Events
We regularly speak at international and online events. View our past talks and contact us if you want to book Laura or Aral for your event.
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Small Web: Back to the Future
What’s DOS got to do, got to do with it?
Why we do what we do… hint: it’s not so we can go back to the days of GeoCities. It’s so we can go forward differently by taking the best of the personal computer era into the web era.
A sneak peek at Aral’s presentation at NewCrafts Paris next week and a chance for him to rehearse his live-coding setup. We’ll also be covering the latest developments in Kitten and Domain.
- Date: Thursday, May 18, 2023
- Time: 5PM Dublin (4PM UTC)
- Where: https://owncast.small-web.org
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Past Events
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Howest 2020 in Cork, Ireland (Online)
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SmashingConf Freiburg 2020 in Freiburg, Germany (Online)
Laura gave an online keynote titled “This One Weird Trick Tells Us Everything About You”.
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Hey! Live: Using the web for social good in Cork, Ireland (Online)
Laura was interviewed about ‘Using the web for social good’ for Hey! Live.
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Creative Mornings Istanbul in Istanbul, Turkey (online)
Aral gave a talk titled ‘Beyond surveillance capitalism: alternatives, stopgaps, Small Web, and Site.js.’
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New Adventures 2020 in Nottingham, UK
Laura gave a keynote titled ‘Defying the mainstream: building technology that respects our rights’.
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ffconf in Brighton, UK
Laura gave a keynote titled ‘8 Unbelievable Things You Never Knew About Tracking’.
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Accessibility Scotland: Accessibility and Ethics in Edinburgh, Scotland
Laura gave a talk titled ‘Accessible Unethical Technology.’
Learn more about Accessibility Scotland: Accessibility and Ethics.
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Nordic.design in Stockholm, Sweden
X is giving/gave a keynote titled ‘’.Laura gave a keynote titled ‘Disruptive Design: Harmful Patterns and Bad Practice.
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State Of The Browser 2019 in London, UK
Laura gave a talk titled ‘Accessibility For Everyone’.
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Reading Bodies! Cruising Corpoliteracy in Arts, Education and Everyday Life in Berlin, Germany
Aral took part on a panel on Human/Body/Rights.
Learn more about Reading Bodies! Cruising Corpoliteracy in Arts, Education and Everyday Life.
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UX Australia in Sydney, Australia
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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Loupe 2019 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Laura presented a keynote titled ‘Accessibility For Everyone’.
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Think About! Conference in Cologne, Germany
Aral and Laura gave a keynote together, titled ‘Peerocracy.’
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From Business To Buttons in Stockholm, Sweden
Laura gave a keynote titled ‘Disruptive Design: Harmful Patterns and Bad Practice.
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EuropaCamp 2019 in Hamburg, Germany
Aral gave a keynote.
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Straits Times Education Forum in Singapore, Singapore
Aral presented for the motion “Enterpreneurs Today Do More Harm Than Good.”
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CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, Denmark
Aral gave the closing keynote.
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Grand Barouf Numérique in Lille, France
Aral gave the closing keynote.
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Aracon 2019 in Berlin, Germany
Laura gave a talk.
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Designing For Tomorrow in London, UK
Laura was on a panel.
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Nordic Privacy Arena in Stockholm, Sweden
Aral gave a dinner speech.
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Blend Web Mix in Lyon, France
Aral gave a keynote.
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Smukfest 2018 in Skanderborg, Germany
Aral was interviewed on stage.
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Public Stack Summit in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Aral and Laura participated.
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Futurefest in London, UK
Aral gave a keynote and Laura was on a panel.
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Ask Direct Summer School in Dublin, Ireland
Laura gave a keynote.
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Webinale in Berlin, Germany
Laura gave a keynote.
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UX Camp CPH in Copehagen, Denmark
Aral gave the closing keynote.
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Democracy in a Digital Age, Eurocities in Ghent, Belgium
Aral gave a talk.
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NextM in Stockholm, Sweden
Aral gave a talk.
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NextM in Helsinki, Finland
Aral gave a talk.
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NZZ X.Days in Interlaken, Switzerland
Laura held a session.
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UX Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark
Laura gave a talk.
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IxDA in Lausanne, Switzerland
Laura gave a talk.
