INCA RESEARCH SEMINAR: Big Tech politics and infrastructures. Current developments and potential alternatives.
October 22 @ 2:00 pm CEST
On 22 October, organised by INCA partners UNIBO, SUPSI, and Fondazione IU Rusconi Ghigi, a seminar entitled “Big Tech Politics and Infrastructures: Current Developments and Potential Alternatives” will be held in Bologna.
In this afternoon of studies, some INCA researchers have invited Ana Valdivia and Vili Lehdonvirta to discuss with them the latest scientific developments on the project’s themes, with a particular focus on the topic of infrastructures and Big Tech politics, starting from the important works on the subject produced by the two scholars.
Full program:
- 14:30 Introduction to the event (Edoardo Mollona, UNIBO)
- 15:00 Infrastructures of the Digital
– Introduction: Mattia Frapporti (UNIBO)
– Talk by Ana Valdivia (Departmental Research Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence (AI),
Government & Policy at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII)
– Discussant: Niccolò Cuppini (University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern
Switzerland)
- 16:30 Coffee break
- 17:00 The Politics of Big Tech
– Introduction: Maurilio Pirone (UNIBO)
– Talk by Vili Lehdonvirta (Professor of Technology Policy, Aalto University, Finland)
– Discussant: Sandro Mezzadra (UNIBO)