The information society presents new possibilities for generating and distributing wealth and knowledge. And indeed, blindly trusting the ‘scientific method,’ sometimes we are led to believe that automatisms and standardisation are leading to greater equality for all, and greater equity and inclusiveness across our societies and the world. Yet, despite its great gains, the information age has wrought complex inequalities. Technologies are rendered inaccessible for certain cuts of society (particularly, women and girls), and, often incorporate the biases of their creators, thus perpetrating inequalities and discrimination into cyber space.

By tracking their career paths, deeply mired in the shaping of the information age, our expert panellists will speak of the complexities and myriad contours of inequity in the information age more broadly, and in the design, use, and implementation of technologies, more specifically.

Introduction

• Carolina Earle, Gender Centre at the Graduate Institute, Geneva
• Claire Somerville, Gender Centre at the Graduate Institute, Geneva

Panel discussion

• Tamara Dancheva, GSM Association
• Amandeep Singh Gill, International Digital Health & AI Research Collaborative
• Aleksandra Urman, Social Computing Group, University of Zurich

Moderation

• Silvia Ecclesia, Technology & Security Initiative at the Graduate Institute, Geneva

Organised jointly by EQUALS-EU at the Gender Centre and the Technology & Security Initiative as part of the Diversity Month at the Graduate Institute, Geneva.