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2023
The SYNTHETIC CITY- AI, Digital Media & Urban Living
7th September 2023 – Dublin, Ireland
Unveiling the Nexus of Smart Cities, the Internet of Things, and Platform Urbanism: Insights from Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia | Reza Shaker, James McGrail and Bart Barendregt
The Synthetic City – AI, Digital Media & Urban Living (syntheticcity2023.com)
International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Informatics (ICEEI)
10-11th October 2023 – Bandung, Indonesia
Presentation: Exploring AI and Islam in Indonesian Education: An Anthropological Inquiry| Daphne Wong-A-Foe
More details can be found here.
Program on Eco-tourism and environmental issues in Pandansari Village
13-14th October 2023 – Brebes, Indonesia
Doing Digital Ethnography Series of lectures at fieldschool Universitas Gakah Mada in framework PKKM Program | Bart Barendregt
Special Lecture: ICT & Islam Research Cluster at IIUM
18th October 2023 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
”When Big meets Thick Data, An Anthropology of Ai in Islam” | Joint Lecture at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) | Bart Barendregt & Reza Shaker.
The Smart, Sustainable, and Healthy City in Indonesia
23-27th October, 2023-BRIN-LDE Academy, Indonesia
2nd BRIN-LDE Academy in South Tangerang City, Banten Province, Indonesia.
AI and Society sub-theme: AI and the Emergent Digital Economy and the new ethical dilemmas arising from the increased presence of AI in Indonesian cities | Bart Barendregt & Reza Shaker.
The BRIN-LDE Academy is co-organised by Leiden, Delft, Erasmus Universities (The LDE Universities Alliance) from the Netherlands and the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) in Indonesia.
More details on this event can be found here.
Guest Lecture: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Future of Islam
30th October, 2023-Fakultas Sains de Teknologi, Jakarta, Indonesia
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Future of Islam| Bart Barendregt & Reza Shaker

One Among the Zeroes: Towards an Anthropology of everyday AI in Islam
2nd November 2023- LMU München/Munich University, Germany
Colloquium at Institut für Ethnologie/Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology| Bart Barendregt
LDE Global African Cities Academy on Sustainable Urbanization
14-17th November, 2023 – Nairobi, Kenya
Participant on sub-them relating to Digital Inclusion at ICFI Kenya Hub| Bart Barendregt
2023 AAA Annual Conference: Transitions
15th November 2023 – Toronto, Canada
Presentation: Enduring and Resisting Data-colonialism through Art in Singapore | James McGrail
Panel: Enduring Colonialism under Authoritarian Regimes – 1324
1st International Conference on Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (DSAI)
27-29th November 2023- Bangkok, Thailand
Presentation: Navigating the Implications of AI in Indonesian Education: Tutors, Governance, and Ethical Perspectives | Daphne Wong-A-Foe
SAILS Symposium- ‘The Future of AI is here and guess what….its human
23 June 2023, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Panel: Digital Diversity and other possible AI Futures | Bart Barendregt & Yasmin Ismail