How do fashion and technology intersect through AI? 

In today's fashion world, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is boosting the unsustainable practices of ultra-fast fashion and to cut designers out of the deal.

But, a new generation of innovators are keen to use the power of AI for good, to design better more sustainable clothes, and to address fashion's big land-fill problems. 

What's possible and how will they do it?
Chair: Anna May Kirk, Program Curator, Powerhouse Museum
Dr Taylor Brydges, UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures
Wajiha Pervez, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Design, Architecture & Built Environment and Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Fashion and Textiles, UTS
Justin O’Sullivan, Founder and CEO, ReWise

This event was part of Climate Action Week Sydney, supported by City of Sydney. 

Watch this panel discussion online on the UTS website.

Impact Talks at UTS is produced by UTS Impact Studios, with sound engineering by Alison Zhuang.

How do fashion and technology intersect through AI?  In today's fashion world, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is boosting the unsustainable practices of ultra-fast fashion and to cut designers out of the deal.
But, a new generation of innovators are keen to use the power of AI for good, to design better more sustainable clothes, and to address fashion's big land-fill problems. 
What's possible and how will they do it?
<ul>
<li>Chair: Anna May Kirk, Program Curator, <a href="https://powerhouse.com.au/">Powerhouse Museum</a></li>
<li>Dr Taylor Brydges, <a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/isf">UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures</a> </li>
<li>Wajiha Pervez, PhD Candidate, <a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-design-architecture-and-building/design/research/centre-excellence-sustainable-fashion-textiles">Faculty of Design, Architecture &amp; Built Environment and Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Fashion and Textiles, UTS</a></li>
<li>Justin O’Sullivan, Founder and CEO, <a href="https://www.rewise.app/">ReWise</a></li>
</ul>
This event was part of <a href="https://www.caw.sydney/">Climate Action Week Sydney</a>, supported by City of Sydney.  <a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/isf/about-us/events/ai-sustainable-fashion-scoundrel-or-saviour">Watch this panel discussion online on the UTS website</a>.
Impact Talks at UTS is produced by <a href="https://impactstudios.edu.au/">UTS Impact Studios</a>, with sound engineering by Alison Zhuang.

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AI and sustainable fashion: saviour or scourge?

Kidfluencers are social media influencers with accounts managed by adults.

This global trend casts children as brand ambassadors but with their ‘everyday life’ as the show. While there are regulations and support in place for this style of commodification to be done ethically and authentically, the power imbalance of a private space being made public opens up many ethical dilemmas.

In ‘Kidfluencers: what’s the real cost?’ panel at UTS House at SWSW Sydney, hear:
What's the risk of harm to kid influencers?
Can children consent to their private life being readily available online?
How do we draw the line between play and labour?
When a guardian controls the 'talent', how do children access income?
If you're a guardian of a kidfluencer, or a parent sharing content about your kids, what practical things can protect their privacy on social media?

Speakers 

Dr Genevieve Wilkinson, senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney. 

Kate Delmo, Head of Discipline for Strategic Communication in the School of Communication, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney. 

Stephanie Scicchitano, PR expert from Born Bred Talent

Chantel Mila Ibbotson, content creator 

This is a partner programming session presented by UTS as part of SXSW Sydney 2024.

UTS House at SXSW Sydney 2024 explored future trends and emerging technology from leading academics and industry experts in a series of interviews and panel discussions across the week.

Impact Talks at UTS is produced by UTS Impact Studios, with sound engineering by Alison Zhuang. 

Kidfluencers are social media influencers with accounts managed by adults.
This global trend casts children as brand ambassadors but with their ‘everyday life’ as the show. While there are regulations and support in place for this style of commodification to be done ethically and authentically, the power imbalance of a private space being made public opens up many ethical dilemmas.
In ‘Kidfluencers: what’s the real cost?’ panel at UTS House at SWSW Sydney, hear:
<ul>
<li>What's the risk of harm to kid influencers?</li>
<li>Can children consent to their private life being readily available online?</li>
<li>How do we draw the line between play and labour?</li>
<li>When a guardian controls the 'talent', how do children access income?</li>
<li>If you're a guardian of a kidfluencer, or a parent sharing content about your kids, what practical things can protect their privacy on social media?</li>
</ul>
Speakers 
<a href="https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Genevieve.Wilkinson">Dr Genevieve Wilkinson,</a> senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney. 
<a href="https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Kate.Delmo">Kate Delmo</a>, Head of Discipline for Strategic Communication in the School of Communication, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney. 
Stephanie Scicchitano, PR expert from <a href="https://bornbredtalent.com/">Born Bred Talent</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mama_mila_au/?hl=en">Chantel Mila Ibbotson</a>, content creator 
This is a partner programming session presented by UTS as part of SXSW Sydney 2024.
UTS House at SXSW Sydney 2024 explored future trends and emerging technology from leading academics and industry experts in a series of interviews and panel discussions across the week.
Impact Talks at UTS is produced by UTS Impact Studios, with sound engineering by Alison Zhuang.