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WebStock in Wellington, New Zealand
Laura gave a workshop and spoke at the conference.
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HWSW Mobile! in Budapest, Hungary
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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ada_conf in Malmö, Sweden
Laura gave the keynote.
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Chicago Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design Meetup in Chicago, USA
Laura gave the keynote virtually.
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A11Y (Accessibility) Club in Berlin, Germany
Laura gave a talk.
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General Assembly in Berlin, Germany
Aral gave talks.
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Push Conference in Munich, Germany
Laura gave a talk.
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Ecopolis in Brussels, Belgium
Aral gave a talk. The event will be translated into English, French and Dutch
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Freedom Not Fear in Brussels, Belgium
Aral presented the opening keynote.
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European Conference on Data Ethics in Copenhagen, Denmark
Laura introduced Better.
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Desire For Meaning in Milan, Italy
Aral was on a panel.
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IxDA Berlin in Berlin, Germany
Aral gave the keynote.
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Internet Summit Austria in Vienna, Austria
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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Empodera Live in Malaga, Spain
Aral was interviewed.
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Foreplay Conference in Ghent, Belgium
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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DiEM25@G20 in Hamburg, Germany
Aral and Renata Avila presented the Internet Of People initiative as a counter-narrative to the surveillance-based regulation that Merkel has hinted she will be pursuing at the G20.
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UX Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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Landing Festival in Lisbon, Portugal
Aral gave the opening keynote. Laura was on a panel.
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App Builders in Lausanne, Switzerland
Laura held a Q&A
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Internet Week Denmark in Aarhus, Denmark
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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Bulgaria Web Summit 2017 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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NextM in Copenhagen, Denmark
Aral gave a keynote
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RSA Engage: Tech For Good in London, UK
Aral introduced Better
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DIBI 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Laura gave a keynote.
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Decent #1 at FooCafé in Malmö, Sweden
Aral and Laura both gave talks.
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Harnessing the Power of the Cloud in Copenhagen, Denmark
Aral gave a talk.
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Tweakers Development Summit 2017 in Utrecht, Netherlands
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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Digital Social Innovation Fair 2017 in Rome, Italy
Aral gave a talk.
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Frontier Conference in London, UK
Aral gave the opening keynote
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Øredev in Malmö, Sweden
Aral gave the opening keynote at Øredev on “The Matrix, Inverted.”
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DrivingIT in Copenhagen, Denmark
Aral gave the closing keynote.
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ADCE 3rd European Creativity Festival in Barcelona, Spain
Aral spoke.
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Launching the Privacy and Sustainable Computing Lab in at WU Vienna, Austria
Aral gave a talk.
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MakingWeb in Oslo, Norway
Laura spoke about ‘Ethical Design.’
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Globart 2016 in Krems, Austria
Aral spoke.
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Frontend Conference in Zurich, Switzerland
Laura returned to Frontend Conference Zurich, this time as an MC.
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Foo Café Four Year Anniversary in Malmö, Sweden
Aral spoke about Thinking Slow About Fast-Moving Things.
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How To Build A Startup City in Malmö, Sweden
Aral spoke about how to build the anti-start-up city.
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Doku:tech in Prizren, Kosovo
Aral gave a talk.
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MedienMittwoch in Frankfurt, Germany
Aral gave a talk on ‘Beyond The Clouds’.
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Black Hat Sessions in Ede, Netherlands
Aral gave the opening keynote.
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The Digital UI in Malmö, Sweden
Aral spoke at Foo Café at Media Evolution City.
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DEVit in Thessaloniki, Greece
Laura spoke about Ethical Design.
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see-conference #11 in Wiesbaden, Germany
Aral gave the opening keynote at the conference.
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CreativeMornings Malmö
Laura gave a talk on ‘Change’ and Ethical Design.
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DataEthicsEU: ‘Understanding The Privacy Market’ in Copenhagen, Denmark
Aral gave a short talk.
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Bucerius Lab in Hamburg, Germany
Aral spoke about ‘Digital Emancipation: Ownership of the self in the digital age’
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Dialogue in London, UK
Laura spoke on a panel on “Privacy, Protection, Publicity: Does Your Freedom Have Boundaries?”
