Esther Keymolen is currently researching the impact of new technology on confidence in the online interaction between people at the Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Technology as a medium for data exchange is becoming more pro-active, and is having a major impact on the building of trust. Keymolen is interested in the Philosophy of Technology, Philosophical Anthropology, and ICT policy. Before she started her PhD, she worked for the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR). She is the co-author of iGovernment.
David Benqué is a designer whose practice focuses on stories and scenarios at the interface of science and society. His most recent project, The New Weathermen, is a fictional group of activists who use their knowledge of Synthetic Biology to radically disrupt existing systems and ways of thinking. Benqué graduated in Graphic Design at the Royal Academy in The Hague and received an MA in Design Interactions from The Royal College of Art in London. His work has been included in Ars Electronica in Austria, NEMO Amsterdam, and Hack the City in Dublin.
Pieter Rogaar is a good hacker, an enthusiastic privacy nerd, and an all-round digital world citizen. He studied at the Kerckhoffs’ Institute in Nijmegen (the people who cracked the OV-Chipkaart – the Dutch travel card system). He loves big numbers, secrets, and anonymity. He likes to push buttons without labels and breaking warranty seals on devices. He talks a lot about the future of the Internet and enjoys putting consensus in doubt. Pieter works at the Ministry of Security and Justice, but tonight he talks for himself.
Floor Rusman works as an editor and columnist for NRC Next and as a freelancer for papers such as Vrij Nederland. She completed, with distinction, her MA in History at the University of Amsterdam and wrote several pieces about the controversial American writer and philosopher Ayn Rand. She writes mostly about politics and the role they should have in the economy.
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