Oxford Connected Life

On June 17th, Connected Life 2022 offered an interdisciplinary conference to critically engage with how we design our digital futures @oiioxford.

[Oxford Connected Life @OxConnectedLife]

We hope you’ve enjoyed today as much as we did. Thank you, again, for coming and making #ConnectedLife2022 such a success—and see you next year!

@digitalmatcha, @charliehrysmith, @JoRiverCar, @deeliu97 & @SCNusselder

[Hyperdigital Designs @HyperdigitalDes]

ANNOUNCING
Hyperdigital Designs
One-Day Workshop at @Cambridge_Uni
"Thinking beyond the digital at its highest point."
Call for Abstracts up to 250 words due 13 May
Email: [email protected]
#Digital, #Postdigital, #Hyperdigital
@CamDigHum @WTempleFdn @DivIntelligence

[Oxford Connected Life @OxConnectedLife]

Massive congratulations from all of us at the Connected Life team to @plottwistersorg for your huge achievement! It was great to see your work earlier this year 🥳

[Plot Twisters @plottwistersorg]

We are a Grand Prize Winner of @OpenIDEO's Designing for Digital Thriving Grant Challenge! 💛 https://t.co/nWetBbrHoq

Thank you @ideo @riotgames @FairPlayA @CooneyCenter @hopelab @scefdn for believing in our work. We are over the moon and so grateful for the opportunities ahead.

[Oxford Connected Life @OxConnectedLife]

A big welcome to all of our new followers. We finally made it to the millennial club!

Connected Life, complete with a shiny new committee, should be back next year. This account might be a bit quiet in the meantime, though…

Stay safe, and see you all in 2023! 🥰

[Britt O'Duffy @bboduffy]

Thank you to the @OxConnectedLife committee for organizing today's Designing Digital Futures conference. It was absolutely the "hottest event of the year" 🌞 (32°C/90°F)

[Kathryn Eccles @KathrynEccles]

What a fabulous day @OxConnectedLife organised by our incredibly talented @oiioxford students. Such diverse topics, awesome art works, and constructively critical engagement. Thanks for going above and beyond.

[Joe Cappai @joe_cappai]

What an amazing day talking all things #tech, #digital, and #AI @OxConnectedLife!📱
I was so inspired by the speakers and their topics, and want to say a huge thank you to the whole @oiioxford student-led team for organising such a fab event ✨
See you all next year? 😉

[Oxford Connected Life @OxConnectedLife]

That's a wrap!

Thank you to all our wonderful speakers, artists and delegates for making today so special.

We hope you've had as much fun as we did—and can't wait to chat more in the drinks reception 🍻

[Oxford Internet Institute @oiioxford]

Keynote speaker @arda_awais gives her top takeaways from @OxConnectedLife @St_Catz

[Oxford Internet Institute @oiioxford]

MSc student Junyao Zhang (Social Data Science) captured the essence of @OxConnectedLife today with some fantastic photography work 📷

[Oxford Connected Life @OxConnectedLife]

@Identity2_0 @oiioxford Our pleasure! Such fascinating and urgent work 😍

[Oxford Connected Life @OxConnectedLife]

Thanks to @Ozery for the fascinating talk on tokenisation!

[Oxford Connected Life @OxConnectedLife]

Up next is a special back to back closing session:

- 'Minting the Future' with @Ozery/@AlgoFoundation, as well as Kuldeep Gohel, Kishan Gajjar & Pratheek Irvathur

- Mimi Nguyen, who is closing the conference with her talk on 'Designing an Inclusive Future Digital System'

[Oxford Connected Life @OxConnectedLife]

We're onto the final panel of the day now, but saved best for last!

- 4A: Encoding Inclusivity, with @SakSGhai, Anran Wang & @aleesteele
- 4B: Encoding Identities, with @joe_cappai, Roland Chen & @JasJohl
- 4C: Encoding Change, with @jayslups & Kaushalya Gupta

[Oxford Connected Life @OxConnectedLife]

Even more art!

- The Aesthetics of Code Contracts(@MeganPHMa/@siusoon)
- Posthuman Prometheus (Paul Joseph Rivera-Carlisle)
- The Raisin Truck Makes Raisins by Daniel Lichtman

And ZINES 📰
- @AI_Yesterday Issue 2 Debut (@Laurel_Boxall)
- The String Mag (@thestring_mag)

[Oxford Connected Life @OxConnectedLife]

🎨ART TIME🥳

- HUM 2035 (@helloQS)
- Tracking Lenna (@jen_gineered)
- Plot Twisters (@plottwistersorg)
- Bursting your Bubble (Katherine Lou)
- Law is Art (Marco Almada, Francisco de Abreu Duarte, Giovanni De Gregorio, Yeliz Doker, Natalia Menendez & Francesca Palmiotto)

[Oxford Connected Life @OxConnectedLife]

Third panel!

-3A: Encoding Futures: Room A, with @hannahrosekirk, @MeganPHMa, @siusoon & Fattori Mckenna

-3B: Future Classrooms: Room C, with @bboduffy, @aislingcrean & @LBekirsky

-3C: Legal Futures: Room D, with @FAbreuDuarte93, @G_De_Gregorio, @jyothsna_95 & @RealBenGilburt

[Oxford Connected Life @OxConnectedLife]

Apologies, we should have tagged @helloQS! Please do give Aditya and his team a follow

[Oxford Connected Life @OxConnectedLife]

Aditya from @Quicksand Design Studio is also almost setup for tomorrow!

[Oxford Connected Life @OxConnectedLife]

Delicious food from @St_Catz in their stunning hall!

[Oxford Connected Life @OxConnectedLife]

I think we've all earned a lunch break🥪

See you soon for the afternoon sessions!

[CyberSmart @CyberSmartUK]

Today’s the day @OxConnectedLife festival kicks off. We’re very excited to hear some fantastic speakers map out our digital future. If you’re attending, come and say hi: https://t.co/heM4I0WqEz #BeCyberSmart #cybersecurity