Post Digital Objects: Wearables, digital ethics and sustainability

Join the RMIT W-SN network and Melbourne researchers for a discussion about the opportunities and challenges posed by A.I., digital ethics and sustainability. The panellists will explore potential transdisciplinary approaches to 'designing the world we want'.

How do we navigate the emerging challenges of digital ethics and sustainability in wearables and biosensing devices to 'make good' solutions for digital health and wellbeing?

Join the RMIT W+SN network and Melbourne based researchers for a discussion around the opportunities and challenges posed by A.I., digital ethics and sustainability on Tuesday 22 March at 10am in the RMIT Design Archives.

The event aims to explore the potential of transdisciplinary approaches to 'designing the world we want' while responding to complex emerging technological and environment problems of our time. Positing a holistic approach to data, technology, and digital health as critical to a healthy post-digital future.

Panellists: Dr. Lisa Dethbridge; Stephanie Camerena; Kate Geck; Simon Lockrey; and Gordon Young

The discussion is presented as part of the Post Digital Objects exhibition curated by Emma Luke, Kate Geck and Judith Glover.  This event is part of Melbourne Design Week 2022, an initiative of the Victorian Government in collaboration with the NGV.

 

*Bookings essential via Eventbrite.

 

Image credit:

Aaron Nguyen Luna AFO, 2021, James Dyson Award National Winner is RMIT University's Aaron Nguyen, Design of Luna Module AFO, an Ankel Foot Orthosis (AFO) System for children with Hereditary Spastic paraplegia (HSP).

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