Kidfluencers: what's the real cost?

Six problems. Six solutions. 
Natural disasters and local communities.
Sustainable building on a large scale.
A carbon tax and climate economics.
Engaging the public on climate change.
The potential of algae to replace common materials.
Recycling glass in new ways.

Hear three minute presentations from leading UTS experts and industry practitioners on solutions related to rethinking disaster recovery, new materials to drive a circular economy, climate-adapted businesses, and ways our cultural institutions are addressing the climate crisis. 

Speakers 

Professor Elizabeth Mossop, Creative Industries Strategic Lead and Academic Director, Northern Rivers Living Lab, UTS 

Associate Professor Stefan Lie, Co-Director, Material Ecologies Design Lab, UTS 

Dr Mona Mashhadi Rajabi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Climate Risk and Resilience, UTS Business School 

Dr Unnikrishnan Kuzhiumparambil, Senior Research Fellow, Climate Change Cluster (C3), UTS 

Dr Jenny Newell, Curator for Climate Change, Climate Solutions Centre, Australian Museum 

Carmel Reyes, Climate Action and Sustainability Manager, Powerhouse  

Sam Kernaghan, Director of Resilience at the Committee for Sydney offers a response to the climate solutions discussed. 

This event was part of Climate Action Week Sydney, supported by City of Sydney. 

Impact Talks at UTS is produced by UTS Impact Studios, with sound engineering by Alison Zhuang. 

Six problems. Six solutions. 
<ul>
<li>Natural disasters and local communities.</li>
<li>Sustainable building on a large scale.</li>
<li>A carbon tax and climate economics.</li>
<li>Engaging the public on climate change.</li>
<li>The potential of algae to replace common materials.</li>
<li>Recycling glass in new ways.</li>
</ul>
Hear three minute presentations from leading UTS experts and industry practitioners on solutions related to rethinking disaster recovery, new materials to drive a circular economy, climate-adapted businesses, and ways our cultural institutions are addressing the climate crisis. 
Speakers 
<a href="https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Elizabeth.Mossop">Professor Elizabeth Mossop</a>, Creative Industries Strategic Lead and Academic Director, Northern Rivers Living Lab, UTS 
<a href="https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Stefan.Lie">Associate Professor Stefan Lie</a>, Co-Director, Material Ecologies Design Lab, UTS 
<a href="https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Mona.MashhadiRajabi">Dr Mona Mashhadi Rajabi</a>, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Climate Risk and Resilience, UTS Business School 
<a href="https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Unnikrishnan.Kuzhiumparambil">Dr Unnikrishnan Kuzhiumparambil</a>, Senior Research Fellow, Climate Change Cluster (C3), UTS 
<a href="https://australian.museum/get-involved/staff-profiles/jenny-newell/">Dr Jenny Newell,</a> Curator for Climate Change, Climate Solutions Centre, Australian Museum 
<a href="https://theorg.com/org/powerhouse-2/org-chart/carmel-reyes">Carmel Reyes</a>, Climate Action and Sustainability Manager, Powerhouse  
<a href="https://sydney.org.au/about/sam-kernaghan/">Sam Kernaghan</a>, Director of Resilience at the Committee for Sydney offers a response to the climate solutions discussed. 
This event was part of <a href="https://www.caw.sydney/">Climate Action Week Sydney</a>, supported by City of Sydney. 
Impact Talks at UTS is produced by UTS Impact Studios, with sound engineering by Alison Zhuang.

Practical Climate Solutions: 6 problems. 6 solutions.

In this extraordinary 'year of elections', voters in many parts of the world are being asked, not just to choose between parties and candidates, but to decide whether they still believe in the democratic system itself?

