Can technology save democracy? Lessons from Taiwan

Committee for Sydney

Digital Democracy with Audrey Tang and E. Glen Weyl

UTS Vicki Sara Building (Building 7)

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Can technology play a unifying role in society, bridging our common ground rather than deepening divides? How can it boost public engagement in democracy? Beyond regulation, how can governments and civil society get more creative and proactive in shaping our tech-driven public space? Hear from Audrey Tang and E.Glen Weyl about their world-leading work in redesigning the relationship between technology and democracy.This will be followed with a discussion with Jess Scully (Civic Imagination Network) looking what a truly inclusive digital sphere means in an Australian context, and Q&A led by Peter Lewis (Centre of the Public Square). About our speakers Audrey Tang Audrey Tang was Taiwan's first Digital Minister, after making waves as a software programmer and civic hacker/digital rights activist. Audrey, emerged from the 2014 Sunflower Movement student protests as the world’s first transgender cabinet minister, joining the government she challenged, because they invited Audrey to do so.In this role Audrey had world-leading success in using technology to drive community and private sector participation in tackling wicked problems and policymaking, moving beyond consultation to genuine engagement, using technology and organisational innovation within government.E. Glen WeylE. Glen Weyl develops technology to empower diversity and cooperation and is the Founder and Research Lead of the Plural Technology Collaboratory (Microsoft Research Special Projects), Founder of the RadicalxChange Foundation and the Plurality Institute. Together, Audrey and Glen have worked with global collaborators to write <a href="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.plurality.net%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ccassie%40sydney.org.au%7C01103d2066ca403cd22708dcaf967b08%7C3b5b41a31e2242d2b6743c3d65b9163c%7C0%7C0%7C638578308088951793%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Q1QZeu172Ssugvca2M5CBSd7ZW2JaFnmlInz2v0qb68%3D&reserved=0" title="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.plurality.net%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ccassie%40sydney.org.au%7C01103d2066ca403cd22708dcaf967b08%7C3b5b41a31e2242d2b6743c3d65b9163c%7C0%7C0%7C638578308088951793%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Q1QZeu172Ssugvca2M5CBSd7ZW2JaFnmlInz2v0qb68%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Plurality</a>, a unique exploration of how technology can play a positive role in reshaping our access to and engagement with democracy. Plurality offers both a provocation and guidebook to how governments and tech creators can work together to manage the existential risks posed by disruptive technologies, at a critical point when many democracies are failing to contemplate, much less plan to confront such risks. Location: Green Theatre in the Vicki Sara Building, Building 7, Level 2, 67 Thomas St, Broadway NSW 2007

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