Seeking contacts for Asia tour, spring 2020
Update: thanks for sharing, everyone, but I decided to decline the trip. I can’t justify the carbon emissions. Some other time, perhaps.
I’ve been invited to give a high-profile talk in Singapore. Since this trip would use up a large chunk of my 2020 CO₂ budget, if I accept I’m thinking of staying in Southeast & East Asia for a few weeks to combine other visits and work. (More on carbon budgeting and reduction another time, but essentially: cluster trips to sharply reduce long-haul flights, prioritise low-carbon local transit.)
I want to expand my global network, learn more about the direction of design in Asia (and shift my perspectives away from Western/US technocentrism), and if possible get a little paid work to help fund the trip. So I’m looking to connect with:
individuals pushing the frontiers of digital design, and people active in the areas of tech ethics, responsible technology, privacy, and speculative design/futures design/etc. Let’s chat over a coffee, or local equivalent.
teams & companies that could benefit from a talk or a workshop (ethics, futures design) about these issues. Could be client-side design, product, or engineering teams, or consulting groups in the tech space. Local or multinational both fine, so long as English isn’t a problem.
When and how?
I expect to be in the region late March through April 2020. Right now I’m looking at Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, and/or Japan as destinations; I’m open to others if schedule permits. This is likely to be my only Southeast & East Asia trip for some time. Please email if you’d like to make contact: cennydd@cennydd.com.
Who am I?
I’m a digital product designer and futurist, formerly of Twitter, and author of the book Future Ethics. My focus these days is on designing ethical and responsible technology, addressing the climate crisis, and helping companies adopt futures thinking and speculative design to think more constructively about our shared futures.
