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UnTechCon

Hosted by the Geeks for Social Change Collective

A one-day unconference about creating community digital autonomy, challenging big tech, and creating a future worth living in.

What is an UnConference?

An unconference is a conference where there's no preset agenda or speaker list under a loose overall theme. The lines between attendee and speaker are blurred and all attendees are encouraged to give talks, lead discussions, run workshops, etc, with the schedule open for anyone to place their own thing in. You're also welcome to come and just listen if that's your jam, too.

What is UnTechnology?

We don’t really know! We just found that anti-technology wasn’t quite right as a lot of us really do like technology - just not when it’s owned by global megacorporations to do evil things. UnTech therefore leaves the door open for creative interpretation whilst letting us be critical of how it’s used in the world today. Maybe we can come up with a better term on the day?

How do I join?

The conference will be held on the GFSC Discord Server on Sat 10th December, 11-5.

To register, please sign up on Eventbrite.

If you’re unfamiliar with Discord we are happy to help get you set up - drop us an email and we will be in touch.

Possible topics

Maybe turn into a kind of background text like old gig flyers with dots or pipes in between?

Here’s a list of some concepts to get the creative juices flowing. A special note that we are especially keen to hear case studies of things you’ve actually done!