Language: English (mozilla)
Have you ever noticed an unmarked box or camera on a light pole, entrance to a small business or attached to a traffic light? Digital technology is embedded into how our cities work. All around us, sensors are collecting data about the movement of people, objects and vehicles, and the environment. How might people learn more about these technologies, and give feedback on its use?
Four communities – the Angers Loire Metropolitan Region in France, the Town of Innisfil in Canada, the City of Boston and District of Columbia in the US – have helped residents understand and interact with new technologies in their municipalities by piloting the use of Digital Trust for Places and Routines (DTPR) (https://dtpr.io) as part of the 2022 DTPR City Cohort program. DTPR is an open-source communication standard designed to provide visibility and legibility for technology that is deployed in public spaces, and give people a way to learn more and provide feedback.
This session will provide an overview of these pilots as case studies and invite discussion on opportunities for the DTPR standard’s evolution and adoption going forward.
This session is for you if you’re interested in learning more about DTPR, Helpful Places (the steward organization for DTPR), and recent examples of DTPR implementation. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions and share ideas with a like-minded community of folks looking to bring transparency and engagement to tech in public spaces.
Jacqueline helps organizations build new nervous systems that use tech and data.
She leads Helpful Places, a mission-driven start-up advancing DTPR, an open-source “system-to-people” communication standard that aims to increase legibility and support civic dialogue on the use of digital technologies in the built environment. Jacqueline is also Data Lead at Mozilla Foundation where she is leading their data strategy to help measure progress towards trustworthy AI. A recovering public servant, she spent almost two decades advancing tech and innovation at NYC Parks, and brought that practice and experience to Sidewalk Labs, Alphabet's former urban innovation company to spearhead public realm tech pilots and help integrate tech policy and data ethics into urban development planning.
Adrienne has been with Helpful Places since Spring 2021 and gets excited about helping organizations and communities use DTPR to catalyze conversation about how we can better engage with data and tech in our public spaces.