Democratizing Technologies: Assessing the Roles of NGOs in Shaping Technological Futures

Event Date: 

Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 12:00am to Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 12:00am

Event Location: 

  • UCSB Corwin Pavilion

Event Price: 

Basic registration is FREE. To register, please visit http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/demtech2014/registration.

How can NGOs produce more equitable and sustainable outcomes of new technologies? What are the implications of NGO participation in governance for democracy and technological advancement? These questions are the focus of a multidisciplinary, global conference to be held at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), November 13-15, 2014.

This conference aims to attract an engaged community of practitioners who work at the intersection of emerging technologies and nongovernmental organizations. CNS welcomes all interested individuals to attend at tiered registration levels.

Sponsors:This conference is being organized by the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at UCSB with significant funding support from the National Science Foundation. It is co-sponsored by Direct Relief International, the Fund for Santa Barbara, the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies.