#CyFy2019 | Accountable Tech, Accountable Boardrooms

From ‘smart health’ to public transportation and urban governance, technology platforms increasingly provide services that were once considered the remit of the state. Unlike states, however, the logic that governs this behaviour is motivated primarily by profit maximisation. Where citizens could once hold the state accountable for ineffective public goods, they find no similar remedy vis-a-vis unelected corporate leaders. With technologies increasingly implicating all aspects of our lives, is it time to script a new corporate ethic to govern technology platforms? How can communities hold platforms and boardrooms accountable when they are dissatisfied or harmed by their services? Speakers include:-

Kaja Ciglic, Senior Director, Digital Diplomacy, Microsoft
Richard Verma, Vice-Chairperson, The Asia Group
Aditi Kumar, Executive Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Paul Cadario, Distinguished Fellow in Global Innovation at the University of Toronto
Apar Gupta, Executive Director, Internet Freedom Foundation
Gulshan Rai, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

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