The Mess We're In Ethics talk for Baltic Ventures Liverpool

I recently made my first visit back to the UK in three years to give a talk on Ethics to Baltic Ventures Cohort 1 in Liverpool. Its been a few years since I talked about techno ethics (or lack of it) in the technology sector. Of course all this escalated dramatically with the release of LLLM's into the wild. So I refreshed my previous knowledge with some interesting books. The depressing things was so little had changed and so much had gotten worse. The reality is we can no longer separate technology and politics or indeed capitalism from the mess we're in. When you apply the concept of the Sovereign Individual you begin to see how these boy men that run our large technology firms view themselves. Standing apart from nation states and all the responsibilities therein they care not about paying taxes, about their debilitating impact on society or democracy as they work towards a future where our role will be to serve them in whatever role they choose for us. What I am glad to see is more and more writers stepping up with fantastic insights and some suggestions for the future. When I started talking about this stuff in 2015 there were precious little critics of toxic tech. We need more of these voices as we navigate the coming storms. My slides for anyone interested. 

TechnoEthics talk at Drupal Conf 2016 Dublin (starts 16.18)

Interview with John Furrier and Dave Vellante from @theCUBE @siliconAngle on Technoethics

Technoethics - People, Profit and Privacy Keynote Hadoop Summit Dublin 2016

The Symposium of Change 2016 The Abbey Theatre Dublin - Big Data and Owning Your Own Story (plus Q&A with Senator Fiach MacConghail and Audience Members)

How to scale open smart cities - my talk at the arup/odi #odifutures event

Fireside Chat with Little Atoms at Future Everything - On Using Technology in Government (and other bits about my career) 

Lean In With Social - The Benefits To Women In Using Social Media In Their Careers - Arup Connected Women Network London February 20 #arupcw

Presentation and Panel Discussion at Wearable Cities - From Wearable Futures (including me as Chair with Tomas Diez, Dominic Wilcox, Tom Armitage and Jonathan Chippendale 

Big Data: Innovation and Ideas for a Smarter City. City Lab New York 7th October 2013 (The Aspen Institute, Bloomberg Philanthropies and The Atlantic)

Eduserve 2013 Change Is The New Normal

Keynote Digital Ireland forum 2013 - The five things Ireland needs to compete

Lets Get Digital Accenture Ireland's International Women's Day Panel Discussion

Code for America Summit 2012 

Trust, Users, Delivery

UKALive Delivering Digital Services by Deafult

March 2012

David Rowan, Emer Coleman & Peter Murray-Rust 

Walled Gardens vs. Open Spaces: The Tension at the Heart of the Internet October 2011

Wired UK Conference 2011

Vox Pop from the Wired 100 The Economics of Open Data

Making a Difference With Data

Keynote address to Department of Communities and Local Government

Nesta Labour Party Conference - How Mass Localism can impact Public Service Delivery

Speaking with Chris Taggart (Founder Openly Local, Open Corporates) at City Camp  London 2011 on Open Culture

Reboot Britain 2010 Political Innovation Camp with Chris Leslie, Dominic Campbell, Andy Salford and Mick Fealty