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Tate Exchange March 05 - 10 / 12 - 5pm
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Presentation, discussion space where invited guests debate, share perspectives and experience of social practice, inclusion and diversity
Tues 5th March:
Presentations and Debate introducing the Beta Society event partners:

12:15 Intro to the Digital Maker Collective DMC and the BETA Society Event
Chris Follows, University of the Arts London and members of the Digital Maker Collective (30 min)

13:00 Intro to LionHeart ITC and Black Thrive
Charles Yassin and Victoria Cabral (45 min)

14:00 Open Design and Manufacturing OD&M 
CSM MA Industrial Design students reflecting on the Charlton Street Open Design and Manufacture project and its trajectory into self-directed research in social design practice. ​ (45 min)

15:00 Intro to Happy Finish 
Daniel Cheetham CEO (45 min)

16:00 Intro to CRIN – Child Rights International Network 
Veronica Yates (45 min)

17:00 End
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Weds 6th March: 
Presentation and Debate exploring: 

12:15 Children's rights and the environment: (45 min) More Details
Chair: Veronica Yates, CRIN
Nick Mole: Pesticide Action Network - PAN UK
Carole Wright: Tate Neighbour, Events Manager, Community Gardener, Beekeeper, Urban Orchardist
 

13:00 Who's Watching you: children under constant surveillance: 
Privacy International Jen Perrson, Director Defend Digital Me, Chair: Veronica Yates, CRIN (45 min)

14:00 Intro to the Open Design and Manufacturing OD&M 
OD&M team (45 min)

15:00 Open Mic 
Spontaneous open debate session (45 min)

16:00 Give children the right to vote: 
Danielle Rowley, MP, British Youth Council Chair: Veronica Yates (45 min)

17:00 End
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Thurs 7th March: 
Presentation and Debate exploring: 

12:15 Open Mic 
Spontaneous open debate session (30 min)
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13:00 Welfare and the digital lie, problems of Digital Exclusion for the poor and the vulnerable in the UK 
Paul Atherton FRSA (45 min) More Details

14:00 Exploring the theme of Common Language
Charles Yassin, Lionheart ITC and Victoria Cabral, Black Thrive (90 min) More Details

15:30 Emerging technologies and the potential impacts on society 
Happy Finish, Daniel Cheetham (45 min)

16:15 Theatre is ordinary: Performance, participation and social engagement
Professor Adrian Kear, Programme Development Director - Performance,  Arts University of the Arts London (45 min) More Details

17:00 End
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Fri 8th March:
 Presentation and Debate exploring: 

12:15 My period is my power - To re-image periods as a superpower and to reframe it in a positive way 
Safiya Ahmed and Basma Osman, CRIN (30 min)

13:00 Designing an Inclusive Education and Outreach Strategy
Ronald Macintyre (45 min) More Details


14:00 Social Performance Network will consider the relationship between socialisation and social mobility
Social Performance Network (45 min) More Details

15:00 Is British theatre truly accessible to the working-class? And what potential does digital technology have to change it? COMMON: Panel Debate (60 min) More Details
Chair: David Loumgair 
Panellists: Dr Jo Shah, Steven Kavuma, Jordan McKenzie and Tom Ryalls​

16:15 Perspectives of women in technology and creative industries
UAL students & Alumni from the Digital Maker Collective (45 min)


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Sat 9th March:
Presentation and Debate exploring: 

12:15 Presenting the activities of KOBAKANT: 'soft electronics' explore data ownership and future technology 
Mika Satomi (45 min)

13:00 What if Education was Socially Just
Ronald Macintyre (45 min) More Details

14:00 What if design education was open? OD&M open design, citizen centered innovation across Europe (Session 1)
Matt Malpass, OD&M Principal Investigator, Adam Thorpe Professor in Socially Responsive Design and OD&M project team (60 min)
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15:30 Reflecting and recognizing experience-based learning: Open Design and Manufacture workshop (60 min)

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Sun 10th March:
Presentation and Debate exploring: 

12:15 Warmup: Robyn Herfellow and Margaret prepare us for other realities with three simple exercises 
Robyn Herfellow
 and Margaret (45 min)

13:00 Designing an Inclusive Education and Outreach Strategy
Ronald Macintyre (45 min) More Details

14:00 ​Open Mic: Spontaneous open debate session (45 min)

15:00 Everyone has heard the term, but do you know actually what a social enterprise is? 
Natalie Bell workshop from Coin Street Community Builders (70 min) More Details


16:30 Final thoughts and what next for BETA Society and the Digital Maker Collective
Chris Follows, University of the Arts London (30 min)


17:00 End
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