touching base in a shifting world
For this first edition, we are exclusively spotlighting (Hague-based) female leaders to share their perspectives on how the(ir) world has been shifting. The recent and sustained global upheavals have uprooted societies, disrupted ways of working, and exacerbated systemic inequalities and injustices. How can the Hague community of professionals respond and navigate this shift together? We are on a journey without maps, except as we draw them. There are no simple answers, only an opportunity to explore together.
keynote speakers
Payal Arora
Full Professor and Chair in Technology, Values, and Global Media Cultures, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Why should women be in science? When will we become truly local? Who has the right to connectivity? How much is your societal impact worth? …What’s wrong with these questions? Join Payal Arora’s talk as she explores what it means to build community in a time of anti-globalism, neoliberal values, and the continued devaluation of care economies.
Payal Arora is a digital anthropologist and author of several books including the award-winning “The Next Billion Users” with Harvard Press. She is the co-founder of FemLab.Co, a feminist initiative on the future of work. She is a Professor and Chair in Technology, Values and Global Media Cultures at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her expertise lies in inclusive design and user experiences among low-income communities worldwide and comes with two decades of fieldwork in such contexts. Forbes named her the “next billion champion” and the right kind of person to reform tech. She sits on several boards such as Columbia University Earth Institute and World Women Global Council in New York. She is Indian, American, and Irish and currently lives in Amsterdam.
dialogue with hague-based leaders
Prof. Dr. Janne Nijman
Chairperson of the Executive Board and Academic Director of the Asser Institute
Monika Sie Dhian Ho
General Director of the Clingendael Institute
Michelle Olmstead
Director, Centre for Innovation, Leiden University
Join the conversation!
Register for the event using the link below. This first edition will be hosted exclusively online on Zoom. Please also join the online conversation:
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