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Panel: We are Making the Tech We WantPanel: We are Making the Tech We Want
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Panel: We are Making the Tech We Want

With the skills that the panellists have, it would be easier to work for the mainstream tech industry and just go with the flow. But they've all chosen a different path: making software that makes sense. In this conversation, we'll share the trajectories of some open, free/libre, and alternative technologies, and discuss how to tip the scales in our favour amidst a solutionist discourse in an ultra-specialised industry.
    Panel: The Tech We Want is Sustainable for People and the PlanetPanel: The Tech We Want is Sustainable for People and the Planet
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    Panel: The Tech We Want is Sustainable for People and the Planet

    Eco, green, or simply sustainable technologies have several implicit meanings: long life, affordable maintenance, skilled people, resource-friendly, economical to use, renewable, regenerative, etc. In this panel, thinkers, practitioners and promoters of different aspects of software sustainability will discuss if and how it is possible to achieve a development model for people and the planet. Is there a way out of the disaster versus greenwashing narratives?
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