The 9th International Conference on C&T - Transforming Communities The biennial Communities and Technologies (C&T) conference is the premier international forum for stimulating scholarly debate and disseminating research on the complex connections between communities – in their multiple forms – and information and communication technologies. C&T 2019 welcomes participation from researchers, designers, educators, industry, and […]

DINACON is an experimental conference about exploring new ways of interacting with nature! It runs from August 4 to August 30, 2019, Gamboa, Panama and people come in and out for days or weeks at a time. Our first self-funded, free-form gathering in Thailand last year was so fun and fruitful, we are doing it again! For […]

SHAPING THE DIGITAL FUTURE. The Social Innovation Summit #SIS19 is a two day international event on the 20th – 21st of September 2019 that addresses relevant topics in the context […]

Africa’s Home for Ideas, Innovation and New Solutions for Education, Training and Skills Development…

African Crossroads is a community of future-oriented African thinkers and doers which meets annually to exchange and critically reflect on the most cutting-edge entrepreneurial, scientific, artistic, and technological developments anchored in African intellectual and technological traditions. Through design exhibitions, invigorating workshops, art installations, and more, this three-day event will spark deep discussions about the latest […]

How do we ensure people and democracies are informed and empowered through data driven systems such as AI rather than exploited and undermined? What infrastructures and data protection policies do we need?

Save the Date! - The next GIG Summit will take place in Kenya December 5-7 2019 will see the first DOTS - A Global Impact Summit in Nakuru, Kenya. DOTS will be a all co-created and co-organized three-day event, focused on output and impact. GIG will organize it together with partners like r0g, ICEBauhaus, konnektiv... and hopefully many more partners […]