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Chi Onwurah is shadow minister for digital government & potato security. Believes tech+politics are "twin drivers of change". #WebWeWantFest

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Oh look, someone livetweeted a photo of me livetweeting at #WebWeWantFest yesterday ;) https://twitter.com/matwg/status/605043947564613632

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And on that positive note, #WebWeWantFest draws to a close!

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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'

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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!

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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

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Congrats, you have an all male panel! Documenting all male panels, seminars, events, and various other things featuring all male experts....

Jude praises @cmerhej and colleagues who've put together such an inclusive event – and mentions http://allmalepanels.tumblr.com :) #WebWeWantFest

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Renata says what's made her happy at #WebWeWantFest has been the many women speakers & women/girls using computers, games etc #WebWeWantFest

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Fair bit of talk from panel+others about more transparency+choice about privacy; think they'll like Android M app permissions #WebWeWantFest

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Jude asks who here has taken away something positive from #WebWeWantFest? One website-runner says he'll think more about digital citizenship

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Renata describes how interesting it can be to make a timeline of an individual country's internet milestones, often political #WebWeWantFest

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Panel are pleased coding's on the school curriculum now. Gawain's no longer the first person to show all kids coding software #WebWeWantFest

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Sarah wants to see a bit of a shift in algorithms: "maybe Facebook could show you news you *dis*agree with sometimes!" #WebWeWantFest

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Gawain says he's introduced his young children to coding to make things and they love it: "children have always loved making" #WebWeWantFest

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Audience man says conversation's a bit bleak; web's given us freedom of info, Wikipedia's better than Britannica… plus sides! #WebWeWantFest

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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

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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

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Ruth urges ppl to be more skeptical about technology & its invasiveness of privacy. Jude wonders if her iPhone is HAL in 2001 #WebWeWantFest

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Gawain ran a hackathon this weekend as part of #WebWeWantFest, looking for ways to use the internet for music-making accessibility

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Gawain's work with Drake Music is about using technology to make music-making more accessible to people with disabilities #WebWeWantFest

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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

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(Hooray, that's the last time I spend 5min at the start of a #WebWeWantFest session Googling to figure out who panellists are! :) )

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Final #WebWeWantFest panel now: Gawain Hewitt, Ruth Catlow, chair Jude Kelly, Sarah Gold and Renata Avila.

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Session wraps up with the chair plugging Tech For Good's website: http://www.techforgood.global #WebWeWantFest

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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

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Answering another Q Carrie says Uber was originally trying to change taxi industry from the inside but change proved too slow #WebWeWantFest

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Sickening that when Futuregov did user testing, found ppl less inclined to cook for 'undeserving' poor than deserving elderly #WebWeWantFest

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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

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Be My Eyes - See the world together Whether you need a pair of sharp eyes or have some sight to lend, Be My Eyes is a simple, free tool to support people see the world better, together.

Ed relatedly cites Be My Eyes: http://www.bemyeyes.org #WebWeWantFest

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Ed mentions sensory replacement tech, including a sign language recognition/translation system #WebWeWantFest

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