[Air-L] Gender & Tech Talk Series #6: Trans-inclusive Technology Governance

[Jess Reia]

Dear colleagues,

The University of Virginia School of Data Science, in partnership with the
Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, is pleased to announce the sixth
session of the Gender & Tech Online Talk Series, scheduled for December 2,
2025, at 11:00 a.m. (EST).

The “Trans-inclusive Technology Governance” talk will focus on the
ambivalence of technology for gender-diverse communities, including data
governance and human rights. Speakers will be encouraged to address issues
such as advancing safe and inclusive trans participation in technology
governance, safe visibility, the lessons we can learn from history about
gender and technology, and the role tech companies play in shaping
policies. Finally, we will discuss how open-source and community-led tech
initiatives can support trans-inclusive governance models.

We are honoured to welcome two keynote speakers:
Blair Attard-Frost (University of Alberta)
Mar Hicks (University of Virginia)

The webinar is free and open to the public.
You can register here:
https://dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/gender-tech-trans-inclusive-technology-governance/


The Gender and Tech Online Talk Series brings together leading scholars,
advocates, and practitioners to examine the intersections of gender,
technology, democracy, and human rights. Its purpose is to critically
explore how digital platforms and technological infrastructures impact
women, queer, and gender-diverse individuals, while also identifying
pathways toward more inclusive, rights-based models of digital governance.

We invite everyone interested in advancing equity and justice in tech
governance to participate in this important conversation.

The series is co-organized by Yasmin Curzi and Jess Reia and is sponsored
by the UVA School of Data Science and DTD Lab.

Please feel free to share this announcement.

Thank you!
Jess and Yasmin


*Jess Reia, Ph.D.  (they/them)*

Andrew Carnegie Fellow <https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/jess-reia/>
Assistant Professor of Data Science
Faculty co-lead, Digital Technology for Democracy Lab
<https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/digital-technology-democracy-lab>,
University
of Virginia

Visiting Scholar, Institute for Global Public Policy
<https://igpp.fudan.edu.cn/igppen/main.htm>, Fudan University
2024-2025 Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology
<https://cdt.org/>
<https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/>

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