SEADS Events
Feminist & Gender-Inclusive Approaches to Technology: Art, AI & Activism
This event will be a platform for Malaysian and Indonesian tech designers, artists and activists to discuss the rapid advance of digital and AI technology in terms of feminist intersectional and gender-inclusive approaches. One aspect of the discussion will be on how to cope with gender-based hatred and violence while maintaining a joyful feminist focus on pleasure, artistic creativity and digital care. The discussion will also tackle a new generation of Apps and platforms that are highly attractive to youth but also trained unethically on experiments with vulnerable people and databases.
SEADS Smart Cities Expo
Smart cities produce and utilise data to improve the function and experiences of cities. These data are often represented as ‘indicators’ to determine how the city is performing. Some indicators draw on standard urban data that has been around for decades, some draw on new data generated from smart networked ICT technologies, and some indicators that would improve city life don’t yet have reliable sources of data. In this panel we ask: What indicators are most useful measuring KL’s success in its journey towards smart city status? What future indicators would further the potential of smart cities? And what are some of the downsides of indicators?
Digital Inclusion & Women in Disabilities: Launch of National Report & Panel Discussion
In collaboration with ARROW and DATUM Initiative, the SEADS’ July 2025 event will feature the launch of a National Report on Monitoring the SDGs at 10 Years: Sexual and Reproductive Health and the Lived Experiences of Women and Individuals Assigned Female At Birth with Disabilities in Malaysia as well as a panel discussion on Digital Inclusion and Women with Disabilities, which will focus on how disabled people are often left out in interactions with the state and everything else, but digital technologies and tools provide accessibility options and kinship communities which has greatly improved the lives of women with disabilities.
ICT Policies and Development Politics in the Global South
How have digital technologies shaped governance and development in the Global South? Join us online for a timely discussion with leading experts Phet Sayo (EngageMedia), Professor Emeritus Tim Unwin (UNESCO Chair in ICT4D), and Dr Bidisha Chaudhuri (University of Amsterdam), moderated by Dr Khetrimayum Monish (SEADS, Monash University Malaysia). Explore the history, politics, and futures of ICT policy, governance, and digital development.
Tech In Activism
In collaboration with MANDIRI, SEADS will be hosting our May event - Tech in Activism in-person. The panel discussion will look at platforms, advocacy and collective action in Malaysia through the years, with panelists Danny Lim (author of We Are Marching Now: Bersih 1.0), Tharma Pillai (co-founder of UNDI18), Ain Husniza (founder of Pocket of Pink) and Dr Dyah Pitaloka (SEADS).
Social Media & Politics in Southeast Asia with Merlyna Lim
SEADS, in collaboration with the University of Nottingham, invites you to our April in-person event, Social Media & Politics in Southeast Asia with author Merlyna Lim. Join us for a dynamic discussion on her publication and broader topics like the imperial laboratory, tech manipulation, hate speech, and more.
Online Gender-Based Violence - Reporting, Regulations & Misinformation
Online Gender-Based Violence: Reporting, Regulations & Misinformation, a panel discussion surrounding how online gender-based violence is reported in the Malaysian media, the challenges in regulating online spaces, as well as the misinformation surrounding online gender-based violence. The panel will feature three subject matter experts - Ms Mediha Mahmood of Content Forum, Dr Sabariah Mohamed Salleh from UKM and Ms Pavitra Muniandy from AWAM Malaysia.
Creating a safe internet for young Malaysians
The Southeast Asia Research Centre for Digital Tech and Society (SEADS) at the School of Arts and Social Sciences is thrilled to announce its official launch on 4 February 2025! The event will feature YB Hannah Yeoh, Minister of Youth and Sports, who will participate in a fireside chat with Prof. Meera Sivasothy on the topic: "Creating a Safe Internet for Young Malaysians."