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Social Responsibility: Implications of Building Modern Software

Software has an ever increasing impact on individuals and society. Understanding these implications helps build software that works for all users

TRACK HOST

David Millar

I am the Content & Product Manager charged with pulling together QCon and InfoQ Live. Previously, I’ve worked as the product manager for FrontlineSMS - an award wining last-mile messaging platform used across Africa. I’ve also worked as a campaign technologist, assisting political campaigns across sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and Latin America to effect change through adopting technologies to identify and communicate with supporters.

TRACK HOST David Millar

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How to Work in Tech and Not Wreck the Planet

Wednesday Nov 18 / 09:00AM PST

The world is changing. The past five years have been the warmest since records began. Human activity, including the IT industry, is driving worrying climate change. The cloud gives us dazzling computational possibilities, and … potentially uses a lot of energy.The beauty of the cloud is that it makes it easy to run code, virtualised and scheduled for efficiency... but it doesn't provide any guarantee that what's running is useful. As climate change accelerates, where do we, as engineers, fit in? Are we part of the problem or part of the solution? How do we balance the needs of people against the need of the planet? Or can they be aligned? This talk discusses some of the trade-offs and provides a roadmap to figuring out the right thing.

Holly Cummins Senior Technical Staff Member @IBM Garage

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Building Inclusive Software: Considerations and Constraints

Wednesday Nov 18 / 10:40AM PST

Going beyond classic web accessibility considerations like screen reader support and multi-language support, Sitati’s talk will focus on less often discussed implementation decisions that exclude millions of users, especially those in the developing world where many classic assumptions about internet users do not hold. He will draw from his experience in building software in Kenya for both African and global audiences to recommend key tools & actions for building more inclusive technology.

Sitati Kituyi CTO @Pula, former CTO @FrontlineSMS

Session

Social Responsibility Presentation

Wednesday Nov 18 / 09:50AM PST

The Speaker is preparing the presentation abstract. More details will be available soon.

Interactive Session

Social Responsibility Panel

Wednesday Nov 18 / 11:30AM PST

The Speaker is preparing the presentation abstract. More details will be available soon.

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