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Learning Technologies conference in London, UK
Laura spoke on a panel on “Instructional design is dead. So what’s next?”
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Power To The People conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands
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European Parliament High-level conference on ‘Protecting on-line privacy by enhancing IT security and EU IT autonomy’
Aral participated in this conference organised by the European Parliament and the Luxembourg Presidency in Brussels, Belgium
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IP Communications & VoIP Community
Aral chatted with a tech group.
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EDST *15 in Kerkrade, Netherlands
Aral gave a talk on “The Tyranny of Everyday Things”
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OpenFest 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Aral gave the opening keynote on “The Tyranny of Everyday Things”
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Media Democracy Festival: Rally for Media Democracy in London, UK
Aral spoke on a panel
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Open Xchange Summit 2015 in Berlin, Germany
The Ind.ie team was in Berlin, hosting the Soap Box stage and sharing Heartbeat at the Ind.ie stand
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“Internet as a Commons: Public Space in the Digital” at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium
Aral spoke on a panel, “Internet as a Commons: the Big Picture”
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Over The Air in London, UK
Laura spoke about ‘Ethical Design’.
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Frontend Conference Zurich, Switzerland
Laura spoke about ‘Ethical Design’.
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The Conference in Malmö, Sweden
Aral gave the opening talk at The Conference.
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D-Cent in Brussels, Belgium
Aral took part in a roundtable discussion.
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Camp Alphaville in London, UK
Aral took part in a panel.
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Blockchain (R)evolution in London, UK
Aral gave a talk and took part in a panel on ‘Internet of Things: Designing Architectures’.
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418conf in Redhill, UK
Laura gave a talk on ‘Designing for Web Accessibility’.
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RSA Engage: London, UK
Aral hosted a free event featuring lightning talks from RSA fellows.
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Web We Want Festival, London, UK
Aral spoke on a panel about The New Economy.
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OuiShare in Paris, France
Aral gave a short talk on ‘85: How an otherwise unremarkable number portends ubiquitous surveillance, erosion of human rights, & end of democracy.’
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Inclusive Design 24, Online
Laura spoke about ‘Accessibility by Design.’
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Secure Computing Forum in Dublin, Ireland
Aral spoke about how You Are The Product.
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re:publica 15 in Berlin, Germany
Aral gave a talk on You Are The Product, and the whole Ind.ie team attended.
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Penguicon in Detroit, USA
Aral gave a talk on The Camera Panopticon.
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Web Sherpa Summit Online Conference
Laura spoke about ‘Designing for Web Accessibility’.
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Brighton Pavilion ‘Civil Liberties’ Hustings
Aral chaired a panel on the Human Rights Act, freedom of speech, surveillance, and more.
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Innovathens, Greece
Aral gave a talk on The Camera Panopticon.
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Leiden University, Centre for Law and Digital Technologies 30th anniversary, Netherlands
Aral gave a talk on The Camera Panopticon.
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Glocal Design Spring 2015 in Bolzano, Italy
Aral gave a talk on The Camera Panopticon.
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WordCamp London 2015, UK
Laura spoke about ‘Indie Design’.
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Tech in 10 in Brighton, UK
Laura gave a ten minute ‘Introduction to WAI-ARIA’.
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WebTomorrow in Ghent, Belgium
Aral gave a talk on The Camera Panopticon.
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RSA Engage: London, UK
Aral spoke about Ind.ie.
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Big Science at the Brighton Science Festival, UK
Aral spoke about ‘The Camera Panopticon’.
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Bath Digital Festival: Digital For Good, UK
Aral spoke about ‘Spyware 2.0’.
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TedX Youth @ Bath, UK
Aral was in Bath to discuss ‘Spyware 2.0’.
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dsgnday in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Laura spoke about designing for accessibility.
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Audi A3 E-tron launch in Barcelona, Spain
Aral gave a talk on ‘I, Simulation’.
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World Usability Day in Berlin, Germany
Aral was in Berlin, speaking on ‘I, Simulation’.
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Future Shock in London, UK
Aral sat on a panel discussing the need for visionary, long-term thinking in the shaping of government policy.
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Big Brother Awards in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Aral was in Amsterdam to deliver a keynote on ‘Moving beyond the clouds’.