Chi Onwurah is shadow minister for digital government & potato security. Believes tech+politics are "twin drivers of change". #WebWeWantFest
Oh look, someone livetweeted a photo of me livetweeting at #WebWeWantFest yesterday ;) https://twitter.com/matwg/status/605043947564613632
And on that positive note, #WebWeWantFest draws to a close!
Audience woman's pleased #WebWeWantFest has been so celebratory of the web as too often you only hear bad things about it - esp 'Dark Web'
Jude says it's been v interesting putting on #WebWeWantFest w/ ppl who really understand web privacy that many don't want talks put online!
Audience member asks if events like this could be podcast or similar to open them to e.g. disabled people who can't get here #WebWeWantFest
Jude praises @cmerhej and colleagues who've put together such an inclusive event – and mentions http://allmalepanels.tumblr.com :) #WebWeWantFest
Renata says what's made her happy at #WebWeWantFest has been the many women speakers & women/girls using computers, games etc #WebWeWantFest
Fair bit of talk from panel+others about more transparency+choice about privacy; think they'll like Android M app permissions #WebWeWantFest
Jude asks who here has taken away something positive from #WebWeWantFest? One website-runner says he'll think more about digital citizenship
Renata describes how interesting it can be to make a timeline of an individual country's internet milestones, often political #WebWeWantFest
Panel are pleased coding's on the school curriculum now. Gawain's no longer the first person to show all kids coding software #WebWeWantFest
Sarah wants to see a bit of a shift in algorithms: "maybe Facebook could show you news you *dis*agree with sometimes!" #WebWeWantFest
Gawain says he's introduced his young children to coding to make things and they love it: "children have always loved making" #WebWeWantFest
Audience man says conversation's a bit bleak; web's given us freedom of info, Wikipedia's better than Britannica… plus sides! #WebWeWantFest
Ruth says we also have to remember the web and society are not separate, web reflects our values - it's the *Society* We Want #WebWeWantFest
Some audience discussion of whether the web we want is realistic when we won't pay for sites & they can't be made for free #WebWeWantFest
Ruth urges ppl to be more skeptical about technology & its invasiveness of privacy. Jude wonders if her iPhone is HAL in 2001 #WebWeWantFest
Gawain ran a hackathon this weekend as part of #WebWeWantFest, looking for ways to use the internet for music-making accessibility
Gawain's work with Drake Music is about using technology to make music-making more accessible to people with disabilities #WebWeWantFest
Jude: talking before session, about future, Sarah said "You'll be able to 3D-print a new kidney but a company'll then own it" #WebWeWantFest
(Hooray, that's the last time I spend 5min at the start of a #WebWeWantFest session Googling to figure out who panellists are! :) )
Final #WebWeWantFest panel now: Gawain Hewitt, Ruth Catlow, chair Jude Kelly, Sarah Gold and Renata Avila.
Session wraps up with the chair plugging Tech For Good's website: http://www.techforgood.global #WebWeWantFest
Carrie: you have to pick whether best to change from inside or go it alone+hope world flips over to you. (Labour vs Greens?!) #WebWeWantFest
Answering another Q Carrie says Uber was originally trying to change taxi industry from the inside but change proved too slow #WebWeWantFest
Sickening that when Futuregov did user testing, found ppl less inclined to cook for 'undeserving' poor than deserving elderly #WebWeWantFest
Audience Q asks if there's scope to extend Casserole Club to cover eg families using foodbanks or if it's only for old people #WebWeWantFest
Ed relatedly cites Be My Eyes: http://www.bemyeyes.org #WebWeWantFest
Ed mentions sensory replacement tech, including a sign language recognition/translation system #WebWeWantFest