Fintan O'Toole asks why systems and values that had been taken for granted for so long are now in such peril. He argues that a central part of the problem is the distortion of the sense of victimhood.

There are profound injustices but the rising far-right movements have little interest in remedying them, Instead, they take the language of resistance to oppression and distort it into a self-pity in which even those who are highly privileged can feel sorry for themselves -- and imagine themselves to be victims of some other group.

The result is a politics of tribalism in which defeating the Other is much more important than gaining anything tangible.

How can we combat this drift into tribalism and restore the sense of common purpose without which democracy becomes hollow?

Fintan O'Toole (keynote speaker) is one of Ireland's leading political and cultural commentators. Fintan is a columnist with The Irish Times and Leonard L. Milberg visiting lecturer in Irish Letters at Princeton University.

He is the winner of both the Orwell Prize and the European Press Prize, and the author of more than 25 books. His most recent book, We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958, was named 2021 Book of the Year by the Irish Book Awards and as one of the ten best books of 2022 by the New York Times.

Dr Anna Funder (moderator) is an award-winning author and UTS Luminary.  Anna is the author of Stasiland, All That I Am, Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life and the novella The Girl With the Dogs. Anna’s novel Wifedom was a Sunday Times Bestseller and New York Times Notable Book of 2023.

Roy Green AM  (moderator) is an Emeritus Professor and Special Innovation Advisor at UTS. Roy is on the Board of CSIRO and the SmartSat CRC, and he is a member of the CSU Council and Australian Design Council and Committee for Sydney Economics Advisory Council. 

The Vice-Chancellor's Democracy Forum (VCDF) is UTS’s premier public lecture series. This is the second of the 2024 forum series, held on 26 September 2024.

Each year, the Vice-Chancellor invites significant thinkers across various fields to engage in open dialogue on topics crucial to today's society and its advancement.

Impact Talks at UTS is produced by UTS Impact Studios, with sound engineering by Alison Zhuang.

In this extraordinary 'year of elections', voters in many parts of the world are being asked, not just to choose between parties and candidates, but to decide whether they still believe in the democratic system itself?
Fintan O'Toole asks why systems and values that had been taken for granted for so long are now in such peril. He argues that a central part of the problem is the distortion of the sense of victimhood.
There are profound injustices but the rising far-right movements have little interest in remedying them, Instead, they take the language of resistance to oppression and distort it into a self-pity in which even those who are highly privileged can feel sorry for themselves -- and imagine themselves to be victims of some other group.
The result is a politics of tribalism in which defeating the Other is much more important than gaining anything tangible.
How can we combat this drift into tribalism and restore the sense of common purpose without which democracy becomes hollow?
<a href="https://www.princetonmagazine.com/the-wisdom-of-fintan-otoole/">Fintan O'Toole</a> (keynote speaker) is one of Ireland's leading political and cultural commentators. Fintan is a columnist with The Irish Times and Leonard L. Milberg visiting lecturer in Irish Letters at Princeton University.
He is the winner of both the Orwell Prize and the European Press Prize, and the author of more than 25 books. His most recent book, We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958, was named 2021 Book of the Year by the Irish Book Awards and as one of the ten best books of 2022 by the New York Times.
<a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/alumni-and-supporters/alumni/your-alumni-community/uts-luminaries/dr-anna-funder">Dr Anna Funder</a> (moderator) is an award-winning author and UTS Luminary.  Anna is the author of Stasiland, All That I Am, Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life and the novella The Girl With the Dogs. Anna’s novel Wifedom was a Sunday Times Bestseller and New York Times Notable Book of 2023.
<a href="https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Roy.Green">Roy Green AM</a>  (moderator) is an Emeritus Professor and Special Innovation Advisor at UTS. Roy is on the Board of CSIRO and the SmartSat CRC, and he is a member of the CSU Council and Australian Design Council and Committee for Sydney Economics Advisory Council. 
The Vice-Chancellor's Democracy Forum (VCDF) is UTS’s premier public lecture series. This is the second of the 2024 forum series, held on 26 September 2024.
Each year, the Vice-Chancellor invites significant thinkers across various fields to engage in open dialogue on topics crucial to today's society and its advancement.
Impact Talks at UTS is produced by UTS Impact Studios, with sound engineering by Alison Zhuang.

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