrator Clarote for Better Images for AI, a non-profit creating more realistic and inclusive images of artificial intelligence. More information at: betterimagesofai.org
